WITH a 72.28-percent passing rate, results of the latest bar exams made it the "Best Bar Ever" but also the "Biggest Bar Ever" in Philippine history. My warmest congratulations to all those who passed, which included a lot of my friends in law school. The blood, sweat and tears you poured out for your dreams finally came to fruition. This batch is an inspiration to me and future bar-takers as we know it was very brave and challenging to take the exams during the pandemic.
I am often asked if the study of law complements the accounting profession, usually after the person asking learns that I recently graduated from law school. My response is that the fit is undeniable. Not only does the study of law supplant and expand an accountant's technical competence — the most obvious benefit — but more so in that certain skills, behaviors and traits ordinarily hard to acquire in the accounting practice are developed.
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