2004 Bar Exams!!!

[pyke]

The killer of September is just around the corner!!!!!!!

[Terry Sharon]

I do believe marami na namang failure.

Kasi hirap ng abogasya sa Pilipinas pero sa States pinaka-pipitsuging trabaho ang maging abogado. Bakit kaya ** class?

[Coño Guy]

september na ba? in any case, im rooting for diane desierto to be in the top 5 in lawskul. hehe. Reclaim the glory of UP Law :)

[Coño Guy]

whoops mali ***, within top 5 ng BAR exams results, if not top 1. :)

[C.I.C.C.I]

Originally posted by Terry Sharon
I do believe marami na namang failure.

Kasi hirap ng abogasya sa Pilipinas pero sa States pinaka-pipitsuging trabaho ang maging abogado. Bakit kaya ** class?

Is being a lawyer in the States a "cheap" profession?

What about if you were into Personal Injury Practice and Insurance?

[LongBow]

goodluck!!!!!!

[montserrat]

If it were so "pipitsugun" in the US, then there shouldn't be any fresh first year associates pulling down six-digit starting salaries with signing bonuses. And, if it were so small time as a profession, then it wouldn't be so in the public imagination that the media would actually bother to create tv series' about lawyers and film movies about them. I haven't seen tv series about engineers or accountants, have you?

[YFU'ER]

I wonder if one of the best writers in this fora will make the top ten in this years bar exam? No, it is not Mac Bolan but he is one of the more thought provoking posters in this fora. I believe he is a 4th year Law at UP! You know who you are. Good luck!

[halikinu_rahrah]

Osc_r?

[Thoma§]

good luck to the UST faculty of civil law! bring back the golden days of santo tomas law!

[sagala_queen]

Good Luck talaga sa mga taga UST... hahahaha

mga taga UP, galingan nio ha, kahit may leakage yung taga "ano" alam nio na yun, sana kayo pa rin ang mag top. :D

[camerlengo]

my bet
admu will top the bar

why
madam is still prexy
el bigote is still alive

[Thoma§]

Sa DLSU pa rin ba gaganapin ang Bar exams? :)

good luck to all the students!! hintayin niyo ako riyan after 5 years hahaha! :D

[sugar_guy]

gud luck sa cuz ko sana maka pas ka...

[C.I.C.C.I]

Originally posted by Terry Sharon
I do believe marami na namang failure.

Kasi hirap ng abogasya sa Pilipinas pero sa States pinaka-pipitsuging trabaho ang maging abogado. Bakit kaya ** class?

tuition fee:

HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW - $48,000/YEAR
GOLDEN GATE LAW SCHOOL - $25,000/YEAR

[fReAk]

GoodLUCK sa friend ni Ate, Siya lang kasi magbbar na kakilala ko...Sa Arellano Law siya..U GOODLUCK!

[C.I.C.C.I]

the whole world will look at someone from the top 10 and be stunned.....

[C.I.C.C.I]

good luck to Miss_O of gamezone......

[pyke]

Purple Reigns!!!!

That's this year's battle cry of the best bar operations around, ||The Arellano University School of Law and Government Bar Operations!!!!!

Long live and Hail to the Chiefs!!!!! Our proud and mighty Arellianite Chiefs!!!!

Believe and We will conquer!!!! Be the best that you can be!!!!!!!!!

[XetraDAX]

goodluck!!

[jc_valdepenas]

Good Luck to all Bedan Barristers!!!
For San Beda, Our Country, and God!!!

[jj9527]

good luck bb pilipinas universe 2001 zorayda ruth andam of UP!

she will be taking the bar exams this year after graduating as one of the top 1% in her batch at the UP College of Law last april 2004.

[Halikinu Eagle]

goodluck to my friends mark de castro and jayson javellana.

Future Atenean lawyers!

Lux in Domino
Ateneo de Manila!

[agad-agAd]

Originally posted by Thoma§
good luck to the UST faculty of civil law! bring back the golden days of santo tomas law!

really, kelan 'tong sinasabi mong golden years?

[boredtoday]

goodluck to all Bedan barristers!

UIOGD
ANIMO SAN BEDA!

[coup_plotter]

Good Luck to the UP COLLEGE OF LAW Bar EXAMINEES!

Bring back the GLORY of Malcolm Hall!

[voltaire_mad]

Good Luck to all the baristers. Most Philippine Presidents were lawyers. It would not be surprising if another great leader would come from the profession.
Good luck to Thomasian baristers also. Remember Arlene Maneja. Viva Santo Tomas!

[Verbl Kint]

Yipee! More alcohol! :D

[pyke]

Zafra, Syjuco, Sumulong.....

Names that will remind the AUSL barristers that we do have a proud tradition!!! Slay the killer of september!!!!

[Thoma§]

viva santo tomas! :)

[Thoma§]

Originally posted by voltaire_mad
Good Luck to all the baristers. Most Philippine Presidents were lawyers. It would not be surprising if another great leader would come from the profession.
Good luck to Thomasian baristers also. Remember Arlene Maneja. Viva Santo Tomas!
when will UST release the forms for the law entrance examination? i'm hoping to be a freshman law student next year.

[C.I.C.C.I]

Originally posted by jj9527
good luck bb pilipinas universe 2001 zorayda ruth andam of UP!

she will be taking the bar exams this year after graduating as one of the top 1% in her batch at the UP College of Law last april 2004.

Top 1% or you mean top 10% of her class?

If there are 10 graduates she is .01; 20 graduates = .02 etc.....

[C.I.C.C.I]

i saw the exam questions.....questions were not the expected questions......

WEIRD!!! :D

[Thoma§]

ano 'yan, may leakage nanaman? :confused:

[LBS]

Originally posted by coup_plotter
Good Luck to the UP COLLEGE OF LAW Bar EXAMINEES!

Bring back the GLORY of Malcolm Hall!

What exactly do you mean?

The "glory" has never left Malcolm Hall.
Any ordinary UP Law grad can ALWAYS match or edge the best graduates of OTHER Law schools or that Law School beside a mall that claims itself as THE OTHER LAW SCHOOL of UP. The best UP Law graduates are extraordinarily good and are beyond compare. If you know what I mean.

Did you know that it is everyone's dream at the Ateneo to make it to Malcolm Hall? Ask around if you know someone from Ateneo. Their lives at the Ateneo were devoted in preparation to get into UP Law. It's such an overwhelming pride for each an every Atenean to make it in UP.

[halikinu_rahrah]

^^ maniwala ka sa kanya, taga UP 'yan. ^^

[agad-agAd]

e kelan nga yung golden years ng ust law?

[malou_ang2]

hahhaha walang golden years yan whahahahha

[agad-agAd]

e ano yung sinasabi nung isang thomasian?

kathang-isip o kasinungalingan?

[C.I.C.C.I]

Originally posted by Thoma§
ano 'yan, may leakage nanaman? :confused:

Have you ever been to a Bar Operations?

While the examinees are having there exams......deans get to have a copy of the exams......and these are circulated to law students......

[sedfrey]

hey cicci, are you taking the bar this year? good luck!!!

[pyke]

See how good our bar ops? Grand entrance kami sa Taft which is our turf........

Good luck to our bar bet, Mr. Arnel Atalip............. lead your tribe to glory sir....

[boss2677]

HAIL TO THE CHIEFS!!!
ARELLANO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW!!!

[XetraDAX]

Animo La Salle!

Hahaha!! joke lang! :lol:

[Thoma§]

Originally posted by C.I.C.C.I
Have you ever been to a Bar Operations?

While the examinees are having there exams......deans get to have a copy of the exams......and these are circulated to law students......
i haven't, i just rely on the news and from what i hear around. they say, that leaks really do get out, meaning, prior to the actual examinations and not during. that goes for the LET as well, this one's proven.

[phalluscolossus]

Yung mga lumalabas na mga handouts na hawak ng mga barista, ay mga predictions lang on possible bar questions, not leakage per se, unlike what happened in last year's exams which was really the epitome of a leakage.

[Thoma§]

i see. thanks.

[mige]

ANIMO BENILDE! ooopsss..

HAIL TO THE CHIEFS!!!!

Good luck to all Arellanite and Betan Barristers!

[pyke]

Go bro. mige...... hehehehehe

[berdengITIM]

gUD Luck sa mga tatakbong naka-hubad!!!
Aabangan ko kayo. Ciao!!!

[pyke]

3 down, 1 sunday to go......

[C.I.C.C.I]

Originally posted by pyke
3 down, 1 sunday to go......

Are you taking the exams?

[mige]

Originally posted by berdengITIM
gUD Luck sa mga tatakbong naka-hubad!!!
Aabangan ko kayo. Ciao!!!

di pwede oblation run sa taft avenue dahil sa traffic.. kaya maglalakad nalang sila. hehehehe

[pulang leon]

Goodluck to all Bedans out there... we'll probably drop one or two somewhere between no. 2 and no. 10... as usual... but after years of leakage, first one to go public was last year.. until now, no one was held responsible... kakahiya naman kasi talaga sa tao o school na iyon na pinag-simulan... hope it doesn't leak to our school and in any other schools anymore.. especially after it went public last year.. sana nahinto na.. o baka naging mas maingat lang sila... pero kahit na, sana naman this time, no. 1 naman na tayo.. nakakasawa na rin yung muntik-muntikan lang eh.. like, .04 na lang sana, no. 1 na tayo at di sana no. 4 or 7.... pero galing pa rin talaga ng mga parating no. 1 noh? kahit parating kakaunti lang ang difference..

Goodluck to all barristers from all over the country!!! Hope we have produced more decent lawyers this time, especially like someone mentioned here that most of our presidents were lawyers too.. but if we can't get decent lawyers to be presidents, then i hope we can produce real DECENT actors and actresses out of MTB or ABS-CBN to lead our country.. for me, i thought FPJ was the most decent, pero natalo... sayang.... sayang nga ba? i'm confused now... pero iba SIGURO kung naging abogado siya tulad ng mga magiging abogado this september!!!

Good luck everyone!

[pyke]

C.I.C.C.I

Nope, i am not taking the exams, pagod lang sa bar ops

[pyke]

Long Live Arellano

[Flyingmouse]

arellano law is way better than ust law.

[crescent19]

just askin, bakit kaya sa lasalle ginagawa ang bar exams?

[XetraDAX]

Originally posted by crescent19
just askin, bakit kaya sa lasalle ginagawa ang bar exams?

- the campus is small, it would be easy to mannage the large number of barristers
-the campus is near the supreme court
-a lot of buildings to hold all the examiners, then magkakalapit pa


i dont think na reason yung "dlsu doesnt have a law school kasi". nagkataon lang siguro yun.

[pyke]

DLSU is a common ground..... (maybe Ateneo Law will object to that) but before, sa MLQU ginagawa bar....

and yes, Arellano Law is way better than UST Law....

[C.I.C.C.I]

Originally posted by crescent19
just askin, bakit kaya sa lasalle ginagawa ang bar exams?

I think....

....it has better facilities
....easier to manage to think rooms are close to each other
.... closer to teh SC

[crescent19]

ok, salamat!

[Tomasaiyan]

Originally posted by pyke
DLSU is a common ground..... (maybe Ateneo Law will object to that) but before, sa MLQU ginagawa bar....

and yes, Arellano Law is way better than UST Law....

Good for Arellano. Anyway goodluck to all Bar examinees, especially Thomasians.

[Thoma§]

Go, UST Faculty of Civil Law! Repeat Prof. Arlene Maneja's feat! ;)

[l•)]

tanong ko lang. kelan lalabas ang results ng exam?

[Introvert_S]

around april pa yata... agonizing wait talaga...

[Thoma§]

april pa? shucks, ang tagal nga!! by that time, nag-eenrol na ako sa law school hehe. ;)

[kundera_tan]

^ off topic....

uy pwede bang pagsabihan mo si ROYAL-BLOOD na tigilan ako.
hindi ako ikaw, at sana huwag niyo akong idamay sa LQ niyo.

[Thoma§]

i've replied to your PM. let's just talk there.

