"An invisible atom bomb has exploded in our information ecosystem, and the world must act as it did after Hiroshima. Like that time, we need to create new institutions, like the United Nations, and new codes stating our values, like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to prevent humanity from doing its worse. It’s an …
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Many are called, but only few are chosen, so says an old adage. For those called to the legal profession, they usually have storied backgrounds. They may have started on the wrong side of things; however, they are able to rise up through difficulties to overcome hurdles. Just what a true lawyer does. https://youtu.be/3D89nnBnrFA
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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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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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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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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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