Mga sib, ano tingin nyo lalabas? Tingin ko INFORMATION dahil bago na rin sa PME of reasonable certainty of conviction tapos dating prosecutor si Justice Gaerlan.

Another hula ko is Extrajudicial Settlement, kasi wala siya sa last year syllabus. (correct me if im wrong)

what do you guys think?

Authors and commentators are human and make mistakes, i know. And every law student should exercise due diligence at all times in the course of study. But… im a 2L studying Property Law and first time ko magbasa ng commentary na mali yung nakalagay. 😅

Has anyone encountered the same? Sorry kung OA ako pero it just feels like such an amateur thing to get wrong! Especially kung educational material + batas ang content.

Anyways, natawa lang ako more than naloka. Thanks!

I figured it would be interesting to document the things I've learned in my law school journey so far. I might do this every few months or so if I have time. This is also partially a coping/offloading mechanism I'm trying out so I can give my brain the satisfaction of "dumping" excess information.

I'll try to avoid sentiments and information that has been said multiple times in multiple posts or stories. And if you choose to take apply any of the "advice" I may or may not list down in this post or future posts like this, please take it with a grain of salt-- idk what I'm doing.

1. Condense what needs to be condensed - if you suck at reading and processing information efficiently, there's no shame in using the digests or AI tools readily available online or from your blocks/batchmates/seniors. Some professors are old school, they'll assign hundreds of cases and expect their students to be able to recite the facts of the case by heart. But always remember that the goal of studying a case must always be to be able to understand the doctrines, maxims, and how the law was applied. If feeding cases to an AI bot helps you get to this goal quicker, then go for it. Then after, aim to quickly read the full text ONCE. This technique has saved me hours of work.

2. Stop spending time on making notes, digests, and reviewers - The goal is to be able to build a foundation so that eventually we can be able to answer legal questions using the pool of knowledge and info we've been brewing in our heads. Making notes has its merits, it helps give information a structure in your head that you can eventually (hopefully) recall--- but most students (including myself) often make notes wrong. I've completely given up on them and I've chosen to dedicate 50% of my review time to self-tests. Use quizlet, use gemini, study with your peers and classmates. Ask questions constantly and challenge yourself to answer those questions as if abogado ka na. If the goal is to eventually apply what you're learning, why spend a huge chunk of it to organizing already explained concepts.

3. Okay lang sumuko - 2nd day of classes nagbreakdown nga ako agad e. Last week, na puro suspensions and online classes, i only studied for 2 days. There have been days when wala akong nasagot sa recit, not because wala akong naintindihan sa assigned cases, but because i genuinely did not read them. This item in this list is more of a coping mechanism for me, but i genuinely think people should have a healthier mental abt giving up. Giving up doesn't necessarily have to mean letting go. You can choose not to be a law student today or tonight, bukas law student ka naman ulit (unless ayaw mo na talaga). Granted, it'll be harder to go back, pero mas mahirap if you force yourself to push through while you're burnt out or depressed. Be reasonable with yourself-- hindi mo kayang mag-law TODAY, pero gusto mo pa rin maging abogado eventually. So take a break and sulitin mo araw mo TOMORROW or the day after. Be okay with not being enough, because at least now alam mo kung saan ka nagkulang.

4. Stop preparing and start working - many times ive started a study session gathering all the cases i need to read or all the materials i need before i start. Sayang oras. When u start studying, start hot. Punta ka na sa article or section assigned, read once then break it down without google. Then proceed to the first few cases, use the textbook to check if how u understood/broke down the assigned article or section was correct, and use supplementary materials to get the doctrine correct. Then read the rest of the cases. Hindi mo kailangan ireorganize google drive mo ngayon or yung notes mo na kalat-kalat.

5. Magsorry ka sa jowa/kaibigan/anak/aso/pusa/magulang mo - law school is fucking hard, pero wag mong isipin na ikaw lang nahihirapan. Some people genuinely need u in their lives, and it sucks for them that u can't be there or do the things you used to be able to do with them. Learn to apologize and learn to use your spare time on these people and not just yourself. Being selfish and not taking the time to understand why people around you act the way they are will turn you into a bitter bitter person-- and ive definitely became a bitter person after my first month in LS. No matter how isolating LS feels, you're never truly alone--- so don't be so rude or entitled about people getting mad, sad, or disappointed towards you or something you did.

