UST-Legazpi grad tops 2019 Bar exams
By NICOLE-ANNE C. LAGRIMAS, GMA News
Published April 29, 2020 12:30pm
Updated April 29, 2020 1:33pm
A graduate of the University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi topped the 2019 Bar exams,
earning a rating of 91.0490%.
Mae Diane Azores of UST Legazpi, formerly Aquinas University, earned the highest
overall rating among the 2,103 candidates who passed last year's licensure test for
lawyers.
She was followed by Princess Fatima Parahiman of the University of the East, who
got a score of 89.5230%, and Myra Baranda, also of UST-Legazpi, who got a rating
of 88.8250%.
The following complete the top 10:
4th place - Dawna Fya Bandiola - San Beda College Alabang - 88.3360%
5th place - Jocelyn Fabello - Palawan State University - 88.2630%
6th place - Kenneth Glenn Manuel - University of Santo Tomas - 88.1730%
7th place - Rhowee Buergo - Jose Rizal University - 87.8710%
8th place - Anton Luis Avila - Saint Louis University - 87.5820%
9th place - Jun Dexter Rojas - Polytechnic University of the Philippines - 87.5765%
10th place - Bebelan Madera - University of St. La Salle - 87.3795%
The top 10 list was confirmed by Supreme Court spokesman Brian Keith Hosaka.
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