[4] In 2005, the Supreme Court implemented the "five-strike" rule, which disqualifies five-time flunkers from taking future bar exams.

[5] In 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that individuals' scores were sensitive personal information under the Data Privacy Act and cannot be disclosed without prior consent of the examinees.

However, it allowed law schools to requests for individual scores in such a manner that does not identify any single examinee.

[10] Candidates who meet all the admission requirements usually enroll in special review classes after graduating from law school.

These programs are held from April to September in law schools, colleges, universities, and review centers.

[13] The passing average is the minimum grade in the exam required to be admitted to the practice of law.

Thus, the Supreme Court adjusted the standard to 70% and the disqualification rate in 3 subjects (civil, labor and criminal law) from 50 to 45%.

[16] The difficulty of the recent bar examinations, compared to exams of the past, can be attributed to the following factors:[14] After the end of the Second World War, the passing rate in the succeeding years was remarkably high, ranging from 56 to 72% percent.

[20] Previously, largely essay-written-type exams are manually checked by members of the Committee of Bar Examiners.

During this period, candidates (who already hold law and bachelor's degrees) may opt to work in law firms and courts as legal researchers, teach in liberal arts and business colleges, function in companies and organizations using their pre-law degrees (i.e. Communication Arts, Accounting, Economics, Journalism, etc.

[21] However, the recent shift to digitalization of the exams had reduced the waiting period to more than two months only, e.g., the 2023 Bar Examinations was held in September of the same year with the results released on 5 December 2023.

Candidates whose names appear in the list are required to take and subscribe before the Supreme Court the corresponding Oath of Office.

[22] Candidates shall take an Oath of Office and sign their names in the Roll of Attorneys of the Supreme Court.

The deans of all Philippine law schools are requested to attend the ceremony and grace the front seats of the plenary hall.

[24] In the 1930s, a distant relative of Imelda Romualdez Marcos who was a Justice in the High Court resigned after a controversy involving the bar examinations.

[clarification needed] Justice Ramon Fernandez was forced to protect his name and honor when he resigned because of a bar examination scandal.

[26] On September 24, 2003, the Supreme Court, annulled the test results on mercantile law after "confirmation of what could be the most widespread case of cheating in the 104-year-old bar exams".