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 \nWHEREAS,the Bar Examinations are qualifying licensure examsthat test for minimum skills required of lawyers;  \nWHEREAS,pursuant to its constitutional authority,the SupremeCourt adopted Rule 138,Section 14 of the Rules of Court,²which providesthe passing average required to pass the Bar Examinations and the relativeweight of each subject comprising the Bar Examinations;  \n1  \n2  \nWHEREAS,2020/21 Bar Examinations Chairperson,AssociateJustice Marvic M.V.F.Leonen,proposed several reforms toward a moreequitable Bar Examinations;  \nWHEREAS,among the reforms proposed by Associate JusticeLeonen is the modification of the grading system to enable a morereasonable approach to appraising and reporting on Bar Examinationperformance;  \nWHEREAS,the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent declaration ofa public health emergency exacerbated the conventional difficulties that Barexaminees contend with;  \nWHEREAS,the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent suspension ofthe 2020 Bar Examinations have strained the material and human resourcesof those who intended to take the Bar Examinations as originally scheduledin 2020,while the 2021 law graduates must grapple with a constrainedenvironment and brief window for their preparation;  \nWHEREAS,the material disparities and divergent circumstances ofthe two batches of examinees,law graduates from 2020 and 2021,compelthe adoption of mechanisms that endeavor to balance disparities;  \nWHEREAS,modifications in the grading system are appropriategiven the extraordinary circumstances engendered by the COVID-19pandemic,including the anxiety and uncertainties suffered by examinees;  \nWHEREAS,it has become consistent practice to announcetopnotchers in each year's Bar Examinations,³with the list of topnotchersresting on no other basis than relative numerical vantage rather thanestablished uniform and reliable standards on what amounts to exemplaryperformance;  \nWHEREAS,the unique exigencies of the 2020/21 Bar Examinationsmay create or compound the inequalities in the Bar Examinations,makingthem more inequitable for exacting distinctions for exemplary performance;  \nWHEREAS,the vast number of combined examinees placesenormous demand on the examiners,who will be constrained to havesignificantly less time in evaluating each answer;  \n/  \nWHEREAS,prevailing practice includes reporing on law schools'performance in the Bar Examinations as indicated by each school's totalnumber of passing examinees and passing rate;  \nWHEREAS,reports on law school's performance in the 2020/21 BarExaminations will shift focus to law schools'collective performance andencourage deep-seated and wide-ranging improvements in legal education,rather than focus on the cultivation of individual preferred Bar Examinationhopefuls;  \nWHEREAS,the exigencies of the current public health situationprovide an opportunity to be creative in addressing the need for morecompassion and equity;  \nWHEREAS,these changes are merely pro hac vice,meaning only forthe Bar Examinations to be conducted this November 2021,but with a viewthat they may be reviewed by the Court En Banc for the next BarExaminations in line with its continuing efforts for reform;  \nNOW,THEREFORE,acting on the recommendations of AssociateJustice Marvic M.V.F.Leonen,this Court,sitting En Banc,resolves toSUSPEND Rule 138,Section 14 of the Rules of Court for the 2020/21 BarExaminations.  The following rules for evaluating and reporting onperformance are hereby adopted for the 2020/21 Bar Examinations:  \nSection 1.Weight of Bar Subjects.—The subjects in theexamination shall be given the following relative weights:Civi","cbCaiteoHgTC5k74","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiteoHgTC5k74","pdf",218860,"English","# NOTICE\n# RESOLUTION\n## Weight of Bar Subjects\n## Passing the Bar\n## Recognition for Exemplary Performance\n## Report on Law Schools' Performance","[{\"question\":\"What case or matter is identified in the Resolution?\",\"answer\":\"The Resolution is designated as B.M. 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