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Mindanao university ordered to close law programs

  The Legal Education Board (LEB) has ordered the Mindanao State University to close its law programs in all its campuses starting academic year 2025-2026 after it approved a resolution canceling MSU’s accreditation. The order stemmed from MSU’s refusal to recognize LEB’s supervisory authority and for asserting that it is not bound by the board’s orders, policies and guidelines on legal education. “The MSU is no longer authorized to offer the basic law program in the country,”  the LEB said. The board made permanent the cease and desist order it issued against MSU’s extension law programs on its campuses in Tawi-Tawi, Sulu and Maguindanao. It expressed concern over what it described as MSU’s “dismal” performance in the Bar examinations, noting the school’s passing rate since 2013 has been below the national passing percentage. Reacting to the LEB’s resolution, the MSU said it would continue to operate in accordance with its chapter passed by Congress in 1955. “The LEB cannot act no

Bar hopefuls in this Lenten season by Fiscal Fred Nojara

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            Perhaps, among professions that require licensure examinations, the bar exams is the most exciting one. Historically, the results of the bar exams had been the most anticipated news as many were eagerly waiting.  SHOP  HERE Aside from the sheer numbers of examinees, it is one of the licensure exams that is only given once in a year. SHOP  HERE So, if one fails the exams, he has to re-take it next year. As compared to others, like physicians licensure exams, if one fails the March schedule, he can immediately re-take it in the October exams of the same year. SHOP HERE VOL. I VOL. II Bar exams is notoriously known for its toughness. One has to be not only intellectually prepared but also emotionally and financially ready.  SHOP  HERE The rigorous six-month pre bar review entails a lot of reading of numerous reviewers of eight bar review subjects. One has to properly budget his time so that he would be able to cover those subjects.  SHOP HERE! This is not to mention the daily

S.A 2020/21 B.E POLITICAL LAW | Question #

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        SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO THE 2020/21 BAR EXAMINATIONS IN POLITICAL* LAW  #POLI* Law #PreviousBarQuestions  Code: S.A 2020/21 B.E POLITICAL* LAW | Question #05 SHOP  HERE BAR QUESTION Both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed a bill which:  SHOP  HERE (a) increases the.number of Supreme Court Justices from 15 to 20;  SHOP HERE VOL. I VOL. II (b) assigns the five most senior Justices, including the Chief Justice, exclusively to a Special Division that will tackle only constitutional cases; and  SHOP  HERE (c) removes from the Supreme Court En Banc the power to hear and decide cases involving alleged violations of the Constitution. SHOP HERE! The Chief Presidential Legal Counsel advises the President to veto the bill, arguing that the law is unconstitutional because its contents should be the subject of constitutional amendment rather than of legislation. Bye mosquito SHOP HERE Is the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel's argument constitutionally sound? Explain briefly