AB Political Science alumni pass Bar examinations

By: Joey O. Luces

ESCARTIN AND LAUNIO

Two AB Political Science graduates of Capiz State University-Mambusao Satellite College passed the 2020/2021 Philippine Bar examination. The Supreme Court released the results on April 12, 2022.
Atty. Stephen C. Escartin and Atty. Ramon B. Launio, Jr. are among the 8,241 passers out of 11,402 who took the first-ever digitalized examination on February 4 and 6, 2022.
For the first time, the examinations were conducted locally in 31 testing centers in 22 local government units across the country.
Escartin graduated his AB Political Science degree in 2014 and was conferred the Juris Doctor degree at Arellano University in Manila.
Meanwhile, Launio finished his AB Political Science degree in 2015 and attended law school at Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion in Roxas City where he obtained his Juris Doctor.
He was also a member of the CAPSU Mambusao debating team that won 2nd Place in the 2014 PASUC VI Culture and the Arts Festival. The first AB Political Science graduate of CAPSU Mambusao to have passed the Bar examination is Atty. Kristell Ann Marie O. Alido who passed in 2016.
At present, three alumni are also pursuing their Juris Doctor degree. Eugene Estolano and Affle John Leonor are enrolled at Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion while Hazel Chanthrelle Falle at Central Philippine University, Iloilo City.