Top Performing Law Schools in the Philippines
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) revealed the top performing law schools in the Philippines for the past 10 years based on bar exams passing rate.
Ateneo de Manila University- 91.24 percent
San Beda College – 88.4 percent
University of the Philippines – 82.85 percent
Far Eastern University-De La Salle University (Juris Doctor MBA) – 77.42 percent
Ateneo de Davao University – 75.92 percent
University of San Carlos – 68.2 percent
University of Santo Tomas – 67.64 percent
University of Cebu – 52.81 percent
University of Perpetual Help-Rizal – 50.81 percent
Arellano University – 49.3 percent
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September 24th, 2009 at 9:16 am
wow ..4schools from UAAP and 3schools from NCAA! thats good!
September 24th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
well, di nmn ganun kckat ung college of law s uste nmin… pero ok ung results ah..
September 24th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Ayos ba ung 67?duh
September 24th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
mahirap talaga law. 67% is not bad and landing on top 7 is a great job! educate yourself imbicile :(
September 24th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
try mo mag.law, tgnan natin kung mababa pa rin tingin mo s 67
September 24th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
we hope that the moderators will post these comments… a teacher is not effective if his student does not at least level up or surpass his knowledge after the teaching process is done. and who can say that the 8th is the least if the educators of some of those top universities came from ust?
i’m an economist and i might as well say that the survey does not speak so much of the reality and history our Thomasian ancestors have done far greater than just 10 years.
sana they listed the top pero with further explanation as to the methodology conducted for the survey. kindly enlighten our brethren how results came to that extent! we produce THE GREATEST NUMBER of students who pass the bar examination every year! oo marami kaming nag-eexam na studyante and sabihin man ng iba na quantity kami at ang percentage namin na pinapasa ay malayo sa dami ng nag-eexam namin. Pero at least we know that WE TRUST OUR OWN STUDENTS that’s why we send them to the bar. We don’t prejudice their right to prove themselves in their field!
Goals are just goals that you can achieve with different sets of bullets, but the trust you imbue with your students is far greater than producing bar topnotchers or lawyers…. BUT HOLISTICALLY TRUE THOMASIAN AND GOD-FEARING LAWYERS!
10 years is just 10 years. and 1734- 2009 is not just a set of 10 years but SETS OF 10 YEARS.
September 24th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
problema nyo, law students ba kayo para magcomment ng negative?? kung ano meron, pasalamat na lang. ok? mahirap mag-Law, kaya para mag-comment pa kayo ng ganyan, kaming mga law students, masaya na kami makapasa. anong paki ko kung top whatever lang ang law school ko? at least nasa top 7 or top 10, ndi maiisara. kung 67% or 89% pa yan, my concern as a law student is that I pass the bar.
September 24th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
okay….i still want to pursue my law sa UP.
September 24th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
67% lang nga kami e.. pero kami lang naman ang nakapag-produce ng 6 na chief justices.. ilang ba ang naproduce na CJ nung naka line of 9 or line whatever? hindi nga sikat ang college of law kasi walang ganung college sa USTe. FACULTY OF CIVIL LAW meron.
we are THE OLDEST law school! kaya sure na sure meron sa mga alumni ng ibang law school ang galing lang ang alam nila sa 8th placer lang naman na university dito sa survey na to. because we ARE the educators of your topnotchers. tell us your faculty line up and our thomasian yearbook will reflect the same credible names. sa bagay, ang tunay na me ibubuga hindi dinadaan ang lahat sa babble lang.. we keep our silence but when needed we growl!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:00 am
@wiki imbecile NOT imbicile.
@yuff What a lame answer.
@jez Hasty generalization. How can you be so sure that Thomasians are God fearing Lawyers. Have you conducted a survey or study?
@mikhail Any references to support your babble that you ARE the educators of the topnotchers? Babble Babble Babble…lolz
September 25th, 2009 at 1:03 am
@ Franz law student ka ba?