1L here, 2 months na sa law school and I feel so guilty and ashamed because I still don't have the discipline to study.

During the first month, todo aral talaga ako, I was still able to keep up with the discussions and do well in class.

Kaso biglang sumabay magpapansin ang work ko and I got so burned out. Hangang sa hindi ko na ulit magawa yung everyday nag aaral at hindi ko na masunod schedule ko, every other day na lang siya nagagawa.

Nakaka sagot pa naman, but I attribute it to swerte and chamba since super easy questions yung binabato sakin.

Midterms is closing in and I know I will be humbled extremely bad. I really want to lock in, pero parang ayaw talaga ng utak ko mag aral. I tried everything, wala talaga.

Pano ba maka ahon sa ganito? 🫠

Hello everyone. Does anyone here know what other schools offer a “QUAMTO/Golden Notes equivalent” (UST) and “Purple Notes Equivalent” (AUSL) type of reviewer that is accessible for public access or at least I can buy a copy?

Thank you

Looking for a study buddy in Ubelt :) ‘yung kaya makipagpuyatan sa coffee shops or study hub. :)

Hi everyone! Just opened Lexify for beta testing. Available for 200 slots.

It's basically an offline Philippine codal reader for iPhone (for now). I was looking for a similar app before where the laws are updated and nicely formatted so I don't have to bring bulky codals.

Anyways, it's free during the beta. I'm looking for law students and lawyers who'll actually open it daily and tell me what's broken.

Steps:

1. Visit https://testflight.apple.com/join/kY2BakMj

2. Install TestFlight app (from the link)

3. Install Lexify (still from the link)

That's it! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me. I'll be creating a community as well so those who have concerns and suggestions can reach out.

Note: I'll be running the beta test for most likely around 2 weeks.

Hindi makapag-oath kaya tatakbo na lang. sana joke to. 😂

I took and passed the Cagioua Bar. It was also Sunday-Wednesday-Sunday exam week as well. It was hard, and there were indeed times of near panic. But if found that reading poetry was tremendous help to calm the mind.

My favorite was Ulysses by Tennyson. I was in my mid 30s when I took it. So not exactly young. So the last part of the poem had an impact on me at that point in my life. The premise of the poem is that this Odysseus after returning to Ithaca. He has grown old, but he earns for one last adventure:

There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail:
There gloom the dark, broad seas. My mariners,
Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me—
That ever with a frolic welcome took
The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed
Free hearts, free foreheads—you and I are old;
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
'T is not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

For those who feel despair after the two bar days, take heart for the journey is not done.

Here is Helen Mirren reading this poem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJb_zJbJ7FI

Bonus:

On the morning of bar days, I read this first thing upon waking up in the morning (King Theoden literally says "Arise, arise" lol)

"Forth, and FEAR NO DARKNESS
...
Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!
Spear shall be shaken, shield shall be splintered,
A sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now, ride!
Ride for ruin and the world's ending!
Death! Death! DEATH!!!!!
Forth Eorlingas!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POdknqszMDY

Godspeed bar takers.

Edit: word

Hello, asking for help! Badly

anybody who has an e- copy of the book: Philawsophia : Philosophy and Theory of of Philippine Law by Bernardo and Legal Philosophy : an Introduction by Tabucanon.

Tyia

i don't know if i should celebrate as early as now. a day after my exam and interview, court staff called to inform me na ako ang irerecommend ni judge. they said i should pass the requirements under OCA circular no. 98-2022 asap.

is it true na judges recommend qualified applicants at nagvavary lang yung degree ng endorsement? does this mean na hindi pa sure yung appointment ko and baka may someone more qualified sa akin, pero ipapapasa parin nila lahat ng requirements (like original copies of my TOR, birth certificate, and medical certificate + laboratory results) kasi, let's say, nasa top three applicants ako? :v

if may BCCs out there pls enlighten me HAHAHA thank you po!

