The Supreme Court has designated 14 local testing centers (LTCs) nationwide for the 2022 online and regionalized Bar examinations which will be held on November 9, 13, 16, and 20.
This paves the way for the eventual announcement of the actual venues, such as universities or colleges, where the Bar examinations in the 14 LTCs are to be conducted.
The SC through Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa, chair of the 2022 Bar examinations committee, said the LTCs in the National Capital Region (NCR) will be in Northern Manila, Southern Manila, Pasay City, Quezon City, and Taguig City.
Elsewhere in Luzon, the LTCs are in Baguio City in Benguet, Lipa City in Batangas, and Naga City in Camarines Sur.
Northern Cebu City, Southern Cebu City, and Tacloban City in Leyte are the LTCs in the Visayas, while Cagayan de Oro City, Davao City, and Zamboanga City are those for Mindanao.
“We reiterate that the matters of selection and assignment of a bar candidate’s exam venue site are processed on a first-come, first-served basis, i.e. applicants who submitted their applications and paid the Bar fees earlier are assigned to the earlier batches,” Justice Caguioa said in a Bar Bulletin issued on Monday.
“Each batch of unconditionally and conditionally approved bar candidates will receive two notifications in their Bar Personal Login Unified System (Bar PLUS)-registered email address: (1) an email notification informing them that their applications to take the 2022 Bar Examinations have been approved; and (2) an email notification informing them that the venue selection module is available in their Bar PLUS accounts,” the SC official said.
Caguioa also urged all the bar candidates to closely monitor “their Bar PLUS registered email addresses for the aforementioned notifications.”