By Daniel P. Tapaoan, Jr. 

Exhibiting stellar performance, the Mariano Marcos State University has recorded a 75% institutional passing rate in the 2022 Bar Examinations, ranking fifth among the top performing law schools in the country with 11-50 examinees. A passer from the university also ranked 12th in the exam. 

Nine out of 12 takers from the MMSU College of Law hurdled the grueling test administered by the Supreme Court in November 2022 nationwide. Of these passers, six took the test for the first time. 

Garnering 86.75%, Atty. Jether Corpuz placed 12th in the roster of top 30 examinees. 

Other new lawyers from MMSU are Atty. Stephanie Mei Cabello, Atty. Fleurdeliz Credo-Taylan, Atty. Jether Corpuz, Atty. Vwxyz Dascil, Atty. Febelyn Digap-Tebes, Atty. John Mark Leano, Atty. Rian Vincent Nebab, Atty. Jem Krisna Minette Oducayen, and Atty. Justine Precious Taggaoa-Biado. 

They are among the 3,992 passers, out of 9,183 bar takers across the country. The national passing rate stood at 43.47%. 

Jubilated with the results, MMSU President Shirley C. Agrupis congratulated the new bar exam passers and their families. She also expressed gratitude to the faculty of the COL under the leadership of its dean, Atty. Brian Jay Corpuz, for equipping and producing practice- and bar-ready graduates. 

“Indeed, this feat only proves that MMSU is sustaining its stature as one of the best law schools in the country,” President Agrupis expressed. 

MMSU first posted a hundred percent passing rate in the 2020-2021 Bar Examinations and placed first in the roster of top performing law schools with 11-50 examinees. Two of its graduates were also hailed as exemplary performers. 

The university also emerged as a top performing law school in 2018 and 2019. (HLY/JVBT, StratCom)