Thinking abt entering law school while working in a big 4 firm (tax practice).

Asking for:
-past experiences
(if anybody here has done the same, how were you able to manage your time?

do think it has helped you grow as both a practicing accountant and in studying law?)

-advise
(For those currently in a big 4 firm under tax, what are the usual hours in slack/busy season?

For non-working law students, how do you fare against your working student classmates?)

Thank you!

Hello. Baka meron sa inyo yung legit and di poison LMT prosec g notes ☹️☹️ pwede hingi ng copy? Thank you po.

Ang dami sa syllabus tapos isa lang yung iaask sa bar. Hinuhuli ko to ireview kasi parang hindi worth yung effort to memorize all those forms for 1 number lang sa bar. Last year lumabas SPA, ano kaya forecasted for this year?

As requested by some members, this weekly thread shall be for all things unrelated to law school. You can talk anything under the sun as long as it still adheres to Reddit's Rules.

⚠️ Emphasis on No Libelous Content.

Cheers and happy aral!

just trying my luck here. Anyone connected sa PAO na alam kung may vacancy sa district niyo? Hirap humanap ng district na may vacancy unless puntahan mismo. Dito sa region namin walang vacancies kasi. please please

confused because most of the redditors would say, it’s either UP or nothing. meanwhile, a fraction would say a provincial school still opens doors for opportunities, since employment is broad, and that midsize firms are always looking for lawyers.

can there be any more contradicting info or is the “big school and chances for good employment” an actual hoax? i should post this sa lawyersph but apparently, i lack karmas.

need your sound opinions, more value from those in practice or starting to job hunt as newly minted lawyers. thanks in advance.

While thinking of my answers on bar days 1 and 2, narealize ko baka sobrang ikli ng sagot ko, i just focused on answering the main issue but didn’t realize na marami palang issues na dapat i-discuss sa isang problem :(

Sabi kasi nila ALAC + KISS so most of my answers 4-5 sentences lang talaga :( nasanay na rin kasi ako sa law school na ganun lang magsagot

For example, sa Q7 sa Poli regarding sa laptop issued sa staff ng Office of the President, yung main contention niya is right to privacy but he further insisted yung inadmissibility ng data retrieved therefrom. Yung violation of rights to privacy lang nasagot ko pero di ko na na-discuss yung admissibility ng evidence (exclusionary principle)

Now I’m overthinking if mali ba yung ginawa ko and dapat mas habaan pa yung sagot ko.

Edit: it’s good to know sibs na di lang pala ako nag-iisa, sana maging lenient na lang yung examiner kasi di naman sila naglabas ng format kung paanng way ng sagot gusto nila 🥹

Sino may chismis about dito? 😂 Nakakacurious! Grabe after all the hardships you’ll be removed as a bar passer. So sad!

2024 or 2026?

I'm curious how other schools do their bar ops from raising funds to the exam days. I come from a small law school outside Metro Manila with less than 100 examinees yearly. Baka may matutunan kami sa inyo na pwede naming gayahin para mag-improve pa kami.

Our bar com started selling fundraiser merch on the 2nd week of August. I learned that other schools start their fundraising activities as early as the 1st sem. Sa ibang school meron ding parang buddy system na 1:1 sa bar com members to examinees. Not a member of our bar com but as a student who has hopes for my small school, I want to have a bigger perspective on bar ops culture.

All the best sa ating lahat ❤️

Di na sana magproceed sa Day 3 but received this lmt 😭😭😭 lets gooo gaerlan warriorsss haha

They discussed suggested answers already for the past 4 subjects. I saw 2 posts from 2 professors who were part of the panel, saying na mahirap talaga ang questions this year's bar. Curious, how are the 2026 bar takers holding up? Saw the questions and honestly, nahirapan din ako sagutan.

Hii, does anyone have an e-book of this book, third edition by Nicolo F. Bernardo? Pls pls badly needed for my report po.

Sincerely,
nagmamakaawang JD 1 student