In affirmation of the institution's slogan of “Realizing Dreams”, five fresh graduates of the Holy Name University College of Law successfully hurdled the 2010 bar examinations given by the Supreme Court last September, 2010. The five are among the thirteen graduates of the university's 2010 law class who took the examinations The new lawyers of the Holy Name University are Attys. Mae L.Bentulan, Carlo Brian S. Carandang, Diosdado N. Gementiza, Jr., Eileen D. Rule and Warren Jeffrey B. Yap. According to reports the 2010 bar examinations was the second toughest in the last ten years. Out of the total number of 4,487 examinees nationwide who took the examinations, only 982 passed. The HNU successful barristers found the questions in the subject on Taxation as the most difficult.

The 2010 bar was held at the La Salle University where, it can be recalled, the scene of merriment with well-wishers greeting the examinees as they came out of that school's premises after the last subject on the fourth Sunday of examinations turned violent when suspected rival fraternity members allegedly threw explosives into the crowd causing serious injuries to some. Barristers from local schools were however spared from harm. The five successful new lawyers have been consistent performers in class work and often engaged in healthy competition and display of legal knowledge thus making both their alma mater and parents proud. Mae Bentulan is the daughter of Atty. Alfredo Bentulan and Lucia Bentulan, who now reside in Sta. Mesa, Metro Manila. Three are from Tagbilaran City – Carlo Brian Carandang is the son Carmelo and Brenda Carandang of Taloto District, Eileen Rule is the daughter of Ulysses and Erlinda Rule of Mansasa District and Warren Jeffrey B. Yap is the son of Warren, Sr. and Leyema Yap of J. A. Clarin Street. San Isidro, Bohol has also its new lawyer in Diosdado Gementiza, the son of Diosdado, Sr. and Rosenda Gementiza. They all took their bar review classes in Manila schools.

The 2010 No. 1 bar topnotcher is Cesareo Antonio S. Singson, Jr., of the Ateneo de Manila University. As of press time, there was no report regarding successful barristers from the other local law schools. The next bar examinations are scheduled in November this year at the University of Santo Tomas. Under Bar Matter No. 2265, the Supreme Court has made reforms in the bar examinations foremost of which is the introduction of the multiple choice questions, or MCQ, type of test. As rationale for the MCQ, B. M. 2265 cites, among others, the reasons that the predominantly essay-type of test is unable to hit a significant cross-section of the subject matter and that the huge number of bar candidates and the limited time for correcting answers makes fair correction of essay-type questions difficult to attain. Thus, beginning with the 2011 bar examinations, the test will be both MCQ and essay-type, to be graded respectively at 60% and 40 %. In the meanwhile, Atty. Tomas D. Abapo, Jr., HNU Law Dean, announced that the enrolment for the College of Law will start on May 2, 2011.