[Introvert_S]

hmm, matagal na bang parang may piyesta lagi tuwing bar exams? kakatuwang tingnan nung napadaan ako...

saka I didn't know na may oblation run din pala ang APO pag bar exams. I really hope they should just do this gimmick inside the UP campuses. OA na masyado pag ginawa pa nila sa Taft.

the long wait begins. good luck!!!

[Flyingmouse]

i heard there was a royal rumble yesterday between up fraternities.

bakit ba sila ganun?

[halikinu_rahrah]

yung may cage ba?

[halikinu_rahrah]

Originally posted by Introvert_S
hmm, matagal na bang parang may piyesta lagi tuwing bar exams? kakatuwang tingnan nung napadaan ako...

saka I didn't know na may oblation run din pala ang APO pag bar exams. I really hope they should just do this gimmick inside the UP campuses. OA na masyado pag ginawa pa nila sa Taft.

the long wait begins. good luck!!!

mas masaya kung takbo sila hanggang taft, tapos tulo y *** very maasim na UPian pawis. maasiman at mahihilo yung ibang mag-eexam, baka hindi makasgot. at least UP ang magta-top.

[mige]

Originally posted by Flyingmouse
i heard there was a royal rumble yesterday between up fraternities.

bakit ba sila ganun?

i saw them when i was to go back to our campus. hanggang sagutan lang naman ata and there was a police between them. pero mas ok kung nagka rumble nga heheheh

[isawgirl]

hindi lang sya sagutan. nagkasakitan talaga. i saw in the news last night. if i'm not mistaken, meron pang nasaksak sa hita. the others naman, paluan lang. the fraternities involved were scintilla juris and sigma rho.

[intensity1214]

nakakatakot naman.

[Flyingmouse]

trust up to blemish any festivity.

[pyke]

Arellano Rules!!!!!!

[C.I.C.C.I]

QUESTION NO. I





A. The 1935, 1973 and 1987 Constitutions commonly provide that: “The judicial power shall be vested in one Supreme Court and in such lower courts as may be established by law.”





What is the effect of the addition in the 1987 Constitution of the following provision: “Judicial power includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable, and to determine whether or not there has been grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of any branch or instrumentality of the government”?



Discuss briefly, citing at least one illustrative case. (5%)





QUESTION NO. II





A. Distinguish briefly but clearly between:



(1) The territorial sea and the internal waters of the Philippines.



(2) The contiguous zone and the exclusive economic zone.



(3) The flag state and the flag of convenience.



(4) The constitutive theory and the declaratory theory concerning recognition of states.



(5) The Wilson doctrine and the Estrada doctrine regarding recognition of governments. (5%)







B. En route to the tuna fishing grounds in the Pacific Ocean, a vessel registered in Country TW entered the Balintang Channel north of Babuyan Island and with special hooks and nets dragged up red corals found near Batanes. By international convention certain corals are protected species. Just before the vessel reached the high seas, the Coast Guard patrol intercepted the vessel and seized its cargo including tuna. The master of the vessel and the owner of the cargo protested, claiming the rights of transit passage and innocent passage, and sought recovery of the cargo and the release of the ship. Is the claim meritorious or not? Reason briefly. (5%)







QUESTION NO. III





A. JAR faces a dilemma: should he accept a Cabinet appointment now or run later for Senator? Having succeeded in law practice as well as prospered in private business where he and his wife have substantial investments, he now contemplates public service but without losing the flexibility to engage in corporate affairs or participate in professional activities within ethical bounds.





Taking into account the prohibitions and inhibitions of public office whether as Senator or Secretary, he turns to you for advice to resolve his dilemma. What is your advice? Explain briefly. (5%)









B CTD, a Commissioner of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), sports a No. 10 car plate. A disgruntled litigant filed a complaint against him for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act before the Ombudsman. CTD now seeks to enjoin the Ombudsman in a petition for prohibition, alleging that he could be investigated only by the Supreme Court under its power of supervision granted in the Constitution. He contends that under the law creating the NLRC, he has the rank of a Justice of the Court of Appeals, and entitled to the corresponding privileges. Hence, the OMB has no jurisdiction over the complaint against him.





Should CTD’s petition be granted or dismissed? Reason briefly. (5%)







QUESTION NO. IV



A. TCA, a Filipina medical technologist, left in 1975 to work in ZOZ State. In 1988 she married ODH, a citizen of ZOZ. Pursuant to ZOZ’s law, by taking an oath of allegiance, she acquired her husband’s citizenship.





ODH died in 2001, leaving her financially secure. She returned home in 2002, and sought elective office in 2004 by running for Mayor of APP, her hometown. Her opponent sought to have her disqualified because of her ZOZ citizenship. She replied that although she acquired ZOZ’s citizenship because of marriage, she did not lose her Filipino citizenship. Both her parents, she said, are Filipino citizens.





Is TCA qualified to run for Mayor? (5%)







B. An amendment to or a revision of the present Constitution may be proposed by a Constitutional Convention or by the Congress upon a vote of three-fourths of all its members.





Is there a third way of proposing revisions of or amendments to the Constitution? If so, how? (5%)







QUESTION NO. V



A. The STAR, a national daily newspaper, carried an exclusive report stating that Senator XX received a house and lot located at YY Street, Makati, in consideration for his vote cutting cigarette taxes by 50%. The Senator sued the STAR, its reporter, editor and publisher for libel, claiming the report was completely false and malicious. According to the Senator, there is no YY Street in Makati, and the tax cut was only 20%. He claimed one million pesos in damages.



The defendants denied “actual malice,” claiming privileged communication and absolute freedom of the press to report on public officials and matters of public concern. If there was any error, the STAR said it would publish the correction promptly.



Is there “actual malice” in STAR’s reportage? How is “actual malice” defined? Are the defendants liable for damages? (5%)







B. OZ lost five head of cattle which he reported to the police as stolen from his barn. He requested several neighbors, including RR, for help in looking for the missing animals. After an extensive search, the police found two head in RR’s farm. RR could not explain to the police how they got hidden in a remote area of his farm.



Insisting on his innocence, RR consulted a lawyer who told him he has a right to be presumed innocent under the Bill of Rights. But there is another presumption--of theft arising from his unexplained possession of stolen cattle--under the penal law.



Are the two presumptions capable of reconciliation in this case? If so, how can they be reconciled? If not, which should prevail? (5%)





QUESTION NO. VI



Director WOW failed the lifestyle check conducted by the Ombudsman’s Office because WOW’s assets were grossly disproportionate to his salary and allowances. Moreover, some assets were not included in his statement of Assets and Liabilities. He was charged of graft and corrupt practices and pending the completion of investigations, he was suspended from office for six months.





A. Aggrieved, WOW petitioned the Court of Appeals to annul the preventive suspension order on the ground that the Ombudsman could only recommend but not impose the suspension. Moreover, according to WOW, the suspension was imposed without any notice or hearing, in violation of due process.





Is the petitioner’s contention meritorious? Discuss briefly. (5%)





B. For his part, the Ombudsman moved to dismiss WOW’s petition. According to the Ombudsman the evidence of guilt of WOW is strong, and petitioner failed to exhaust administrative remedies. WOW admitted he filed no motion for reconsideration, but only because the order suspending him was immediately executory.





Should the motion to dismiss be granted or not? Discuss briefly. (5%)







QUESTION NO. VII





MADAKO is a municipality composed of 80 barangays, 30 west of Madako River and 50 east thereof. The 30 western barangays, feeling left out of economic initiatives, wish to constitute themselves into a new and separate town to be called Masigla.





A. Granting that Masigla’s proponents succeed to secure a law in their favor, would a plebiscite be necessary or not? If it is necessary, who should vote or participate in the plebiscite? Discuss briefly. (5%)







B Suppose that one year after Masigla was constituted as a municipality, the law creating it is voided because of defects. Would that invalidate the acts of the municipality and/or its municipal officers? Explain briefly. (5%)





QUESTION NO. VIII

A. MBC, an alien businessman dealing in carpets and caviar, filed a suit against policemen and YZ, an attaché of XX Embassy, for damages because of malicious prosecution. MBC alleged that YZ concocted false and malicious charges that he was engaged in drug trafficking, whereupon narcotics policemen conducted a “buy-bust” operation and without warrant arrested him, searched his house, and seized his money and jewelry, then detained and tortured him in violation of his civil and human rights as well as causing him, his family and business serious damages amounting to two million pesos. MBC added that the trial court acquitted him of the drug charges.

Assailing the court’s jurisdiction, YZ now moves to dismiss the complaint, on the ground that (1) he is an embassy officer entitled to diplomatic immunity; and that (2) the suit is really a suit against his home state, without its consent. He presents diplomatic notes from XX Embassy certifying that he is an accredited embassy officer recognized by the Philippine government. He performs official duties, he says, on a mission to conduct surveillance on drug exporters and then inform local police officers who make the actual arrest of suspects.

Are the two grounds cited by YZ to dismiss the suit tenable? (5%)



B. EAP is government corporation created for the purpose of reclaiming lands, including foreshore and submerged areas, as well as to develop, improve, acquire, lease and sell any and all kinds of lands. A law was passed transferring title to EAP of lands already reclaimed in the foreshore and offshore areas of MM Bay, particularly the so-called Liberty Islands, as alienable and disposable lands of the public domain. Titles were duly issued in EAP’s name.

Subsequently, EAP entered into a joint venture agreement (JVA) with ARI, a private foreign corporation, to develop Liberty Islands. Additionally, the JVA provided for the reclamation of 250 hectares of submerged land in the area surrounding Liberty Islands. EAP agreed to sell and transfer to ARI a portion of Liberty Islands and a portion of the area to be reclaimed as the consideration for ARI’s role and participation in the joint venture, upon approval by the Office of the President.

Is there any constitutional obstacle to the sale and transfer by EAP to ARI of both portions as provided for in the JVA? (5%)





QUESTION NO. IX



A. Former Governor PP of ADS Province had dismissed several employees to scale down the operations of his Office. The employees complained to the Merit Systems Protection Board, which ruled that the Civil Service rules were violated when the employees were dismissed. The Civil Service Commission (CSC) affirmed the MSPB decision, and ordered ADS to reinstate the employees with full backwages. ADS did not appeal and the order became final.



Instead of complying immediately, BOP, the incumbent Governor of ADS, referred the matter to the Commission on Audit (COA), which ruled that the amounts due are the personal liabilities of the former Governor who dismissed the employees in bad faith. Thus, ADS refused to pay. The final CSC decision, however, did not find the former Governor in bad faith. The former Governor was likewise not heard on the question of his liability.





Is ADS’ refusal justified? Can COA disallow the payment of backwages by ADS to the dismissed employees due under a final CSC decision? Decide and reason briefly. (5%)







B. The City of San Rafael passed an ordinance authorizing the City Mayor, assisted by the police, to remove all advertising signs displayed or exposed to public view in the main city street, for being offensive to sight or otherwise a nuisance. AM, whose advertising agency owns and rents out many of the billboards ordered removed by the City Mayor, claims that the City should pay for the destroyed billboards at their current market value since the City has appropriated them for the public purpose of city beautification. The Mayor refuses to pay, so AM is suing the City and the Mayor for damages arising form the taking his property without due process nor just compensation.





Will AM’s suit prosper? Reason briefly. (5%)





QUESTION NO. X



A. BNN Republic has a defense treaty with EVA Federation. According to the Republic’s Secretary of Defense, the treaty allows temporary basing of friendly foreign troops in case of training exercises for the war on terrorism. The Majority Leader of the Senate contends that whether temporary or not, the basing of foreign troops however friendly is prohibited by the Constitution of BNN which provides that, “No foreign military bases shall be allowed in BNN territory.”



In case there is indeed an irreconcilable conflict between a provision of the treaty and a provision of the Constitution, in a jurisdiction and legal system like ours, which should prevail: the provision of the treaty or of the Constitution? Why? Explain with reasons, briefly. (5%)







B. AVE ran for Congressman of QU province. However, his opponent, BART, was the one proclaimed and seated as the winner of the election by the COMELEC. AVE filed seasonably a protest before HRET (House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal). After two years, HRET reversed the COMELEC’s decision and AVE was proclaimed finally as the duly elected Congressman. Thus, he had only one year to serve in Congress.



