In re Grcia 2 scra 1984

In re Grcia

2 scra 1984

Facts: Arturo Garcia has applied for admission to the practice of law in the Philippines without submitting to the required bar examination.  His petition is based on the Treaty of Academic Degree and the exercise of professins between the phillipines and spain where he finished his studies.  he likewise avers that he is a filoipino citizen born in negros occidental and filipino parentage.


Isues: whether or not garcia may practice law without taking the bar exams in the philippines.


held: no. a filipino citizen who had finished the law course in spain may not be allowed to practice law in the philippines without passing the bar examination.  the aforementioned treaty could not hve been intended to modify the law governing the admission to the practice of law for this reason is an encroachment of the constitutional preprogative ofthe suprme court to prmulgate rulesin the practice of law in the philippies.