September 25th, 2009 at 1:06 am
@mikhail Six(6) lang naman pala eh. UP has 12 CJ and 75 AJ.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:07 am
franz: haha.. pare sagot ba yan ng law student. napaghahalata ka tuloy. o baka naman hindi ka pumasa o kick out ka somewhere kaya ka ganyan ka-bitter. naintindihan mo ba yung mga post na binasa mo? o kung law student ka man first year ka no.. halata kasi yung syndrome e. dahan-dahan lang dude. baka mali bagsakan mo.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:14 am
ah…. 12 CJ’s and 75 AJ’s… ohhhhh…ok.. hahahaha
But, by the way, kung hindi rin galing sa pinakamatandang law skul ang mga nagtuturo sa inyo, then, saan galing ang ibang prof ninyo? singaw?! ahhaha…
September 25th, 2009 at 1:19 am
ah taga-UP ka pala kung ganun. anong year ka na? balita ko naninipa raw ng kahit mga 4th year na jan ngayon. ingat talaga. baka sa kakapatol mo sa ibang tao, dun sa pinapatulan mo yung bagsakan mo. besides UP ba undergrad mo? hindi kasi ganyan ang asta ng mga tagaUP na undergrad e.. i know because i do. and mind you hindi ako sipa ng UP. rather, i chose UST over UP as my law school. reference? tignan mo ung wikipedia kung alin ang pinaka-matandang law school o kahit alin pang history book and history will tell you na kami ang oldest law school sa pinas.
btw, ikaw me reference ka ba na walang taga-UST ang nagtuturo sa law school n’yo? baka naman kasi self-study ka at puro absent kaya hindi mo rin kilala mga prof mo.
besides, why am i wasting my time with you, wala ka namang alam.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:20 am
Sorry ha pero mukang may sense naman ung sinabi ni Franz. Kasi ang daming mong claims pero baseless naman un. Kahit sino pwede ring sabihin yang mga sinasabi mo diba?Peace XOXO
September 25th, 2009 at 1:23 am
and franz survey nanaman????!!!!!!!!! are you an economist or a statistician to suggest a survey as basis of your premises? kung pala lahat, nadadaan sa survey edi ang Fear of God may scientific basis pala…haha…ang angas mo chong!!! siguro nasurvey or study mo na sa sarili mo ang mga takot mo at even ang faith mo sa Kanya! sad to say my dear friend Franz but surveys are subject to errors. pwedeng homoscedasticity, autocorrelation, and/ or heteroscedasticity!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:26 am
@mikhail – Ang galing mo naman mag-arrive sa conclusion na taga UP ako kasi nagpost lang ako ng data na talo ng UP ang UST sa number ng CJ’s.lolz. Kaya pala 67 lang kayo..
@jez – Lolz. Sigurado ka ba na law student ako at nabibilang dyan sa top ten ang school ko? duh..
September 25th, 2009 at 1:30 am
joy: i know you mean no harm. kindly check the net and the history books para malaman mo yung sagot sa tanong mo as to whether or not baseless ung sinasabi ko. if you don’t believe me, then just refer to the age of UST as compared to the rest of the schools. sorry for the name dropping, but you could also refer to the ateneo criminal law reviewer for this year’s bar exams. yung isa sa adviser dun alumni ng UST law. you could refer to the very reviewer that i am referring para makita na may basehan yung claim ko. thanks.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:30 am
franz: . . .
September 25th, 2009 at 1:36 am
@franz…aahahahah…look who babbles now? di na kita papatulan! loser!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:39 am
btw, prof ko lang pala sa crim law 1 ang sinasabi ni mikhail…haha..and he even told us that he did not approve the criminal law reviewer of ateneo wherein he is one of the advisers. pero sinulat pa din sya dun sa cover ng reviewer. for references na kami ang educators ng topnotchers, then, look at that reviewer we’re referring to…
September 25th, 2009 at 1:39 am
@jez By saying loser, pumapatol ka parin..Loser!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:43 am
aha..! hindi mo mapatulan si mikhail kasi wala kang masagot sa “…” bakit pala di mo masagot kung meron o walang nagtuturong ust prof sa skul nyo?
September 25th, 2009 at 2:29 am
wow. from a polite discussion naging ganto. school pride talaga, hahamakin ang lahat masunod lamang.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:53 am
@Jez – Judging by your comments na you’re a freshman? I suggest idaan mo na lang sa aral at ipakita mo ang totoong galing ng Tomasino. It would be useless to argue with others if you won’t pass the bar, much less get kicked out of UST. Encourage yourself and your peers to treat each year in law school as already preparing for the bar exams. In other words, let’s walk the talk.
Magaling ang Tomasinong Abugado, walang duda. Hindi lamang napupuna dahil natatabunan ng kinang ng ibang eskwelahan. May araw din tayo.