Can AVE collect salaries and allowances from the government for the first two years of his term as Congressman?



Should BART refund to the government the salaries and allowances he had received as Congressman?



What will happen to the bills that BART alone authored and were approved by the House of Representatives while he was seated as Congressman? Reason and explain briefly. (5%)

[C.I.C.C.I]

QUESTION NO. I





A. RS, a security guard, filed a complaint for illegal dismissal against Star Security Agency. He alleged he was constructively dismissed after ten years of service to the Agency. Having been placed on “off-detail” and “floating status” for 6 months already, he claimed the Agency just really wanted to get rid of him because it required him to take a neuro-psychiatric evaluation test by Mahusay Medical Center. RS said he already submitted the result of his evaluation test by Brent Medical Clinic as precondition to a new assignment, but the report was rejected by the Agency. RS added that Mahusay Medical Center had close ties with Star’s president. It could manipulate tests to favor only those guards whom the Agency wanted to retain. Star defended its policy of reliance on Mahusay Medical Center because it has been duly accredited by the Philippine National Police. It is not one of those dubious testing centers issuing ready-made reports. Star cited its sad experience last year when a guard ran amuck and shot an employee of a client-bank. Star claimed management prerogative in assigning its guards, and prayed that RS’ complaint be dismissed.



What are the issues? Identify and resolve them. (5%)





B. A spinster school teacher took pity on one of her pupils, a robust and precocious 12-year old boy whose poor family could barely afford the cost of his schooling. She lives alone at her house near the school after her housemaid left. In the afternoon, she lets the boy do various chores as cleaning, fetching water and all kinds of errands after school hours. She gives him rice and P30.00 before the boy goes home at 7:00 every night. The school principal learned about it and charged her with violating the law which prohibits the employment of children below 15 years of age. In her defense, the teacher stated that the work performed by her pupil is not hazardous, and she invoked the exception provided in the Department Order of DOLE for the engagement of persons in domestic and household service.



Is her defense tenable? Reason. (5%)







QUESTION NO. II





A. Distinguish clearly but briefly between:



1. Sympathy strike and general strike.



2. Company union and union shop.



3. Lock-out and closed shop.



4. Consent election and certification election.



5. Social security and union security.

(5%)







B. Enumerate and discuss briefly:



1. What are the statutory requisites for a valid strike by the workers? Should these requisites be complied with substantially or strictly?



2. What are the authorized causes for a valid dismissal by the employer of an employee? Why are they distinct from the just causes?

(5%)





QUESTION NO. III





A. Which of the following may be considered among industries most vital to national interest as to be the subject of immediate assumption of jurisdiction by the Secretary of Labor and Employment or certification for compulsory arbitration in case of strike or work stoppage arising from a labor dispute?



(1) Bulletin daily newspaper publishing company.



(2) Local franchise of Jollibee and Starbucks.



(3) Shipping and port services in Cebu and Manila.



(4) Enchanted Kingdom, Elephant Island and Boracay Resort.



(5) LBC, DHL and FedEx centers.



Justify your answer or choice. (5%)





B. Concerned Filipino contract workers in the Middle East reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that XYZ, a private recruitment and placement agency, is covertly transporting extremists to terrorist training camps abroad. Intelligence agencies of the government allegedly confirmed the report.



Upon being alerted by the DFA, the Department of Labor and Employment issued orders cancelling the licenses of XYZ, and imposing an immediate travel ban on its recruits for the Middle East. XYZ appealed to the Office of the President to reverse and set aside the DOLE orders, citing damages from loss of employment of its recruits, and violations of due process including lack of notice and hearing by DOLE. The DOLE in its answer claimed the existence of an emergency in the Middle East which required prompt measures to protect the life and limb of OFWs from a clear and present danger posed by the ongoing war against terrorism.



Should the DOLE orders be upheld or set aside? (5%)





QUESTION NO. IV



A. Under a seaman’s contract of employment with a local manning agent of a foreign shipping company, Capt. TROY embarked on an ocean-going vessel in good health. One stormy night at sea, he was drenched with rainwater. The following morning, he contracted fever which lasted for days. He suffered loose bowel movement, lost his appetite, and eventually he died before a scheduled airlift to the nearest port.



Subsequently, the widow of Capt. TROY complained against the local manning agent and its foreign principal before the Regional Arbitration Branch of DOLE, for actual and exemplary damages and attorney’s fees. She invoked the Labor Code provision which requires the employer to provide all necessary assistance to ensure the adequate and necessary medical attendance and treatment of the injured or sick employee in case of emergency.



Respondents moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the Labor Arbiter has no jurisdiction over the complaint for damages arising from illness and death of Capt. TROY abroad. Resolve the motion with reasons. (5%)





B. Pedrito Masculado, a college graduate from the province, tried his luck in the city and landed a job as utility/maintenance man at the warehouse of a big shopping mall. After working as a casual employee for six months, he signed a contract for probationary employment for six months. Being well-built and physically attractive, his supervisor, Mr. Hercules Barak, took special interest to befriend him. When his probationary period was about to expire, he was surprised when one afternoon after working hours, Mr. Barak followed him to the men’s comfort room. After seeing that no one else was around, Mr. Barak placed his arm over Pedrito’s shoulder and softly said: “You have great potential to become regular employee and I think I can give you a favorable recommendation. Can you come over to my condo unit on Saturday evening so we can have a little drink? I’m alone, and I’m sure you want to stay longer with the company.”



Is Mr. Barak liable for sexual harassment committed in a work-related or employment environment? (5%)





QUESTION NO. V



A. MPH Labor Union is the duly certified bargaining representative of the rank-and-file employees of MM Park Hotel since the 1970’s. The collective bargaining agreement contained union shop security provisions. After the signing of the 2000–2005 CBA, the Union demanded the dismissal of 3 employees, XX, YY and ZZ, pursuant to the union security clause in the CBA.

The Hotel Management replied that it was legally impossible to comply with the demand of the Union. It might even be construed as unfair labor practice. For it appeared that XX, YY and ZZ had been recently promoted as supervisors and resigned from the Union. But according to the Union, the three submitted their resignations outside the freedom period after the 1996–2000 CBA expired on June 30, 2000. The Union argued that the Hotel Management could not skirt its obligation to respect and implement the union security clause by promoting the three employees. That could be viewed as rewarding employees for their disloyalty to the union, said the union officers.

Does the union security clause sufficiently justify the demand for dismissal of the three employees or not? May the Hotel Management validly refuse the Union’s demand? (5%)



B. The CBA between the Company and the rank-and-file Union contained the following provision:

“Section 3. MEAL ALLOWANCE. The Company agrees to grant a MEAL ALLOWANCE of TEN PESOS (P10.00) to all employees who render at least TWO (2) hours or more of actual overtime work on a workday, and FREE MEALS, as presently practiced, not exceeding TWENTY FIVE PESOS (P25.00) after THREE (3) hours of actual overtime work.”



Dispute in the interpretation of the above provision arose as the Company asserts that the phrase “after three (3) hours of actual overtime work” does not mean after exactly three (3) hours of actual overtime work; it means after more than three (3) hours of actual overtime work. The Union, on the other hand, maintained that “after three (3) hours of actual overtime work” simply means after rendering exactly, or no less than, three (3) hours of actual overtime work.



Which interpretation do you think should prevail? Why? (5%)





QUESTION NO. VI



A. Gabriela Liwanag has been working as bookkeeper at Great Foods, Inc., which operates a chain of high-end restaurants throughout the country, since 1970 when it was still a small eatery at Binondo. In the early part of the year 2003, Gabriela, who was already 50 years old, reported for work after a week-long vacation in her province. It was the height of the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) scare, and management learned that the first confirmed SARS death case in the Philippines, a “balikbayan” nurse from Canada, is a townmate of Gabriela. Immediately, a memorandum was issued by management terminating the services of Gabriela on the ground that she is a probable carrier of SARS virus and that her continued employment is prejudicial to the health of her co-employees.



Is the action taken by the employer justified? (5%)





B. President FX, head of a newly formed labor union composed of 1/3 of the total number of rank-and-file employees in Super Stores, Inc., agitated his fellow employees to demand from management pay increases and overtime pay. His supervisor summoned him to explain his tardiness and refusal to obey regulations. Feeling threatened, he gathered 20 of his members and staged a 2-day picket in front of the shopping mall. Security staff arrived and dismantled the placards and barricades blocking the employees’ entry to the mall. In retaliation, FX threw stones at the guards, but the other striking workers just stood by watching him. Seven days after the picket, FX who had gone absent without leave returned to the mall and announced that he had filed a complaint for illegal dismissal and unfair labor practice against SSI.



SSI learned that FX’s group was not registered. No strike vote and strike notice were filed prior to the picket. The guards were told not to allow FX entry to the company premises as management considered him effectively terminated. Other union members were accepted back to work by SSI.



Was the dismissal of FX for a valid cause? Was due process observed? (5%)





QUESTION NO. VII





A. Gil Bates, a computer analyst and programmer of Hard Drive Company, works eight hours a day for five days a week at the main office providing customers information technology assistance.



On Saturdays, however, the company requires him to keep his cellular phone open from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. so that the Management could contact him in case of heavy work load or emergency problems needing his expertise.



May said hours on Saturdays be considered compensable working hours “while on call”? If so, should said compensation be reported to the Social Security System? (5%)





B. TRX, a local shipping firm, maintains a fleet of motorized boats plying the island barangays of AP, a coastal town. At day’s end the boat operators/crew members turn over to the boat owner their cash collections from cargo fees and passenger fares, less the expenses for diesel fuel, food, landing fees and spare parts.



Fifty percent (50%) of the monthly income or earnings derived from the operations of the boats are given to the boatmen by way of compensation. Deducted from the individual shares of the boatmen are their cash advance and peso value of their absences, if any.



Are these boatmen entitled to overtime pay, holiday pay, and 13th month pay? (5%)



QUESTION NO. VIII





A. Clean Manpower Inc. (CMI) had provided janitorial services to the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) since April 1988. Its service contract was renewed every three months. However, in the bidding held on July 1992, CMI was disqualified and excluded. In 1993, six janitors of CMI formerly assigned at NEDA filed a complaint for underpayment of wages. Both CMI and NEDA were impleaded as respondents for failure to comply with NCR Wage Orders Nos. 01 and 02, which took effect on November 1, 1990 and January 2, 1992, respectively.



Should NEDA, a government agency subject to budgetary constraints, be held liable solidarily with CMI for the payment of salary differentials due the complainants? Cite the legal basis of your answer. (5%)





B. Atty. CLM, a dedicated and efficient public official, was the top executive of a government owned and controlled corporation (GOCC). While inspecting an ongoing project in a remote village in Mindanao, she suffered a stroke and since then had been confined to a wheelchair. At the time she stopped working because of her illness in line of duty, Atty. CLM was only sixty years old but she had been an active member of the GSIS for thirty years without any break in her service record.



What benefits could she claim from the GSIS? Cite at least five benefits. (5%)





QUESTION NO. IX



A. Around 100 workers of a mill in a coconut plantation organized themselves for the purpose of promoting their common interest and welfare. The workers’ association prepared a petition for increasing the daily pay of its members in compliance with minimum wage rates for their sector in the region, and for granting benefits to which they are entitled under the law.



However, the workers became restless and anxious after the owner-manager threatened them with mass lay-off if the association would press for their demands. Most of its members have worked in the mill for 10 to 15 years with no improvement in working conditions and monetary benefits.



The leaders of the workers’ association approached you and asked: what legal steps could they take to protect their security of tenure? What advice could you give them? (5%)





B. A, B, C and D (treasurer, accountant, elementary department Principal, and secretary of the Director, respectively), regular employees of a private educational institution, were administratively charged for their participation in a picket held in front of the campus after office hours. Several faculty members, non-academic staff and students joined the peaceful prayer rally organized by disgruntled employees to protest certain alleged abuses of the incumbent School Director. Subsequently, the rank-and-file employees succeeded in forming the first and only union of the School.



