Requisites for Admission to the BAR Examination

Academic qualifications:

• Holder of a professional degree in law from a recognized law school in the Philippines[
• Holder of a bachelor's degree with academic credits in certain required subjects from a recognized college or university in the Philippines or abroad.

Non-academic requisites:

• A Filipino citizen.
• At least twenty-one (21) years of age.
• A resident of the Philippines.
• Satisfactory evidence of good moral character (usually a certificate from the dean of law school or an immediate superior at work).
• No charges involving moral turpitude have been filed against the candidate or are pending in any court in the Philippines.