September 25th, 2009 at 9:56 am
oops! :-) Tama na ang away. :-D
It’s better if we just review so that we’ll be lawyers in the near future.
Kahit saang school pa tayo galing, hindi naman itatanong yan ng justices/judges/opposing counsels pag nasa court na tayo. It’s your knowledge and personality that count. Pare-pareho lang naman tayo ng law books na binabasa.
At revalida na, toxic na naman.
September 25th, 2009 at 10:45 am
GUYS let’s all admit na halos lahat nung ibang nagtatop sa bar exam na hindi sa UP College of Law eh ang bachelors degree eh sa UP pa rin.Pls check data nung mga nagtop for the past ten years.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
ay law student ka ba franz?? san k ng-aaral?? gnyan b turo s inyo??
September 25th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Yes, ATENEO DE DAVAO….
am Blue Knight!
September 25th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Well, most of the topnotchers were having their undergrad at UP.
September 26th, 2009 at 12:55 am
congratz to admu!!!!!
… 91.24% passing rate for the past 10 years is really amazing.. sana lang lahat ng
na.produce na lawyers ng ateneo tinotoo ang pagiging “men and women for others”.
congratz also to addu!!!!
September 26th, 2009 at 2:03 am
my cousin is in UST Faculty of Civil Law. =)
September 26th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
# jez Says:
September 24th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
we hope that the moderators will post these comments… a teacher is not effective if his student does not at least level up or surpass his knowledge after the teaching process is done. and who can say that the 8th is the least if the educators of some of those top universities came from ust?
i’m an economist and i might as well say that the survey does not speak so much of the reality and history our Thomasian ancestors have done far greater than just 10 years.
sana they listed the top pero with further explanation as to the methodology conducted for the survey. kindly enlighten our brethren how results came to that extent! we produce THE GREATEST NUMBER of students who pass the bar examination every year! oo marami kaming nag-eexam na studyante and sabihin man ng iba na quantity kami at ang percentage namin na pinapasa ay malayo sa dami ng nag-eexam namin. Pero at least we know that WE TRUST OUR OWN STUDENTS that’s why we send them to the bar. We don’t prejudice their right to prove themselves in their field!
Goals are just goals that you can achieve with different sets of bullets, but the trust you imbue with your students is far greater than producing bar topnotchers or LAWYERS…. BUT HOLISTICALLY TRUE THOMASIAN AND GOD-FEARING LAWYERS!
10 years is just 10 years. and 1734- 2009 is not just a set of 10 years but SETS OF 10 YEARS.
THE BAR EXAMS DID NOT START WHEN UST STARTED… Stoopid!
September 27th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
tabi-tabi lang. SAN BEDA ang the BEST pagdating sa law. in history, samin galing ang may pinakamataas na naattain. at consistent kaming nagtotop with high passing rate! :)
September 27th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
GO, SAN BEDA, FIGHT! :D
October 3rd, 2009 at 3:07 am
haha..ang kulit ng mga comments dito…one thing is unchangeable UST FACULTY OF CIVIL LAW is the FIRST and OLDEST LAWSCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES… so there Follow the LEADER. Had it not been for the first, there wont be a second, third..so on…keep that in mind.
October 5th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
to those who are bitter with the results…
.. marami pa namang ten yrs to come,,, better luck next time!!!
October 12th, 2009 at 10:20 am
i second the motion, duchess! :)
October 13th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
My goodness, how naive people can be, studyante pa lang kayo ang aangas nyo na, how much more kung maging abogado kayo. why don’t you just all concentrate on your studies and aim for the best, rather than going around telling everybody how good or old your school is. People would appreciate more the simplicity of an individual who humbly accepts the credits rather than brag about something outstanding where in fact he has no part in such a success. I bet none of you have taken the Bar yet and you aint part of that 10 year success of these schools, so why don’t you wait for your turn and lets see the results. I just hope I don’t encounter your elevated ego and unprofessional character in court, for when I do, I’ll make sure you’ll never forget the way you plummet to your consciousness. That is if you can pass the Bar.
October 17th, 2009 at 11:14 am
you’re right yogurt…these are all immature people:-( ang bababaw.