During the investigation, the administration discovered that two (2) days prior to the rally, A, B, C and D attended the meeting of the School’s employees’ association which planned the protest activity. Two well-known organizers/leaders of a national labor federation were also present.



A, B, C and D were dismissed by the School on the ground of violating the Labor Code which prohibits managerial employees to “join, assist or form any labor organization”.



Is the contention of the School tenable? Is the dismissal of A, B, C and D valid? Explain. (5%)







QUESTION NO. X





A. Employees of ABC declared a strike after filing a Notice of Strike with the DOLE. They barricaded company gates and damaged vehicles entering company premises. On the second day of the strike, ABC filed a petition with the DOLE Secretary to intervene through the issuance of an assumption of jurisdiction order that the Secretary may issue when a strike or lock-out will adversely affect national interest. ABC furnished the Secretary with evidence to show that company vehicles had been damaged; that electric power had been cut off; and equipment and materials were damaged because electric power was not immediately restored. ABC forecast that the country’s supply of chlorine for water treatment (which the company produces) would be affected adversely if ABC’s operations were closed down by the strikers.



Could the DOLE Secretary intervene, assume jurisdiction and issue a TRO (Temporary Restraining Order)? Briefly justify your answer. (5%)





B. Because of alleged “unfair labor practices” by the management of GFI System, a government-owned and controlled financial corporation, its employees walked out from their jobs and refused to return to work until the management would grant their union official recognition and start negotiations with them.



The leaders of the walk-out were dismissed, and the other participants were suspended for sixty days. In arguing their case before the Civil Service Commission, they cited the principle of social justice for workers and the right to self-organization and collective action, including the right to strike. They claimed that the Constitution shielded them from any penalty because their walk-out was a concerted action pursuant to their rights guaranteed by the basic law.



Is the position taken by the walk-out leaders and participants legally correct? Reason briefly. (5%)

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QUESTION NO. I





A. Mr. ZY lost P100,000 in a card game called Russian poker, but he had no more cash to pay in full the winner at the time the session ended. He promised to pay PX, the winner, two weeks thereafter. But he failed to do so despite the lapse of two months, so PX filed in court a suit to collect the amount of P50,000 that he won but remained unpaid. Will the collection suit against ZY prosper? Could Mrs. ZY file in turn a suit against PX to recover the P100,000 that her husband lost? Reason. (5%)









B. TX filed a suit for ejectment against BD for non-payment of condominium rentals amounting to P150,000. During the pendency of the case, BD offered and TX accepted the full amount due as rentals from BD, who then filed a motion to dismiss the ejectment suit on the ground that the action is already extinguished.



Is BD’s contention correct? Why or why not? Reason. (5%)



QUESTION NO. II





A. Distinguish briefly but clearly between:



1. Mutuum and commodatum.



2. Substitute parental authority and special parental authority.



3. Civil obligation and natural obligation.



4. Inexistent contracts and annullable contracts.



5. Domiciliary theory and nationality theory of personal law.

(5%)





B. DT and MT were prominent members of the frequent travelers’ club of FX Airlines. In Hongkong, the couple were assigned seats in Business Class for which they had bought tickets. On checking in, however, they were told they were upgraded by computer to First Class for the flight to Manila because the Business Section was overbooked.



Both refused to transfer despite better seats, food, beverage and other services in First Class. They said they had guests in Business Class they should attend to. They felt humiliated, embarrassed and vexed, however, when the stewardess allegedly threatened to offload them if they did not avail of the upgrade. Thus they gave in, but during the transfer of luggage DT suffered pain in his arm and wrist. After arrival in Manila, they demanded an apology from FX’s management as well as indemnity payment. When none was forthcoming, they sued the airline for a million pesos in damages.



Is the airline liable for actual and moral damages? Why or why not? Explain briefly. (5%)





















QUESTION NO. III





A. RN and DM, without any impediment to marry each other, had been living together without benefit of church blessings. Their common-law union resulted in the birth of ZMN. Two years later, they got married in a civil ceremony. Could ZMN be legitimated? Reason. (5%)







B. Dr. ALX is a scientist honored for work related to the human genome project. Among his pioneering efforts concern stem cell research for the cure of Alzheimer’s disease. Under corporate sponsorship, he helped develop a microbe that ate and digested oil spills in the sea.



Now he leads a college team for cancer research in MSS State. The team has experimented on a mouse whose body cells replicate and bear cancerous tumor. Called “oncomouse”, it is a life-form useful for medical research and it is a novel creation. Its body cells do not naturally occur in nature but are the product of man’s intellect, industry and ingenuity. However, there is a doubt whether local property laws and ethics would allow rights of exclusive ownership on any life-form. Dr. ALX needs your advice: (1) whether the reciprocity principle in private international law could be applied in our jurisdiction; and (2) whether there are legal and ethical reasons that could frustrate his claim of exclusive ownership over the life-form called “oncomouse” in Manila? What will be your advice to him? (5%)













QUESTION NO. IV





A. JV, owner of a parcel of land, sold it to PP. But the deed of sale was not registered. One year later, JV sold the parcel again to RR, who succeeded to register the deed and to obtain a transfer certificate of title over the property in his own name.



Who has a better right over the parcel of land, RR or PP? Why? Explain the legal basis for your answer. (5%)







B. CX executed a special power of attorney authorizing DY to secure a loan from any bank and to mortgage his property covered by the owner’s certificate of title. In securing a loan from MBank, DY did not specify that he was acting for CX in the transaction with said bank.



Is CX liable for the bank loan? Why or why not? Justify your answer. (5%)









QUESTION NO. V





A. DPO went to a store to buy a pack of cigarettes worth P225.00 only. He gave the vendor, RRA, a P500-peso bill. The vendor gave him the pack plus P375.00 change. Was there a discount, an oversight, or an error in the amount given? What would be DPO’s duty, if any, in case of an excess in the amount of change given by the vendor? How is this situational relationship between DPO and RRA denominated? Explain. (5%)







B. OJ was employed as professional driver of MM Transit bus owned by Mr. BT. In the course of his work, OJ hit a pedestrian who was seriously injured and later died in the hospital as a result of the accident. The victim’s heirs sued the driver and the owner of the bus for damages.



Is there a presumption in this case that Mr. BT, the owner, had been negligent? If so, is the presumption absolute or not? Explain. (5%)





QUESTION NO. VI





A. ABC loaned to MNO P40,000 for which the latter pledged 400 shares of stock in XYZ Inc. It was agreed that if the pledgor failed to pay the loan with 10% yearly interest within four years, the pledgee is authorized to foreclose on the shares of stock. As required, MNO delivered possession of the shares to ABC with the understanding that the shares would be returned to MNO upon the payment of the loan. However, the loan was not paid on time.



A month after 4 years, may the shares of stock pledged be deemed owned by ABC or not? Reason. (5%)







B. As an agent, AL was given a guarantee commission, in addition to his regular commission, after he sold 20 units of refrigerators to a customer, HT Hotel. The customer, however, failed to pay for the units sold. AL’s principal, DRBI, demanded from AL payment for the customer’s accountability. AL objected, on the ground that his job was only to sell and not to collect payment for units bought by the customer.



Is AL’s objection valid? Can DRBI collect from him or not? Reason. (5%)





QUESTION NO. VII





A. PH and LV are HK Chinese. Their parents are now Filipino citizens who live in Manila. While still students in MNS State, they got married although they are first cousins. It appears that both in HK and in MNS State first cousins could marry legally.



They plan to reside and set up business in the Philippines. But they have been informed, however, that the marriage of first cousins here is considered void from the beginning by reason of public policy. They are in a dilemma. They don’t want to break Philippine law, much less their marriage vow. They seek your advice on whether their civil status will be adversely affected by Philippine domestic law? What is your advice? (5%)





B. In a class suit for damages, plaintiffs claimed they suffered injuries from torture during martial law. The suit was filed upon President EM’s arrival on exile in HI, a U.S. state. The court in HI awarded plaintiffs the equivalent of P100 billion under the U.S. law on alien tort claims. On appeal, EM’s Estate raised the issue of prescription. It argued that since said U.S. law is silent on the matter, the court should apply: (1) HI’s law setting a two-year limitation on tort claims; or (2) the Philippine law which appears to require that claims for personal injury arising from martial law be brought within one year.



Plaintiffs countered that provisions of the most analogous federal statute, the Torture Victims Protection Act, should be applied. It sets ten years as the period for prescription. Moreover, they argued that equity could toll the statute of limitations. For it appeared that EM had procured Constitutional amendments granting himself and those acting under his direction immunity from suit during his tenure.



In this case, has prescription set in or not? Considering the differences in the cited laws, which prescriptive period should be applied: one year under Philippine law, two years under HI’s law, ten years under U.S. federal law, or none of the above? Explain.

(5%)





QUESTION NO. VIII





A. A Filipino couple, Mr. and Mrs. BM, Jr., decided to adopt YV, an orphan from St. Claire’s orphanage in New York City. They loved and treated her like a legitimate child for they have none of their very own. However, BM, Jr., died in an accident at sea, followed to the grave a year later by his sick father, BM, Sr. Each left a sizable estate consisting of bank deposits, lands and buildings in Manila. May the adopted child, YV, inherit from BM, Jr.? May she also inherit from BM, Sr.? Is there a difference? Why? Explain. (5%)





B. Mr. XT and Mrs. YT have been married for 20 years. Suppose the wife, YT, died childless, survived only by her husband, XT. What would be the share of XT from her estate as inheritance? Why? Explain. (5%)







QUESTION NO. IX





A. The parties in a contract of loan of money agreed that the yearly interest rate is 12% and it can be increased if there is a law that would authorize the increase of interest rates. Suppose OB, the lender, would increase by 5% the rate of interest to be paid by TY, the borrower, without a law authorizing such increase, would OB’s action be just and valid? Why? Has TY a remedy against the imposition of the rate increase? Explain. (5%)





B. DON, an American businessman, secured parental consent for the employment of five minors to play certain roles in two movies he was producing at home in Makati. They worked at odd hours of the day and night, but always accompanied by parents or other adults. The producer paid the children talent fees at rates better than adult wages.



But a social worker, DEB, reported to OSWD that these children often missed going to school. They sometimes drank wine, aside from being exposed to drugs. In some scenes, they were filmed naked or in revealing costumes. In his defense, DON contended all these were part of artistic freedom and cultural creativity. None of the parents complained, said DON. He also said they signed a contract containing a waiver of their right to file any complaint in any office or tribunal concerning the working conditions of their children acting in the movies.



Is the waiver valid and binding? Why or why not? Explain.

(5%)







QUESTION NO. X





A. BONI and ANNE met while working overseas. They became sweethearts and got engaged to be married on New Year’s Eve aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean. They took the proper license to marry in New York City, where there is a Filipino consulate. But as planned the wedding ceremony was officiated by the captain of the Norwegian-registered vessel in a private suite among selected friends.



Back in Manila, Anne discovered that Boni had been married in Bacolod City 5 years earlier but divorced in Oslo only last year. His first wife was also a Filipina but now based in Sweden. Boni himself is a resident of Norway where he and Anne plan to live permanently.



Anne retains your services to advise her on whether her marriage to Boni is valid under Philippine law? Is there anything else she should do under the circumstances? (5%)





B. In his lifetime, a Pakistani citizen, ADIL, married three times under Pakistani law. When he died an old widower, he left behind six children, two sisters, three homes, and an estate worth at least 30 million pesos in the Philippines. He was born in Lahore but last resided in Cebu City, where he had a mansion and where two of his youngest children now live and work. Two of his oldest children are farmers in Sulu, while the two middle-aged children are employees in Zamboanga City. Finding that the deceased left no will, the youngest son wanted to file intestate proceedings before the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City. Two other siblings objected, arguing that it should be in Jolo before a Shari’a court since his lands are in Sulu. But Adil’s sisters in Pakistan want the proceedings held in Lahore before a Pakistani court.



