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The Court En Banc has approved Adriano M. Hernandez's application to take the 1993 Bar Examination based on his qualifications and prior legal experience. However, starting next year, graduates of foreign law schools will no longer be allowed to take the bar examinations unless they meet specific certification requirements. This resolution will be published in the Official Gazette and other national publications.

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Hernandez Bar

The Court En Banc has approved Adriano M. Hernandez's application to take the 1993 Bar Examination based on his qualifications and prior legal experience. However, starting next year, graduates of foreign law schools will no longer be allowed to take the bar examinations unless they meet specific certification requirements. This resolution will be published in the Official Gazette and other national publications.

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[ , July 27, 1993 ]

RE: APPLICATION OF ADRIANO M. HERNANDEZ TO TAKE THE 1993


BAR EXAMINATION

Gentlemen:

Quoted hereimder, for your information, is a resolution of the Court En Banc dated July 27,
1993

"Re: Application of Adriano M. Hernandez to take the 1993 Bar Examination - On June
30,1993, Adriano M. Hernandez filed a petition to take the 1993 Bar Examination. In the
petition, he alleged that:

1. He is a Filipino citizen, of good moral character, and a resident of the Philippines against
whom no charges involving moral turpitude or otherwise have been filed in any court in the
Philippines or elsewhere;

2. He holds a degree of Juris Doctor granted in May, 1991 by the Columbia Law School, New
York, New York, where he finished with second honors as Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and also
holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics granted in May 1988 by Duke University,
Durham North Carolina, where he finished Magna Cum Laude;

3. He has taken and passed the bar examinations of New York State, where he has been admitted
to the practice of law; and has practiced law under supervision in the same state from May to
June 1990 with the firm of Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens as an associate assigned to
maritime litigation and finance matters; and

4. He has taken the fourth year review course and other bar subjects at the Ateneo Law School
in preparation for the examinations, and that he is currently taking the five-month Pre-Bar
Review Course in the same law school.

Considering the petition and its supporting documents and the fact that in several instances in
the past, it had exempted Filipino citizens who have studied law in foreign law schools from the
strict requirements of Section 5 and 6 of Rule 138 and allowed them to take the bar
examinations, the Court votes to ALLOW Mr. Hernandez to take the 1993 Bar Examination.

However, beginning next year, the Court WILL NOT ALLOW GRADUATES OF FOREIGN
LAW SCHOOLS TO TAKE THE BAR EXAMINATIONS. An applicant who desires to take the
bar examinations must not only have studied law in a local school but has to present the
certifications required under Sections 5 and 6 of Rule 138 in order to take the bar examinations.
Since graduates of foreign law schools cannot submit said certifications, they shall henceforth
not be allowed to take the bar examinations.

The Clerk of Court is hereby DIRECTED to have this resolution published in the Official
Gazette, the Supreme Court Reports Annoted, and in several newspapers of national
circulation." Feliciano, Padilla, Griño-Aquino, and Regalado, JJ., disent.

Very truly yours,

DANIEL T. MARTINEZ
Clerk of court

By:

(Sgd.) LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO


Assistant Clerk of Court

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