ON the first day of the Bar exams, 10,404 would-be lawyers took the test,, the Supreme Court said on Sunday.

The court earlier announced that there were 10,816 Bar examinees.

San Beda University-Manila had the highest number of Bar takers – 1,614. It was followed by the University of the Philippines which had 1,066 and Saint Louis University, 988.

The Bar exams this year will only be for three days— September 17, 20 and 24.

Bar chairperson and Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando said that the court plans to release the Bar Exam results in early December.

“My team and I are eyeing the release of the results of the 2023 Bar examinations in early December, before Christmas Day,” Hernando said.

“Moreover, there will be simultaneous oath taking and signing of the Roll of Attorneys in December also before Christmas Day so that we will have our new batch of full-fledged lawyers before 2023 ends,” he added.