Which court has jurisdiction and is the proper venue for the intestate proceedings? The law of which country shall govern succession to his estate? (5%)

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QUESTION NO. I





Taxes are assessed for the purpose of generating revenue to be used for public needs. Taxation itself is the power by which the State raises revenue to defray the expenses of government. A jurist said that a tax is what we pay for civilization.



A. In our jurisdiction, which of the following statements may be erroneous:



1. Taxes are pecuniary in nature.



2. Taxes are enforced charges and contributions.



3. Taxes are imposed on persons and property within the territorial jurisdiction of a State.



4. Taxes are levied by the executive branch of the government.



5. Taxes are assessed according to a reasonable rule of apportionment.



Justify your answer or choice briefly. (5%)



B. Which of the following propositions may now be untenable:



1. The court should construe a law granting tax exemption strictly against the taxpayer.



2. The court should construe a law granting a municipal corporation the power to tax most strictly.



3. The Court of Tax Appeals has jurisdiction over decisions of the Customs Commissioner in cases involving liability for customs duties.



4. The Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to review decisions of the Court of Tax Appeals.



5. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review decisions of the Court of Appeals.



Justify your answer or choice briefly. (5%)



QUESTION NO. II



A. RC is law-abiding citizen who pays his real estate taxes promptly. Due to a series of typhoons and adverse economic conditions, an ordinance is passed by MM City granting a 50% discount for payment of unpaid real estate taxes for the preceding year and the condonation of all penalties on fines resulting from the late payment.



Arguing that the ordinance rewards delinquent tax payers and discriminates against prompt ones, RC demands that he be refunded an amount equivalent to one-half of the real taxes he paid. The municipal attorney rendered an opinion that RC cannot be reimbursed because the ordinance did not provide for such reimbursement. RC files suit to declare the ordinance void on the ground that it is a class legislation. Will his suit prosper? Explain your answer briefly. (5%)





B. A law was passed granting tax exemption to certain industries and investments for a period of five years. But three years later, the law was repealed. With the repeal, the exemptions were considered revoked by the BIR, which assessed the investing companies for unpaid taxes effective on the date of the repeal of the law.



NPC and KTR companies questioned the assessments on the ground that, having made their investments in full reliance with the period of exemption granted by the law, its repeal violated their constitutional right against the impairment of the obligations of contract. Is the contention of the companies tenable or not? Reason briefly. (5%)







QUESTION NO. III







A. XYZ Colleges is a non-stock, non-profit educational institution run by the Archdiocese of BP City. It collected and received the following:



(a) Tuition fees



(b) Dormitory fees



(c) Rentals from canteen concessionaires.



(d) Interest from money-market placements of the tuition fees.



(e) Donation of a lot and building by school alumni.



Which of these abovecited income and donation would not be exempt from taxation? Explain briefly. (5%)





B. Suppose that XYZ Colleges if a proprietary educational institution owned by the Archbishop’s family, rather than the Archdiocese, which of those abovecited income and donation would be exempt from taxation? Explain briefly. (5%)







QUESTION NO. IV





A. Citing Section 10, Article VIII of the 1987 Constitution which provides that salaries of judges shall be fixed by law and that during their continuance in office their salary shall not be decreased, a judge of MM Regional Trial Court questioned the deduction of withholding taxes from his salary since it results into a net deduction of his pay.



Is the contention of the judge correct? Reason briefly. (5%)







B. A municipality, BB, has an ordinance which requires that all stores, restaurants, and other establishments selling liquor should pay a fixed annual fee of P20,000.00. Subsequently, the municipal board proposed an ordinance imposing a sales tax equivalent to 5% of the amount paid for the purchase or consumption of liquor in stores, restaurants and other establishments. The municipal mayor, CC, refused to sign the ordinance on the ground that it would constitute double taxation.



Is the refusal of the mayor justified? Reason briefly. (5%)





QUESTION NO. V





A. Due to an uncertainty whether or not a new tax law is applicable to printing companies, DEF Printers submitted a legal query to the Bureau of Internal Revenue on that issue. The BIR issued a ruling that printing companies are not covered by the new law. Relying on this ruling, DEF Printers did not pay said tax.



Subsequently, however, the BIR reversed the ruling and issued a new one stating that the tax covers printing companies. Could the BIR now assess DEF Printers for back taxes corresponding to the years before the new ruling? Reason briefly. (5%)





B. PQR Corp. claimed as a deduction in its tax returns the amount of P1,000,000 as bad debts. The corporation was assessed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for deficiency taxes on the ground that the debts cannot be considered as “worthless,” hence they do not qualify as bad debts. The company asks for your advice on “What factors will help in determining whether or not the debts are bad debts?” Answer and explain briefly. (5%)





QUESTION NO. VI



As an incentive for investors, a law was passed giving newly established companies in certain economic zones exemption from all taxes, duties, fees, imposts and other charges for a period of three years. ABC Corp. was organized and was granted such incentive. In the course of business, ABC Corp. purchased mechanical equipment from XYZ Inc. Normally, the sale is subject to a sales tax.



A. XYZ Inc. claims, however, that since it sold the equipment to ABC Corp. which is tax exempt, XYZ should not be liable to pay the sales tax. Is this claim tenable? (5%)



B. Assume arguendo that XYZ had to and did pay the sales tax. ABC Corp. later found out, however, that XYZ merely shifted or passed on to ABC the amount of the sales tax by increasing the purchase price. ABC Corp. now claims for a refund from the Bureau of Internal Revenue in an amount corresponding to the tax passed on to it since it is tax exempt. Is the claim of ABC Corp. meritorious? (5%)





QUESTION NO. VII





A. For failure to comply with certain corporate requirements, the stockholders of ABC Corp. were notified by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the corporation would be subject to involuntary dissolution. The stockholders did not do anything to comply with the requirements, and the corporation was dissolved. Can the stockholders be held personally liable for the unpaid taxes of the dissolved corporation? Explain briefly. (5%)





B. After the tax assessment had become final and unappealable, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue initiated the filing of a civil action to collect the tax due from NX. After several years, a decision was rendered by the court ordering NX to pay the tax due plus penalties and surcharges. The judgment became final and executory, but attempts to execute the judgment award were futile.



Subsequently, NX offered the Commissioner a compromise settlement of 50% of the judgment award, representing that this amount is all he could really afford. Does the Commissioner have the power to accept the compromise offer? Is it legal and ethical? Explain briefly. (5%)





QUESTION NO. VIII





A. RAM got married to LISA last January 2003. On November 30, 2003, Lisa gave birth to twins. Unfortunately, however, Lisa died in the course of her delivery. Due to complications, one of the twins also died on December 15, 2003.



In preparing his Income Tax Return (ITR) for the year 2003, what should RAM indicate in the ITR as his civil status: (a) single; (b) married; (c) Head of the family (d) widower; (e) none of the above? Why? Reason. (5%)







B. OXY is the president and chief executive officer of ADD Computers, Inc. When OXY was asked to join the government service as director of a bureau under the Department of Trade & Industry, he took a leave of absence from ADD. Believing that its business outlook, goodwill and opportunities improved with OXY in the government, ADD proposed to obtain a policy of insurance on his life. On ethical grounds, OXY objected to the insurance purchase but ADD purchased the policy anyway. Its annual premium amounted to P100,000. Is said premium deductible by ADD Computers, Inc.? Reason. (5%)





QUESTION NO. IX





A. VCC is the administrator of the estate of his father NGC, in the estate proceedings pending before the MM Regional Trial Court. Last year, he received from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue a deficiency tax assessment for the estate in the amount of P1,000,000. But he ignored the notice. Last month, the BIR effected a levy on the real properties of the estate to pay the delinquent tax. VCC filed a motion with the probate court to stop the enforcement and collection of the tax on the ground that the BIR should have secured first the approval of the probate court, which had jurisdiction over the estate, before levying on its real properties. Is VCC’s contention correct? (5%)







B. RR disputed a deficiency tax assessment and upon receipt of an adverse decision by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, filed an appeal with the Court of Tax Appeals. While the appeal is pending, the BIR served a warrant of levy on the real properties of RR to enforce the collection of the disputed tax. Granting arguendo that the BIR can legally levy on the properties, what could RR do to stop the process? Explain briefly. (5%)





QUESTION NO. X





A. On March 12, 2001, REN paid his taxes. Ten months later, he realized that he had overpaid and so he immediately filed a claim for refund with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.



On February 27, 2003, he received the decision of the Commissioner denying REN’s claim for refund. On March 24, 2003, REN filed an appeal with the Court of Tax Appeals. Was his appeal filed on time or not? Reason. (5%)





B. A law was passed exempting doctors and lawyers from the operation of the value added tax. Other professionals complained and filed suit questioning the law for being discriminatory and violative of the equal protection clause of the Constitution since complainants were not given the same exemption. Is the suit meritorious or not? Reason briefly. (5%)

[C.I.C.C.I]

QUESTION NO. I





A. Under a charter party, XXO Trading Company shipped sugar to Coca-Cola Company through SS Negros Shipping Corp., insured by Capitol Insurance Company. The cargo arrived but with shortages. Coca-Cola demanded from Capitol Insurance Co. P500,000 in settlement for XXO Trading. The MM Regional Trial Court, where the civil suit was filed, absolved the insurance company, declaring that under the Code of Commerce, the shipping agent is civilly liable for damages in favor of third persons due to the conduct of the carrier’s captain, and the stipulation in the charter party exempting the owner from liability is not against public policy. Coca-Cola appealed. Will its appeal prosper? Reason briefly.



(5%)





B. AA entered into a contract with BB thru CC to transport ladies’ wear from Manila to France with transhipment at Taiwan. Somehow the goods were not loaded at Taiwan on time. Hence, when the goods arrived in France, they arrived “off-season” and AA was paid only for one-half the value by the buyer. AA claimed damages from the shipping company and its agent. The defense of the respondents was prescription.





Considering that the ladies’ wear suffered “loss of value,” as claimed by AA, should the prescriptive period be one year under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, or ten years under the Civil Code? Explain briefly.



(5%)













QUESTION NO. II



A. Ms. OB was employed in MAS Investment Bank. WIC, a medical drug company, retained the Bank to assess whether it is desirable to make a tender offer for DOP company, a drug manufacturer. OB overheard in the course of her work the plans of WIC. By herself and thru associates, she purchased DOP stocks available at the stock exchange priced at P20 per share. When WIC’s tender offer was announced, DOP stocks jumped to P30 per share. Thus OB earned a sizable profit.





Is OB liable for breach and misuse of confidential or insider information gained from her employment? Is she also liable for damages to sellers or buyers with whom she traded? If so, what is the measure of such damages? Explain briefly.

(5%)









B. CX maintained a checking account with UBANK, Makati Branch. One of his checks in a stub of fifty was missing. Later, he discovered that Ms. DY forged his signature and succeeded to encash P15,000 from another branch of the bank. DY was able to encash the check when ET, a friend, guaranteed due execution, saying that she was a holder in due course.





Can CX recover the money from the bank? Reason briefly.

(5%)



























QUESTION NO. III





A. What is a corporation sole? How does one pierce the veil of corporate fiction?

(2%)





B. Distinguish clearly (1) a private corporation from a public corporation; and (2) a stock corporation from a non-stock corporation.

(2%)





C. Is there a difference between a de facto corporation and a corporation by estoppel? Explain briefly.

(2%)





D. Distinguish clearly (1) crossed checks from cancelled checks; and (2) cash bond from surety bond.

(2%)





E. What is the difference between government deregulation and the privatization of an industry? Explain briefly.

(2%)











QUESTION NO. IV



A. Four months before his death, PX assigned 100 shares of stock registered in his name in favor of his wife and his children. They then brought the deed of assignment to the proper corporate officers for registration with the request for the transfer in the corporation’s stock and transfer books of the assigned shares, the cancellation of the stock certificates in PX’s name, and the issuance of new stock certificates in the names of his wife and his children as the new owners. The officers of the Corporation denied the request on the ground that another heir is contesting the validity of the deed of assignment.



May the Corporation be compelled by mandamus to register the shares of stock in the names of the assignees? Explain briefly.

