My law school journey (2/10)
I started my college with reservations on the degree that I was on. When I received the notice that I passed my UPCAT, it was with mixed emotions. Not that I was crying nor ecstatic with joy. Rather, it was more of a “huh…?” I may have passed the admission test to enter the University …
My law school journey (1/10)
I had no inkling of becoming a lawyer when I was a kid. As far as I could remember, I have always been fascinated with computers. You see, I grew up during the birth and rise of the Internet from 1999 to the early 2000s. I was in my second year in high school when …
PH legal profession and its aversion to mental health
Today, October 10, World Mental Health Day is celebrated. Like clockwork, I’m reminded on how little to nothing has improved with the IBP in terms of promoting mental wellness and well-being among Filipino lawyers. It seems the masochist perspective of the legal profession remains to be the norm. After all, the law school experience is …
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Earning my Data Protection Officer (DPO) certification
Last May 2021, I had the good fortune to undertake a week-long Data Protection Officer (DPO) certification program and thereafter successfully pass the examination to be properly certified as a DPO by TUVRheinland. Our mentor was no other than “Mr. Privacy”, Dr. Rolando R. Lansingan, CEH, CHFI, CySA (plus), NPC-DPO. He was the former Chief …
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Real cat lawyer did an AMA at Reddit, comments are purrfect and hilarious
“I’m not a cat.” This legal humor will go down in legal history as one of the funniest. With a new found fame, what to do with it? Well, do a Reddit Ask me Anything (AMA). Hilarity ensues, particularly due to witty remarks, with a few coming from fellow lawyers. See: Reddit AMA by the …
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Court’s digital transformation forced by Covid-19
The legal industry has been resilient to change, innovation, and technology. There is so much romanticism in doing many things the “old-fashioned way”. Many think that you are not a lawyer unless you use a pen and a legal pad, open a law book, or burn the midnight oil. This kind of fixed mindset make …
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Wearing vaccination ID, is it a privacy issue?
It is curious how the National Privacy Commission (NPC) has not yet issued an official statement on the proposal of a DILG executive to require the wearing of vaccination cards as a form of ID when outside. The NPC has been an active vanguard of protecting the privacy of individuals since its inception. It has …
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The irony of PH National ID not being recognized
It took over a decade for the National ID to pass muster against the critics who touted it being the biggest threat to a person’s right to privacy from lawless elements to even the Government (or should I say those who will unlawfully use public office to dig into private information of individuals). Back then, …
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The Philippines has a Fake News law, well sort of…
Under Article 154[1] of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), the following is considered as a criminal offense: “Any person who by means of printing, lithography, or any other means of publication shall publish or cause to be published as news any false news which may endanger the public order, or cause damage to the interest …
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Important but often ignored during bar exam review
The bar exam is not just a licensure exam. It is a struggle, it is a fight, it is an accomplishment of a dream for many. Yet, many often ignore something important during the bar exam review. You have to condition your mind to build mental fortitude. Go to a fight feeling defeated and helpless, …
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Tips: What to do 30 days before the PH Bar Exam
1. Get over your Mock Bar Exam Results Many have likely taken Mock Bar Exams and find their results disappointing. For some, they may have even seen struggles in law school and the hardship in the bar exam review flash before their very eyes and wonder what they have all been doing this time. Why-o-why …
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No bar topnotchers for the 2020/21 PH bar exam
It finally happened. No bar topnotchers will be announced for the upcoming 2020/21 PH bar exam. It took a pandemic. Since I was in law school, there has been a clamor for the removal of the annual fanfare of announcing bar topnotchers. Days after the release of a bar exam result, media outlets are awash …
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Joe Laureta, Legal Theory
I know of only one U.P. Law Professor who most law students refer to on a first-name basis despite the huge age gap (he was around in his late 60s when he taught us). He is also top of mind whenever I recall that phrase thrown around by law professors who want their students to …
Jobert Navallo interviewing Raul C. Pangalangan
I can’t help but smile and laugh a little at the interview by journalist and lawyer Jobert Navallo and retired ICC Judge and former UP Law Dean Raul C. Pangalangan. Somehow, I think Dean RCP also found it amusing that his former law student is now interviewing him on a major news outlet and before …
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Rise of bar topnotchers from the provinces: 2019 Bar Exam
Several of the 2019 bar exam topnotchers came from law schools in the provinces.
PH Olympic medalists should financially protect themselves
With the recently concluded 2020/21 Olympics, several articles and online content popped up about previous Filipino Olympic medalists. The somber theme to it all was that they encountered financial difficulties after presumably having earned financial rewards for bringing glory to the Philippines, if today is an indicator. The story is not so different from professional …
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On the Whang Od and Nas Daily controversy
Why would an Ivy-league educated businessman in a foreign country get a signature for a contract from a 100-year old indigenous tribal person without getting a local lawyer to assist? That very much sums up my thoughts on the matter. There are so many inter-connected issues and socio-cultural complexities to the matter that it can …
The Legal Side of Love: Quotes from the Supreme Court
On Valentines Day this 14 February 2021, words from the Supreme Court on that little thing called love, to ponder on: “The heart has reasons of its own which reason does not know.” —Chua-Qua vs. Clave, G.R. No. L-49549, Aug. 30, 1990 “There can be no love where respect is gone.” —People vs. Rivera Nov. …
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Track Record of Mentoring
What I write on
Law Practice
What I’ve been learning about the practice
- PH legal profession and its aversion to mental health
- Earning my Data Protection Officer (DPO) certification
- Real cat lawyer did an AMA at Reddit, comments are purrfect and hilarious
- Court’s digital transformation forced by Covid-19
- Where is Management Prerogative in Covid-19 discussions on employment?
- Client’s right to foolish mistakes
- My first labor law case
- PH Lawyering in the time Covid-19
- Value conversation, why client and lawyer should talk value
- Why I limit my retainer-clients
Philippine Law
Commentary on PH laws and pending bills
- Wearing vaccination ID, is it a privacy issue?
- The irony of PH National ID not being recognized
- The Philippines has a Fake News law, well sort of…
- Is it discrimination in the workplace if vaccine availability is not an issue?
- Why prenuptial agreements are valued only by people who worked hard to gain wealth
- Psychological incapacity as a legal concept, and not a medical condition
- The Anti-Duel Law in the Philippines is still in effect
- Last will on a yellow pad paper, no signature, valid?
- Mother’s surname may be used by legitimate children, says Supreme Court
- Online wedding? Virtual marriage ceremony in the Philippines
PH Bar Exam
Paying forward with some words of wisdom
- Important but often ignored during bar exam review
- Tips: What to do 30 days before the PH Bar Exam
- No bar topnotchers for the 2020/21 PH bar exam
- Why you should take the 2020/21 PH Bar Exam
- Creating a system for your bar exam review
- First online bar exam in the Philippines?
- Rise of bar topnotchers from the provinces: 2019 Bar Exam
- Top 8 Reasons for Flunking the Bar Exam, and How to Avoid Them
Law School
Memory lane and current thoughts on legal education
Life
Musings in general
- PH Olympic medalists should financially protect themselves
- On the Whang Od and Nas Daily controversy
- The Legal Side of Love: Quotes from the Supreme Court
- January 2020: Words to the Wise
- Luckily, Rizal was not a lawyer
- 4 legal advantages to marry or perhaps not
- Johnny Depp and his (mis)fortune – a case study
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