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UP Law celebrates its 2025 Bar Exam passers

| Written by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc

Jhenroniel Rhey Sanchez, when asked of his feelings about topping the 2025 Bar Exams, describes himself as an average student and touches on false glories of certain achievements, preferring to remind people of his missteps and struggles toward and within law school that shaped him. Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO.

 

The University of the Philippines Diliman College of Law held a simple testimonial dinner Jan. 8 at Malcom Hall, UP Diliman, to celebrate its graduates’ top finish in the Bar Examinations for two consecutive years, the perfect performance of the college’s scholars as well as of the pioneer batch of its extension program in UP Visayas, and its overall passing rate of 94.63%.

 

“I’m proud of you, and, please, make UP Law proud of what you will do with your UP Law education,” Solicitor General and former UP Law Dean Darlene Marie Berberabe tells the testimonial honorees. Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO.
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“The social determinant of wealth and well-being is as much a matter of the fate of other people who are not as lucky as you are. If we cannot solve inequality in this country, we will forever be plagued with insurgency and criminality. There is no salvation just for you, no success just for you,” UP President Angelo Jimenez reminds the new lawyers in their anticipated journey of success. Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO.

 

Jhenroniel Rhey Sanchez topped the 2025 Bar Exams with a 92.7% rating. Fellow alumni in the list of top 20 passers are Marie Shantelle Sarmiento (eighth), Jusmin Terrian Yap (10th), Alfrancis Cabungcal (13th), Ignacio Lorenzo Villareal (15th), and Chinzen Viernes (19th). All four examinees from the extension program in UP Visayas — Evette Jaimee Capungcol, Jules Duke Contreras, Kate Quinco, and Theresa Iana Tan — passed.

 

The pioneer batch of Bar examinees from UP Law’s extension program in UP Visayas achieves a historic 100% passing rate. Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO.
Chinzen Viernes, 19th in the list of top 20 passers, says her passing the Bar Exam was not merely the product of her hard work, but the result of many acts of kindness she received throughout her law studies. Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO.
The UP Law community sings the final verses of “UP Naming Mahal” with raised fists. Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO.

 

The UP Law community, which included Solicitor General and former UP Law Dean Darlene Marie Berberabe, UP President Angelo Jimenez, UP Diliman Chancellor Edgardo Carlo Vistan II, current UP Law Dean Gwen Grecia-De Vera, and the UP Bar Operations Commission, attended the celebration.