06 May 2019

Dear __________________,

We are pleased to invite you to a briefing for the parents, spouses, family members, close friends,
and other “caregivers” of our bar reviewees. The briefing will be held at Sky Deck, Madison 101,
Madison Street cor. Aurora Blvd., New Manila, Quezon City at 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon on the
following dates: 26 May 2019, 02 June 2019, 09 June 2019. You may attend the briefing on ANY
ONE of these dates.

Our bar reviewees are on the threshold of what may arguably be the most difficult, exacting, and
nerve-wracking challenge they will ever face in their lives. On the four Sundays of November, they
will be tested in a most rigorous and unforgiving manner by Supreme Court-appointed examiners
who will pose written questions covering the entire spectrum of Philippine law and jurisprudence on
eight bar examination subjects: Political Law, Labor, Civil Law, Taxation, Commercial Law,
Criminal Law, Procedural Law, and Legal Ethics.

The odds are daunting. In years 2005-2018, the national passing percentage has hovered between
17 percent to 30 percent. While the 2016 bar posted a 59% pass rate, such a “high” pass rate is
not forecast to be repeated anytime soon, the same being a significant deviation from the statistical
range. Expectedly, in the 2017 bar, the pass rate was only 25.55% or only ¼ of the total bar
examinees, while in the 2018 bar, the pass rate dipped further to 22%.

The bar examiners will ask for no quarters nor will they give any. No excuse however meritorious
will be accepted. Family problems, sickness and ill-health, emotional and psychological
disturbances are none of the examiners’ concern. One’s education credentials are immaterial. The
bar candidate will be judged solely and exclusively on how he will fare during the four Sundays of
November.

In short our reviewees are going to war.

Hence the bar examinee must be in the best physical, emotional, and mental state both during the
grueling six months of review and the one-month bar examination period. The support and caring
of the bar candidate’s family, spouse, close friends, and other “caregivers” is of capital importance.
Successful candidates have attested that such support and caring is one of the most important
factors in passing the bar. Not a few of them have sworn that it is the most important factor. During
the briefing we shall give advice, tips, and suggestions on how to support and care for our bar
reviewees. We understand the special needs of the bar candidates, having taken the bar exams
ourselves before. We would also be happy to answer your questions on this matter.

Yours truly,

(Sgd.) ATTY. HAZEL E. REBADULLA RIGUERA

Managing Director