(5%)







B. The Board of Directors of ABC, Inc., a domestic corporation, passed a resolution authorizing additional issuance of shares of stocks without notice nor approval of the stockholders.



DX, a stockholder, objected to the issuance, contending that it violated his right of pre-emption to the unissued shares. Is his contention tenable? Explain briefly.

(5%)

































QUESTION NO. V



A. MN and OP rented a safety deposit box at SIBANK. The parties signed a contract of lease with the conditions that: the bank is not a depository of the contents of the safe and has neither the possession nor control of the same; the bank assumed no interest in said contents and assumes no liability in connection therewith. The safety deposit box had two keyholes: one for the guard key which remained with the bank; and the other for the renters’ key. The box can be opened only with the use of both keys.



The renters deposited certificates of title in the box. But later, they discovered that the certificates were gone. MN and OP now claim for damages from SIBANK. Is the bank liable? Explain briefly.

(5%)





B. The Law on Secrecy of Bank Deposits provides that all deposits of whatever nature with banks or banking institutions are absolutely confidential in nature and may not be examined, inquired or looked into by any person, government official, bureau or office. However, the law provides exceptions in certain instances.



Which of the following may not be among the exceptions:



1. In cases of impeachment.

2. In cases involving bribery.

3. In cases involving BIR inquiry.

4. In cases of anti-graft and corrupt practices.

5. In cases where the money involved is the subject of litigation.



Explain your answer or choice briefly.

(5%)

















QUESTION NO. VI



A. AX, a businessman, was preparing for a business trip abroad. As he usually did in the past, he signed several checks in blank and entrusted them to his secretary with instruction to safeguard them and fill them out only when required to pay accounts during his absence. OB, his secretary, filled out one of the checks by placing her name as the payee. She filled out the amount, endorsed and delivered the check to KC, who accepted it in good faith for payment of gems that KC sold to OB. Later, OB told AX of what she did with regrets. AX timely directed the bank to dishonor the check. Could AX be held liable to KC? Answer and reason briefly.

(5%)





B. In its exercise of police power and business regulation, the legislature of LVM State passed a law prohibiting aliens from engaging in domestic timber trade. Violators including dummies would, after proper trial, be fined and imprisoned or deported. Mrs. BC, a citizen of LVM but married to ZC, an alien merchant of PNG, filed suit to invalidate the law or exempt from its coverage their timber business.



She contended that the law is, inter alia, gravely oppressive and discriminatory. It violated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) passed in 1948 by the United Nations, of which LVM is a member, she said, as well as the reciprocity provisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement of 1994, of which PNG and LVM are parties. Aside from denying them equal protection, according to BC, the law will also deprive her family their livelihood without due process nor just compensation.



Assuming that the legal system of LVM is similar to ours, would Mrs. BC’s contention be tenable or not? Reason briefly.

(5%)

















QUESTION NO. VII



A. AA, a minority stockholder, filed a suit against BB, CC, DD, and EE, the holders of majority shares of MOP Corporation, for alleged misappropriation of corporate funds. The complaint averred, inter alia, that MOP Corporation is the corporation in whose behalf and for whose benefit the derivative suit is brought. In their capacity as members of the Board of Directors, the majority stockholders adopted a resolution authorizing MOP Corporation to withdraw the suit. Pursuant to said resolution, the corporate counsel filed a Motion to Dismiss in the name of the MOP Corporation.



Should the motion be granted or denied? Reason briefly.

(5%)







B. XYZ Corporation entered into a contract of lease with ABC, Inc., over a piece of real estate for a term of 20 years, renewable for another 20 years, provided that XYZ’s corporate term is extended in accordance with law. Four years after the term of XYZ Corporation expired, but still within the period allowed by the lease contract for the extension of the lease period, XYZ Corp. notified ABC, Inc., that it is exercising the option to extend the lease. ABC, Inc., objected to the proposed extension, arguing that since the corporate life of XYZ Corp. had expired, it could no longer opt to renew the lease. XYZ Corp. countered that withstanding the lapse of its corporate term it still has the right to renew the lease because no quo warranto proceedings for involuntary dissolution of XYZ Corp. has been instituted by the Office of the Solicitor General.



Is the contention of XYZ Corp. meritorious? Explain briefly.

(5%)



















QUESTION NO. VIII





A. CDC maintained a savings account with CBank. On orders of the MM Regional Trial Court, the Sheriff garnished P50,000 of his account, to satisfy the judgment in favor of his creditor, MO. CDC complained that the garnishment violated the Law on the Secrecy of Bank Deposits because the existence of his savings account was disclosed to the public.





Is CDC’s complaint meritorious or not? Reason briefly.



(5%)







B. The Collector of Customs ordered the seizure and forfeiture of new electronic appliances shipped by TON Corp. from Hongkong for violation of customs laws because they were falsely declared as used office equipment and then undervalued for purposes of customs duties. TON filed a complaint before the MM Regional Trial Court for replevin, alleging that the Customs officials erred in the classification and valuation of its shipment, as well as in the issuance of the warrant of seizure. The Collector moved to dismiss the suit for lack of jurisdiction on the part of the trial court.





Should the Collector’s motion be granted or denied? Reason briefly.

(5%)































QUESTION NO. IX



A. YKS Trading filed a complaint for specific performance with damages against PWC Corporation for failure to deliver cement ordered by plaintiff. In its answer, PWC denied liability on the ground, inter alia, that YKS has no personality to sue, not being incorporated, and that the President of PWC was not authorized to enter into a contract with plaintiff by the PWC Board of Directors, hence the contract is ultra vires. YKS Trading replied that it is a sole proprietorship owned by YKS, and that the President of PWC had made it appear in several letters presented in evidence that he had authority to sign contracts on behalf of the Board of Directors of PWC.





Will the suit prosper or not? Reason briefly.

(5%)







B. CG, a customer, sued MERALCO in the MM Regional Trial Court to disclose the basis of the computation of the purchased power adjustment (PPA). The trial court ruled it had no jurisdiction over the case because, as contended by the defendant, the customer not only demanded a breakdown of MERALCO’s bill with respect to PPA but questioned as well the imposition of the PPA, a matter to be decided by the Board of Energy, the regulatory agency which should also have jurisdiction over the instant suit.





Is the trial court’s ruling correct or not? Reason briefly.

(5%)













QUESTION NO. X



A. BR and CT are noted artists whose paintings are highly prized by collectors. Dr. DL commissioned them to paint a mural at the main lobby of his new hospital for children. Both agreed to collaborate on the project for a total fee of two million pesos to be equally divided between them. It was also agreed that Dr. DL had to provide all the materials for the painting and pay for the wages of technicians and laborers needed for the work on the project.



Assume that the project is completed and both BR and CT are fully paid the amount of P2M as artists’ fee by DL. Under the law on intellectual property, who will own the mural? Who will own the copyright in the mural? Why? Explain.

(5%)





B. CNI insured SAM under a homeowner’s policy against claims for accidental injuries by neighbors. SAM’s minor son, BOY, injured 3 children of POS, a neighbor, who sued SAM for damages.



SAM’s lawyer was ATT, who was paid for his services by the insurer for reporting periodically on the case to CNI. In one report, ATT disclosed to CNI that after his investigations, he found the injuries to the 3 children not accidental but intentional.



SAM lost the case in court, and POS was awarded one million pesos in damages which he sought to collect from the insurer. But CNI used ATT’s report to deny the claim on the ground that the injuries to POS’s 3 children were intentional, hence excluded from the policy’s coverage. POS countered that CNI was estopped from using ATT’s report because it was unethical for ATT to provide prejudicial information against his client to the insurer, CNI.



Who should prevail: the claimant, POS; or the insurer, CNI? Decide with reasons briefly.

(5%)

[C.I.C.C.I]

QUESTION NO. I





A. Under a charter party, XXO Trading Company shipped sugar to Coca-Cola Company through SS Negros Shipping Corp., insured by Capitol Insurance Company. The cargo arrived but with shortages. Coca-Cola demanded from Capitol Insurance Co. P500,000 in settlement for XXO Trading. The MM Regional Trial Court, where the civil suit was filed, absolved the insurance company, declaring that under the Code of Commerce, the shipping agent is civilly liable for damages in favor of third persons due to the conduct of the carrier’s captain, and the stipulation in the charter party exempting the owner from liability is not against public policy. Coca-Cola appealed. Will its appeal prosper? Reason briefly.



(5%)





B. AA entered into a contract with BB thru CC to transport ladies’ wear from Manila to France with transhipment at Taiwan. Somehow the goods were not loaded at Taiwan on time. Hence, when the goods arrived in France, they arrived “off-season” and AA was paid only for one-half the value by the buyer. AA claimed damages from the shipping company and its agent. The defense of the respondents was prescription.





Considering that the ladies’ wear suffered “loss of value,” as claimed by AA, should the prescriptive period be one year under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, or ten years under the Civil Code? Explain briefly.



(5%)













QUESTION NO. II



A. Ms. OB was employed in MAS Investment Bank. WIC, a medical drug company, retained the Bank to assess whether it is desirable to make a tender offer for DOP company, a drug manufacturer. OB overheard in the course of her work the plans of WIC. By herself and thru associates, she purchased DOP stocks available at the stock exchange priced at P20 per share. When WIC’s tender offer was announced, DOP stocks jumped to P30 per share. Thus OB earned a sizable profit.





Is OB liable for breach and misuse of confidential or insider information gained from her employment? Is she also liable for damages to sellers or buyers with whom she traded? If so, what is the measure of such damages? Explain briefly.

(5%)









B. CX maintained a checking account with UBANK, Makati Branch. One of his checks in a stub of fifty was missing. Later, he discovered that Ms. DY forged his signature and succeeded to encash P15,000 from another branch of the bank. DY was able to encash the check when ET, a friend, guaranteed due execution, saying that she was a holder in due course.





Can CX recover the money from the bank? Reason briefly.

(5%)



























QUESTION NO. III





A. What is a corporation sole? How does one pierce the veil of corporate fiction?

(2%)





B. Distinguish clearly (1) a private corporation from a public corporation; and (2) a stock corporation from a non-stock corporation.

(2%)





C. Is there a difference between a de facto corporation and a corporation by estoppel? Explain briefly.

(2%)





D. Distinguish clearly (1) crossed checks from cancelled checks; and (2) cash bond from surety bond.

(2%)





E. What is the difference between government deregulation and the privatization of an industry? Explain briefly.

(2%)











QUESTION NO. IV



A. Four months before his death, PX assigned 100 shares of stock registered in his name in favor of his wife and his children. They then brought the deed of assignment to the proper corporate officers for registration with the request for the transfer in the corporation’s stock and transfer books of the assigned shares, the cancellation of the stock certificates in PX’s name, and the issuance of new stock certificates in the names of his wife and his children as the new owners. The officers of the Corporation denied the request on the ground that another heir is contesting the validity of the deed of assignment.



May the Corporation be compelled by mandamus to register the shares of stock in the names of the assignees? Explain briefly.

(5%)







B. The Board of Directors of ABC, Inc., a domestic corporation, passed a resolution authorizing additional issuance of shares of stocks without notice nor approval of the stockholders.



DX, a stockholder, objected to the issuance, contending that it violated his right of pre-emption to the unissued shares. Is his contention tenable? Explain briefly.

(5%)

































QUESTION NO. V



A. MN and OP rented a safety deposit box at SIBANK. The parties signed a contract of lease with the conditions that: the bank is not a depository of the contents of the safe and has neither the possession nor control of the same; the bank assumed no interest in said contents and assumes no liability in connection therewith. The safety deposit box had two keyholes: one for the guard key which remained with the bank; and the other for the renters’ key. The box can be opened only with the use of both keys.



The renters deposited certificates of title in the box. But later, they discovered that the certificates were gone. MN and OP now claim for damages from SIBANK. Is the bank liable? Explain briefly.

(5%)





B. The Law on Secrecy of Bank Deposits provides that all deposits of whatever nature with banks or banking institutions are absolutely confidential in nature and may not be examined, inquired or looked into by any person, government official, bureau or office. However, the law provides exceptions in certain instances.