October 28th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
outside visayas and mindanao, ateneo de davao is the best lawschool. although third world region kame, we still managed to perform well in the bar. hindi sa pamahalan ng tuition yan, or kung sino pinakamatanda na lawschool, it’s the consistency that matters. -peace-
October 29th, 2009 at 9:13 am
there are a lot of things that need to be talked about, people…poverty, calamities, climate change, security, etc.. i wonder if you ever feel the concern. Rather than bragging about how good your school is or which is better or which is the best, think of how you can be able to contribute or how we could solve or at least reduce these to insignificant level..better yet, go and reach out to these needy communities….it is not your duty to brag about your school, let your school brag about you when time comes you pass the bar.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:35 pm
there would be no top 20 list of lawschool if there’s no such thing as “being proud about his/her lawschool”. it’s not my duty to brag about my lawschool but it’s my right to be proud of where i came from. you know what’s freedom of expression?
November 4th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
you only have the right to be proud of where you came from if you’ve been a part of its glory.the true measure of pride is your contribution to your country, people, and humanity….freedom of expression, of course it is good.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:39 am
6 lang ang nag-topnotchers samin, sa SAN BEDA. but still, samin nanggaling ang highest attained grade, and we are consistent on top.
di naman kc sa tanda ng school at law school yan. matatag lang ang school konti nmn ang napatunayan. so what kung FIRST and OLDEST LAW SCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES?! haha. XD kung ganun e di dapat mag-top na kayo every bar exams, ang galing niyo na pala e. tagal niyo ng law school, e bakit 67.64% lang? daig pa kayo e 400 years na kayo. puro tatag lang kasi. ang UST, kilala yan na magaling sa MEDICINE, NURSING, at ARTS. lahat ng schools e may specialty. wag nyong lahatin. pati law inaangkin. ok?
“the diamond standard (the highest general average ever obtained among all bar topnotchers in recorded history) was set in 1954 when Florenz D. Regalado of the San Beda College of Law scored 96.7% when he topped the 1954 Philippine Bar Examinations. To date, Atty. Regalado’s feat remains unsurpassed and may never be equalled.” – wikipedia na ang basis. :)
November 8th, 2009 at 3:44 am
Guys, that is the reason why we Filipinos remain poor. We always talk about ourselves and compare excellence within our level (internal). What you are discussing are just regional feats. Regardless of the school and discipline, other countries still does not see those schools you boast as excellent. While our neighbors are purely united in developing their education system that is boosting their economies, we always talk who’s the better school. Mostly are saying Ateneo or DLSU or UP. REMEMBER THIS: Let the other countries talk about our feats. Not us, talking and boasting within ourselves. WE ARE CREATING ENEMIES WITHIN OURSELVES even on simple subjects. We should not be talking who is the better school or who came from better schools? We should be concentrating, how we can be better than other countries as a whole.
I happen to work with people from other nations, Germany, France , Great Britain, UAE, Egypt, India, Sudan etc. Guess what, specially on the West, most of them will tell you they have not heard these schools we are always boasting about but i will bet my money that we Filipinos would have heard of the universities where these people had graduated.
In my humble analysis from their methods of their work, we are still far behind.
Your “excellent schools” will be nothing if our economic rating will fall. Remember also, that most corrupt officials we have actively on board are alumni of these “excellent” schools of yours.
Although i graduated from one of the top schools you were discussing, i am happy not to be like you kids boasting of the excellence of these schools. Let our country stand on its feet in terms of economic progress, then your schools might be in the top 100, not of South East Asia, but in the world.
November 8th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
ang yabang ng mga tao. haha. kung magaling na ang law school, there’s no need to brag about its achievements; let people discover them without persuasions. sa mga proud, wow, you’re too proud; don’t boast too much, lalo na kung kulang ang evidences at maaaring opinions na lamang ang statements.
November 13th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
parang kulang toh… hehehe.. number 16 ata ung school namin 10 lng ung nakapost. happy so say n khit maliit lng law school namin nakasama pa rin sa top 20… sa lahat ng law students… be proud na lng sa skul nio… khit wla yan sa top basta ikaw nagsisikap para magexcel, cgurado makakapasa k sa BAR. Wag ka nalng umsa sa skul nio kung wlang kang tiwla dun… ikaw mismo ang gumawa ng move para makapass ka.. wag mo gawing hindrance ung performance ng skul mo… be the best… pray at study lng yan.. sabi q nga lagi… STD lng yan… SIPAG, TIYAGA at DETERMINASYON! wag ka lng tamaan ng malas sa mga prof mo na abnormal magcompute ng grades… nakakainis sila… grrr…