Archive for the 'Law, Law Practice, Law students' Category

A better alternative to Bar Matter 2012

Last Tuesday, April 21, 2009, being one of the faculty members of the Southwestern University School of Law in Cebu City Philippines, I was tasked by our Dean, Atty. Godwin Denzel Manginsay, to attend the Cebu City IBP forum on Bar Matter 2012.

Looking for a great remedial law reviewer ? – Check this one out!

I’ve received an email from my mentor and good friend Prof. Manuel Riguera, that the first edition, Volume 1 – Civil Procedure of his “Primer-reviewer on Remedial law” is now available in all Central Bookstores nationwide.

2008 Philippine Bar exam results finally out

At last, bar candidates can breathe a sigh of relief as the 2008 Philippine Bar exam results is finally out. The Philippine bar exams is said to be the hardest and the longest exam in the country. Candidates are subjected to a grueling 32 hours, 4 Sundays of all essay type questions. The exam is [...]

Jurists Bar Review Center ad in youtube

Finally, I have managed to make an ad for Jurists Bar Review Center and uploaded it in youtube. I lost the pictures I managed to take in last year’s Jurists Bar Review Cebu, so I had difficulty in creating a flashy ad without pictures.

Free lecture on bar review methods

I’ve recently learned that my very good friend and mentor, Professor Abelardo Domondon is giving a free lecture on Bar exam review methods.  The following are the details of the free lectures.

Guerilla Blogger in Philippine Senate inquiry

Guerilla Blogger was grilled in a Philippine senate inquiry for implementing subversive and contrarian methods in blogging including the illegal use of guerilla blogging strategy and tactics.

Jurists Bar review center Cebu now accepting reviewees for 2009 pre-bar review!

Jurists Bar review center Cebu is once again opening up its door and a bringing quality, affordable and unique bar review experience to reviewees from the Visayas and the Mindanao area.

Free ebook on how to write Philippine legal forms in the Philippine bar exams

Whew !!! Finally I finished another ebook project entitled “A Dunce guide to writing legal forms in the Philippine bar exams” This short but very useful 15 page ebook for law students and bar exam candidates is now ready for download. The good news about this is that I AM GIVING IT AWAY ABSOLUTELY FREE [...]

2007 Bar exam passers are bogus lawyers?

I stumbled across an interesting topic in the Southwestern University (SWU) Cebu City Philippines, School of Law alumni association friendster group. The topic in the discussion board I am referring to is the one which reads “2007 Bar exam Passers are BOGUS lawyers.”

Finally, the use of Filipino dialect in Philippine courts is now being experimented!

Having practiced law for more than 1 year now, I bemoan the fact that the wheels of justice in this country (The Philippines) is just too slow. Practicing law here is very discouraging. The primary reason for this is of course because of the big “C” (Corruption) which is also the problem of most government [...]

Giving more of the law to those who have less in life

I had just been nominated to become a member of the Young Lawyer’s Association of  Cebu (YLAC). As a nominee, I had been given an assignment to write an article about last  week’s YLAC legal aid activity which is to be included in the organization’s publication called  the “Consiglier.” I love being nominated for YLAC [...]

Legal implications of the Gucci gang, Brian Gorrell, DJ Montano controversy

Talks has been circulating in blogs, most especially Philippine blogs about the “Talented Mr. Montano” and the “Gucci gang. In fact I wrote an article on how popular it has become from an SEO perspective. You can check out the posts entitled “Who is DJ Montano and Brian Gorrell and why you should get to [...]