<P> 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 .), help run the family business, or take a long vacation . </P> <P> The Office of the Bar Confidant of the Philippine Supreme Court releases the Official List of Successful Bar Examinees, usually during the last week of March or the first week of April of every year . Candidates whose names appear in the list are required to take and subscribe before the Supreme Court the corresponding Oath of Office . </P> <P> Candidates shall take an Oath of Office and sign their names in the Roll of Attorneys of the Supreme Court . The oath - taking is usually held in May at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) with a formal program where all Justices of the Supreme Court, sitting en banc, formally approve the applications of the successful bar candidates . The eight bar examiners are officially introduced to the public . A message to the newly inducted lawyers is delivered by one of the justices . Candidates who made the bar top ten list are also introduced and honored . The deans of all Philippine law schools are requested to attend the ceremony and grace the front seats of the plenary hall . </P> <P> 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 . Justice Ramon Fernandez was forced to protect his name and honor when he resigned because of a bar examination scandal . </P>

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