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Welcome polymaths !

Ever get the feeling that you seem to don't know what to do with your life because there are just so many things that you want to do ? I know, I've been there, so welcome to the club.

My name is Zigfred Diaz and I am a polymath. After more than 6 years of bloging about almost anything under the sun and having sort of a "blogging identity crisis." I've finally embraced who I am and decided to turn my main blog into some sort of guide for people with so much interest. Feel free to poke around.

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Long wait finally over – 2007 Bar exam results released !

March 31, 2008 by Zigfred Diaz 2 Comments

Yesterday (Saturday) was probably the longest day ever for my friend. At last the bar exam results was released. Sadly she was not included among those who made it. I did not know how to comfort her. No amount of words can try to ease the pain. Preparing for the Philippine bar exams is no joke. The physical and mental torture is unbearable. The waiting period is often times more agonizing than preparing for or taking the actual exam itself. Truly the 2007 bar exams is among the hardest if not the most hardest in Philippine bar exams history. The exam results was supposed to be released last Friday. (See my previous post entitled Bar Exams 2007 to be released by Friday or Saturday) However because of the low passing rate, the Philippine Supreme Court has decided to postpone the announcement of those who passed. They deliberated on the matter and the fate of more than 5,000 candidates hanged in the balance as it was decided within the hallowed chambers of the highest court of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law, Law Practice, Law Education Tagged With: 2007 bar exam results, bar exams, Philippine bar exams

Bar Exams 2007 to be released by Friday or Saturday

March 28, 2008 by Zigfred Diaz 3 Comments

Judgement day, D day, moment of truth those are just some of the words that bar candidates choose to call the day that the bar exams would be released. The Supreme Court in it's website has officially anounced that the results for the 2007 bar exams which was held last September 2007 will be finally released either Friday, March 28, 2008 or Saturday, March 29, 2008. The Supreme Court En Banc will still have to meet tomorrow morning (Friday) to decide on the final release date. It's do or die tommorow for the 5,799 bar candidates that will no doubt be loosing sleep starting tonight. Rumors has been circulating that there were only 300 that passed the 2007 Philippine bar exams. If this is true only 6 % passed in what is regarded as the hardest exam in the Philippines. But I doubt if the rumors are true. The average passing rate since the 1950s was always within the 20% plus range. This point in time takes me back a year ago when I was awaiting the results of the 2006 bar exams. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law, Law Practice, Law Education Tagged With: Bar exams 2007 results, Philippine bar exams

Preparing to hurdle the Philippine bar exam ? Than this review center might just be for you !

March 5, 2008 by Zigfred Diaz 8 Comments

One month to go and Jurists Bar review center will start its review classes in Cebu City ! Jurists Bar review Center is a one of a kind bar review center that not only provides bar-review lectures to bar reviewees but gives a unique bar review experience by establishing a system of coaching and performance-monitoring that would better prepare the reviewees for the bar examinations. During its first season in the year 2005, Jurists obtained an overall passing percentage of 41.38% as against the national passing percentage of 27.20%. For those Jurists reviewees who faithfully followed and adhered to the Jurists training protocol of mock-bar examinations and attendance in one-on-one coaching sessions, the passing percentage was an astounding 85%. Gladys Gervacio, a Jurists Reviewee who faithfully followed the Jurists protocol, copped 6th place in the bar examinations and scored a perfect 100% in Labor Law and Legal Ethics, a feat unparalled in the annals of the bar … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law, Law Practice, Law Education Tagged With: bar exams, bar review, Bar review center, Jurists bar review, law, law students, Philippine bar exams

OBSERVATION ON THE 1980 PHILIPPINE BAR EXAMINATIONS – Full report

February 27, 2008 by Zigfred Diaz 4 Comments

The following are excerpts from the actual reports of the 1980 Bar Examiners submitted to, and released to the law schools by, Madam Justice Ameurfina Melencio-Hererra, Chairperson of the 1980 Committee on Bar Examinations. I have already made a summary of this report and has posted it in this blog in the post entitled “How to pass the Philippine bar exams.” However I believe that law students and law professors will gain more by reading the full report. Although this report was made more than 27 years ago, the lessons that can be gleaned are timeless and can still very much apply to those who will be taking the Philippine bar exams. This report is also useful for law professors and law schools as this will help us re-evaluate our teaching methods in order to effectively help our students hurdle the hardest exam in the Philippines, the bar exams. The report starts out with these interesting observations: 1. With a relatively few notable exceptions, I observed a deficiency in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law, Law Practice, Law Education Tagged With: bar, how to be a lawyer, how to pass the bar exams, lawyering, lawyers, Philippine Bar, Philippine bar exams

Marketing one of the best Bar Review Centers

February 20, 2008 by Zigfred Diaz 5 Comments

For the past few weeks, we had been busily promoting Jurists Bar Review Center in Cebu City Philippines. In fact I have written several articles related to Jurists Bar Review in this blog namely: - November 27, 2007 – Ten reasons why I love Jurists Bar review Center - December 26, 2007 – One of the gifts I hope I will get for Christmas - February 6, 2008 – Applying the Blue Ocean Strategy in Bar Exam review We are utilizing all means to promote the review center. We are currently putting up the familiar "yellow" (The Jurists "official color") posters in study centers, law schools, and government offices. Three huge streamers are also placed in heavily populated areas. We have given press releases to two newspapers; they will be possibly printed before the end of February or early March. We are also planning to promote via radio and of course place the traditional newspaper ads. We will also be calling our Southwestern Alumni personally. The last leg of our marketing effort … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law, Law Practice, Law Education Tagged With: Bar exams review, Jurists bar review center, Philippine bar exams

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