THE SUPREME Court on Monday permitted Bar examinees to keep their reviewers in their laptops for last-minute study.

“Examinees are now allowed to keep reviewers in their laptops, which should always be saved in their local folders and not downloadable from their clouds,” Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said.

Leonen said that examinees can access their reviewers saved in their laptops. However, they are not allowed to connect to the Internet.

“For local testing centers with assigned lunch areas, examinees may bring their laptops there; for those that allow eating inside the testing rooms, examinees may use their laptops inside to review,” he said.

The Bar chairperson said the policy against talking to other examinees as well as sharing their computer screens or files remains.

“During the entire examinations and within the premises of the Bar Examinations, no examinee should be less than 2 meters from any other human being. Silence and physical distancing will be strictly enforced,” he noted.

“Examinees should not abuse this policy. Any form of cheating will not be tolerated. Anyone who will be caught violating these rules will be automatically disqualified from the 2020/21 Bar Examinations and future Bar examinations. No second chances will be given for any breach of the Honor Code,” Leonen said.