Which of the following may not be among the exceptions:



1. In cases of impeachment.

2. In cases involving bribery.

3. In cases involving BIR inquiry.

4. In cases of anti-graft and corrupt practices.

5. In cases where the money involved is the subject of litigation.



Explain your answer or choice briefly.

(5%)

















QUESTION NO. VI



A. AX, a businessman, was preparing for a business trip abroad. As he usually did in the past, he signed several checks in blank and entrusted them to his secretary with instruction to safeguard them and fill them out only when required to pay accounts during his absence. OB, his secretary, filled out one of the checks by placing her name as the payee. She filled out the amount, endorsed and delivered the check to KC, who accepted it in good faith for payment of gems that KC sold to OB. Later, OB told AX of what she did with regrets. AX timely directed the bank to dishonor the check. Could AX be held liable to KC? Answer and reason briefly.

(5%)





B. In its exercise of police power and business regulation, the legislature of LVM State passed a law prohibiting aliens from engaging in domestic timber trade. Violators including dummies would, after proper trial, be fined and imprisoned or deported. Mrs. BC, a citizen of LVM but married to ZC, an alien merchant of PNG, filed suit to invalidate the law or exempt from its coverage their timber business.



She contended that the law is, inter alia, gravely oppressive and discriminatory. It violated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) passed in 1948 by the United Nations, of which LVM is a member, she said, as well as the reciprocity provisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement of 1994, of which PNG and LVM are parties. Aside from denying them equal protection, according to BC, the law will also deprive her family their livelihood without due process nor just compensation.



Assuming that the legal system of LVM is similar to ours, would Mrs. BC’s contention be tenable or not? Reason briefly.

(5%)

















QUESTION NO. VII



A. AA, a minority stockholder, filed a suit against BB, CC, DD, and EE, the holders of majority shares of MOP Corporation, for alleged misappropriation of corporate funds. The complaint averred, inter alia, that MOP Corporation is the corporation in whose behalf and for whose benefit the derivative suit is brought. In their capacity as members of the Board of Directors, the majority stockholders adopted a resolution authorizing MOP Corporation to withdraw the suit. Pursuant to said resolution, the corporate counsel filed a Motion to Dismiss in the name of the MOP Corporation.



Should the motion be granted or denied? Reason briefly.

(5%)







B. XYZ Corporation entered into a contract of lease with ABC, Inc., over a piece of real estate for a term of 20 years, renewable for another 20 years, provided that XYZ’s corporate term is extended in accordance with law. Four years after the term of XYZ Corporation expired, but still within the period allowed by the lease contract for the extension of the lease period, XYZ Corp. notified ABC, Inc., that it is exercising the option to extend the lease. ABC, Inc., objected to the proposed extension, arguing that since the corporate life of XYZ Corp. had expired, it could no longer opt to renew the lease. XYZ Corp. countered that withstanding the lapse of its corporate term it still has the right to renew the lease because no quo warranto proceedings for involuntary dissolution of XYZ Corp. has been instituted by the Office of the Solicitor General.



Is the contention of XYZ Corp. meritorious? Explain briefly.

(5%)



















QUESTION NO. VIII





A. CDC maintained a savings account with CBank. On orders of the MM Regional Trial Court, the Sheriff garnished P50,000 of his account, to satisfy the judgment in favor of his creditor, MO. CDC complained that the garnishment violated the Law on the Secrecy of Bank Deposits because the existence of his savings account was disclosed to the public.





Is CDC’s complaint meritorious or not? Reason briefly.



(5%)







B. The Collector of Customs ordered the seizure and forfeiture of new electronic appliances shipped by TON Corp. from Hongkong for violation of customs laws because they were falsely declared as used office equipment and then undervalued for purposes of customs duties. TON filed a complaint before the MM Regional Trial Court for replevin, alleging that the Customs officials erred in the classification and valuation of its shipment, as well as in the issuance of the warrant of seizure. The Collector moved to dismiss the suit for lack of jurisdiction on the part of the trial court.





Should the Collector’s motion be granted or denied? Reason briefly.

(5%)































QUESTION NO. IX



A. YKS Trading filed a complaint for specific performance with damages against PWC Corporation for failure to deliver cement ordered by plaintiff. In its answer, PWC denied liability on the ground, inter alia, that YKS has no personality to sue, not being incorporated, and that the President of PWC was not authorized to enter into a contract with plaintiff by the PWC Board of Directors, hence the contract is ultra vires. YKS Trading replied that it is a sole proprietorship owned by YKS, and that the President of PWC had made it appear in several letters presented in evidence that he had authority to sign contracts on behalf of the Board of Directors of PWC.





Will the suit prosper or not? Reason briefly.

(5%)







B. CG, a customer, sued MERALCO in the MM Regional Trial Court to disclose the basis of the computation of the purchased power adjustment (PPA). The trial court ruled it had no jurisdiction over the case because, as contended by the defendant, the customer not only demanded a breakdown of MERALCO’s bill with respect to PPA but questioned as well the imposition of the PPA, a matter to be decided by the Board of Energy, the regulatory agency which should also have jurisdiction over the instant suit.





Is the trial court’s ruling correct or not? Reason briefly.

(5%)













QUESTION NO. X



A. BR and CT are noted artists whose paintings are highly prized by collectors. Dr. DL commissioned them to paint a mural at the main lobby of his new hospital for children. Both agreed to collaborate on the project for a total fee of two million pesos to be equally divided between them. It was also agreed that Dr. DL had to provide all the materials for the painting and pay for the wages of technicians and laborers needed for the work on the project.



Assume that the project is completed and both BR and CT are fully paid the amount of P2M as artists’ fee by DL. Under the law on intellectual property, who will own the mural? Who will own the copyright in the mural? Why? Explain.

(5%)





B. CNI insured SAM under a homeowner’s policy against claims for accidental injuries by neighbors. SAM’s minor son, BOY, injured 3 children of POS, a neighbor, who sued SAM for damages.



SAM’s lawyer was ATT, who was paid for his services by the insurer for reporting periodically on the case to CNI. In one report, ATT disclosed to CNI that after his investigations, he found the injuries to the 3 children not accidental but intentional.



SAM lost the case in court, and POS was awarded one million pesos in damages which he sought to collect from the insurer. But CNI used ATT’s report to deny the claim on the ground that the injuries to POS’s 3 children were intentional, hence excluded from the policy’s coverage. POS countered that CNI was estopped from using ATT’s report because it was unethical for ATT to provide prejudicial information against his client to the insurer, CNI.



Who should prevail: the claimant, POS; or the insurer, CNI? Decide with reasons briefly.

(5%)

[C.I.C.C.I]

QUESTION NO. I





A. In a complaint for a sum of money filed before the MM Regional Trial Court, plaintiff did not mention or even just hint at any demand for payment made on defendant before commencing suit. During the trial, plaintiff duly offered Exh. “A” in evidence for the stated purpose of proving the making of extrajudicial demand on defendant to pay P500,000, the subject of the suit. Exh. “A” was a letter of demand for defendant to pay said sum of money within 10 days from receipt, addressed to and served on defendant some two months before suit was begun. Without objection from defendant, the court admitted Exh. “A” in evidence.



Was the court’s admission of Exh. “A” in evidence erroneous or not? Reason. (5%)







B. Mayor TM was charged of malversation through falsification of official documents. Assisted by Atty. OP as counsel de parte during pre-trial, he signed together with Ombudsman Prosecutor TG a “Joint Stipulation of Facts and Documents,” which was presented to the Sandiganbayan. Before the court could issue a pre-trial order but after some delay caused by Atty. OP, he was substituted by Atty. QR as defense counsel. Atty. QR forthwith filed a motion to withdraw the “Joint Stipulation,” alleging that it is prejudicial to the accused because it contains, inter alia, the statement that the “Defense admitted all the documentary evidence of the Prosecution,” thus leaving the accused little or no room to defend himself, and violating his right against self-incrimination.



Should the court grant or deny QR’s motion? Reason.

(5%)





QUESTION NO. II



A. RP and State XX have a subsisting Extradition Treaty. Pursuant thereto RP’s Secretary of Justice (SOJ) filed a Petition for Extradition before the MM Regional Trial Court alleging that Juan Kwan is the subject of an arrest warrant duly issued by the proper criminal court of State XX in connection with a criminal case for tax evasion and fraud before his return to RP as a balikbayan. Petitioner prays that Juan be extradited and delivered to the proper authorities of State XX for trial, and that to prevent Juan’s flight in the interim, a warrant for his immediate arrest be issued. Before the RTC could act on the petition for extradition, Juan filed before it an urgent motion, in sum praying (1) that SOJ’s application for an arrest warrant be set for hearing and (2) that Juan be allowed to post bail in the event the court would issue an arrest warrant.



Should the court grant or deny Juan’s prayers? Reason.

(5%)





B. Charged with the offense of slight physical injuries under an information duly filed with the MeTC in Manila which in the meantime had duly issued an order declaring that the case shall be governed by the Revised Rule on Summary Procedure, the accused filed with said court a motion to quash on the sole ground that the officer who filed the information had no authority to do so. The MeTC denied the motion on the ground that it is a prohibited motion under the said Rule.



The accused thereupon filed with the RTC in Manila a petition for certiorari in sum assailing and seeking the nullification of the MeTC’s denial of his motion to quash. The RTC in due time issued an order denying due course to the certiorari petition on the ground that it is not allowed by the said Rule. The accused forthwith filed with said RTC a motion for reconsideration of its said order. The RTC in time denied said motion for reconsideration on the ground that the same is also a prohibited motion under the said Rule.



Were the RTC’s orders denying due course to the petition as well as denying the motion for reconsideration correct? Reason.

(5%)



QUESTION NO. III



A. Summons was issued by the MM Regional Trial Court and actually received on time by defendant from his wife at their residence. The sheriff earlier that day had delivered the summons to her at said residence because defendant was not home at the time. The sheriff’s return or proof of service filed with the court in sum states that the summons, with attached copy of the complaint, was served on defendant at his residence thru his wife, a person of suitable age and discretion then residing therein. Defendant moved to dismiss on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction over his person as there was no valid service of summons on him because the sheriff’s return or proof of service does not show that the sheriff first made a genuine attempt to serve the summons on defendant personally before serving it thru his wife.



Is the motion to dismiss meritorious? What is the purpose of summons and by whom may it be served? Explain. (5%)





B. The information for illegal possession of firearm filed against the accused specifically alleged that he had no license or permit to possess the caliber .45 pistol mentioned therein. In its evidence-in-chief, the prosecution established the fact that the subject firearm was lawfully seized by the police from the possession of the accused, that is, while the pistol was tucked at his waist in plain view, without the accused being able to present any license or permit to possess the firearm. The prosecution on such evidence rested its case and within a period of five days therefrom, the accused filed a demurrer to evidence, in sum contending that the prosecution evidence has not established the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt and so prayed that he be acquitted of the offense charged.



The trial court denied the demurrer to evidence and deemed the accused as having waived his right to present evidence and submitted the case for judgment on the basis of the prosecution evidence. In due time, the court rendered judgment finding the accused guilty of the offense charged beyond reasonable doubt and accordingly imposing on him the penalty prescribed therefor.



Is the judgment of the trial court valid and proper? Reason.

(5%)





QUESTION NO. IV





A. During trial, plaintiff was able to present, without objection on the part of defendant in an ejectment case, evidence showing that plaintiff served on defendant a written demand to vacate the subject property before the commencement of the suit, a matter not alleged or otherwise set forth in the pleadings on file.



May the corresponding pleading still be amended to conform to the evidence? Explain. (5%)







B. Plaintiff filed a complaint for a sum of money against defendant with the MeTC-Makati, the total amount of the demand, exclusive of interest, damages of whatever kind, attorney’s fees, litigation expenses, and costs, being P1,000,000. In due time, defendant filed a motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground of the MeTC’s lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter. After due hearing, the MeTC (1) ruled that the court indeed lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter of the complaint; and (2) ordered that the case therefore should be forwarded to the proper Regional Trial Court immediately.



Was the court’s ruling concerning jurisdiction correct? Was the court’s order to forward the case proper? Explain briefly. (5%)





QUESTION NO. V





A. After plaintiff in an ordinary civil action before the ZZ Regional Trial Court has completed presentation of his evidence, defendant without prior leave of court moved for dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint for insufficiency of plaintiff’s evidence. After due hearing of the motion and the opposition thereto, the court issued an order, reading as follows: “The Court hereby grants defendant’s motion to dismiss and accordingly orders the dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint, with the costs taxed against him. It is so ordered.”



Is the order of dismissal valid? May plaintiff properly take an appeal? Reason. (5%)





B. AX was charged before the YY Regional Trial Court with theft of jewelry valued at P20,000, punishable with imprisonment of up to 10 years of prision mayor under the Revised Penal Code. After trial, he was convicted of the offense charged, notwithstanding that the material facts duly established during the trial showed that the offense committed was estafa, punishable by imprisonment of up to eight years of prision mayor under the said Code. No appeal having been taken therefrom, said judgment of conviction became final.



Is the judgment of conviction valid? Is the said judgment reviewable thru a special civil action for certiorari? Reason.

(5%)





QUESTION NO. VI





A. Distinguish clearly but briefly between:



1. Burden of proof and burden of evidence.



2. Competency of the witness and credibility of the witness.



3. Legislative facts and adjudicative facts.



4. Hearsay evidence and opinion evidence.



5. Questions of law and questions of fact.

(5%)





B. In his complaint for foreclosure of mortgage to which was duly attached a copy of the mortgage deed, plaintiff PP alleged inter alia as follows: (1) that defendant DD duly executed the mortgage deed, copy of which is Annex “A” of the complaint and made an integral part thereof; and (2) that to prosecute his complaint, plaintiff contracted a lawyer, CC, for a fee of P50,000. In his answer, defendant alleged, inter alia, that he had no knowledge of the mortgage deed, and he also denied any liability for plaintiff’s contracting with a lawyer for a fee.



Does defendant’s answer as to plaintiff’s allegation no. 1 as well as no. 2 sufficiently raise an issue of fact? Reason briefly.

(5%)



QUESTION NO. VII



A. After defendant has served and filed his answer to plaintiff’s complaint for damages before the proper Regional Trial Court, plaintiff served and filed a motion (with supporting affidavits) for a summary judgment in his favor upon all of his claims. Defendant served and filed his opposition (with supporting affidavits) to the motion. After due hearing, the court issued an order (1) stating that the court has found no genuine issue as to any material fact and thus concluded that plaintiff is entitled to judgment in his favor as a matter of law except as to the amount of damages recoverable, and (2) accordingly ordering that plaintiff shall have judgment summarily against defendant for such amount as may be found due plaintiff for damages, to be ascertained by trial on October 7, 2004, at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.



May defendant properly take an appeal from said order? Or, may defendant properly challenge said order thru a special civil action for certiorari? Reason. (5%)





B. SPO1 CNC filed with the Metropolitan Trial Court in Quezon City (MeTC-QC) a sworn written statement duly subscribed by him, charging RGR (an actual resident of Cebu City) with the offense of slight physical injuries allegedly inflicted on SPS (an actual resident of Quezon City). The Judge of the branch to which the case was raffled thereupon issued an order declaring that the case shall be governed by the Rule on Summary Procedure in criminal cases. Soon thereafter, the Judge ordered the dismissal of the case for the reason that it was not commenced by information, as required by said Rule.



Sometime later, based on the same facts giving rise to the slight physical injuries case, the City Prosecutor filed with the same MeTC-QC an information for attempted homicide against the same RGR. In due time, before arraignment, RGR moved to quash the information on the ground of double jeopardy and after due hearing, the Judge granted his motion.



Was the dismissal of the complaint for slight physical injuries proper? Was the grant of the motion to quash the attempted homicide information correct? Reason. (5%)





QUESTION NO. VIII





A. AX, a Makati-bound paying passenger of PBU, a public utility bus, died instantly on board the bus on account of the fatal head wounds he sustained as a result of the strong impact of the collision between the bus and a dump truck that happened while the bus was still travelling on EDSA towards Makati. The foregoing facts, among others, were duly established on evidence-in-chief by the plaintiff TY, sole heir of AX, in TY’s action against the subject common carrier for breach of contract of carriage. After TY had rested his case, the common carrier filed a demurrer to evidence, contending that plaintiff’s evidence is insufficient because it did not show (1) that defendant was negligent and (2) that such negligence was the proximate cause of the collision.



Should the court grant or deny defendant’s demurrer to evidence? Reason briefly. (5%)





B. AX swindled RY in the amount of P10,000 sometime in mid-2003. On the strength of the sworn statement given by RY personally to SPO1 Juan Ramos sometime in mid-2004, and without securing a warrant, the police officer arrested AX. Forthwith the police officer filed with the City Prosecutor of Manila a complaint for estafa supported by RY’s sworn statement and other documentary evidence. After due inquest, the prosecutor filed the requisite information with the MM Regional Trial Court. No preliminary investigation was conducted either before or after the filing of the information and the accused at no time asked for such an investigation. However, before arraignment, the accused moved to quash the information on the ground that the prosecutor suffered from a want of authority to file the information because of his failure to conduct a preliminary investigation before filing the information, as required by the Rules of Court.



Is the warrantless arrest of AX valid? Is he entitled to a preliminary investigation before the filing of the information? Explain. (5%)



QUESTION NO. IX





A. PX filed a suit for damages against DY. In his answer, DY incorporated a counterclaim for damages against PX and AC, counsel for plaintiff in said suit, alleging in said counterclaim, inter alia, that AC, as such counsel, maliciously induced PX to bring the suit against DY despite AC’s knowledge of its utter lack of factual and legal basis. In due time, AC filed a motion to dismiss the counterclaim as against him on the ground that he is not a proper party to the case, he being merely plaintiff’s counsel.



Is the counterclaim of DY compulsory or not? Should AC’s motion to dismiss the counterclaim be granted or not? Reason.

(5%)







B. XYZ, an alien, was criminally charged of promoting and facilitating child prostitution and other sexual abuses under Rep. Act No. 7610. The principal witness against him was his Filipina wife, ABC. Earlier, she had complained that XYZ’s hotel was being used as a center for sex tourism and child trafficking. The defense counsel for XYZ objected to the testimony of ABC at the trial of the child prostitution case and the introduction of the affidavits she executed against her husband as a violation of espousal confidentiality and marital privilege rule. It turned out that DEF, the minor daughter of ABC by her first husband who was a Filipino, was molested by XYZ earlier. Thus, ABC had filed for legal separation from XYZ since last year.



May the court admit the testimony and affidavits of the wife, ABC, against her husband, XYZ, in the criminal case involving child prostitution? Reason. (5%)



QUESTION NO. X





A. At the scene of a heinous crime, police recovered a man’s shorts with blood stains and strands of hair. Shortly afterwards, a warrant was issued and police arrested the suspect, AA. During his detention, a medical technician extracted blood sample from his finger and cut a strand from his hair, despite AA’s objections.



During AA’s trial for rape with murder, the prosecution sought to introduce DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) evidence against AA, based on forensic laboratory matching of the materials found at the crime scene and AA’s hair and blood samples. AA’s counsel objected, claiming that DNA evidence is inadmissible because the materials taken from AA were in violation of his constitutional right against self-incrimination as well as his right of privacy and personal integrity.



Should the DNA evidence be admitted or not? Reason.

(5%)





B. Sgt. GR of WPD arrested two NPA suspects, Max and Brix, both aged 22, in the act of robbing a grocery in Ermita. As he handcuffed them he noted a pistol tucked in Max’s waist and a dagger hidden under Brix’s shirt, which he promptly confiscated.



At the police investigation room, Max and Brix orally waived their right to counsel and to remain silent. Then under oath, they freely answered questions asked by the police desk officer. Thereafter they signed their sworn statements before the police captain, a lawyer. Max admitted his part in the robbery, his possession of a pistol and his ownership of the packet of shabu found in his pocket. Brix admitted his role in the robbery and his possession of a dagger. But they denied being NPA hit men. In due course, proper charges were filed by the City Prosecutor against both arrestees before the MM Regional Trial Court.



May the written statements signed and sworn to by Max and Brix be admitted by the trial court as evidence for the prosecution? Reason. (5%)

[C.I.C.C.I]

QUESTION NO. I





A. Under the Code of Professional Responsibility, what is the principal obligation of a lawyer towards:



(1) The legal profession and the Integrated Bar?

(2) His professional colleagues?

(3) The development of the legal system?

(4) The administration of justice?

(5) His client?



(5%)







B. In the course of a judicial proceeding, a conflict of opinions as to a particular legal course of action to be taken arose between AB and CD, two (2) lawyers hired by Mr. XX, a party-litigant, to act jointly as his counsel.





How should such problem be resolved, and whose opinion should prevail? What can AB, the lawyer whose opinion was not followed, do when she honestly believes that the opinion of CD, the other counsel, is not as legally and factually well grounded as her opinion is? Explain briefly.





(5%)



























QUESTION NO. II



On the eve of the initial hearing for the reception of evidence for the defense, the defendant and his counsel had a conference where the client directed the lawyer to present as principal defense witnesses two (2) persons whose testimonies were personally known to the lawyer to have been perjured. The lawyer informed his client that he refused to go along with the unwarranted course of action proposed by the defendant. But the client insisted on his directive, or else he would not pay the agreed attorney’s fees.





When the case was called for hearing the next morning, the lawyer forthwith moved in open court that he be relieved as counsel for the defendant. Both the defendant and the plaintiff’s counsel objected to the motion.





A. Under the given facts, is the defense lawyer legally justified in seeking withdrawal from the case? Why or why not? Reason briefly.



(5%)









B. Was the motion for relief as counsel made by the defense lawyer in full accord with the procedural requirements for a lawyer’s withdrawal from a court case? Explain briefly.



(5%)





























QUESTION NO. III



Upon opening session of his court, the Presiding Judge noticed the presence of television cameras set up at strategic places in his courtroom and the posting of media practitioners all over his sala with their video cameras. The Judge forthwith issued an order directing the exclusion from the courtroom of all television paraphernalia and further instructing the reporters inside the hall not to operate their “video cams” during the proceedings. The defense lawyers objected to the court’s order, claiming that it was violative of their client’s constitutional right to a public trial.







A. In issuing the questioned order, did the Judge act in violation of the rights of the accused to a public trial? Discuss briefly.



(5%)









B. Did the Judge act in derogation of press freedom when he directed the exclusion of the television paraphernalia from the courtroom and when he prohibited the news reporters in the courtroom from operating their “video cams” during the proceedings? Reason briefly.



(5%)

































QUESTION NO. IV



Primo, Segundo and Tercero are co-accused in an information charging them with the crime of homicide. They are respectively represented by Attys. Juan Uno, Jose Dos and Pablo Tres. During the pre-trial conference, Attys. Uno and Dos manifested to the court that their clients are invoking alibi as their defense. Atty. Tres made it known that accused Tercero denies involvement and would testify that Primo and Segundo actually perpetrated the commission of the offense charged in the information.





In one hearing during the presentation of the prosecution’s evidence in chief, Atty. Uno failed to appear in court. When queried by the Judge if accused Primo is willing to proceed with the hearing despite his counsel’s absence, Primo gave his consent provided Attys. Dos and Tres would be designated as his joint counsel de oficio for that particular hearing. Thereupon, the court directed Attys. Dos and Tres to act as counsel de oficio of accused Primo only for purposes of the scheduled hearing.





Atty. Dos accepted his designation, but Atty. Tres refused.







A. Is there any impediment to Atty. Dos acting as counsel de oficio for accused Primo? Reason.



(5%)







B. May Atty. Tres legally refuse his designation as counsel de oficio of accused Primo? Reason.



(5%)





















QUESTION NO. V



A. Atty. DD’s services were engaged by Mr. BB as defense counsel in a lawsuit. In the course of the proceedings, Atty. DD discovered that Mr. BB was an agnostic and a homosexual. By reason thereof, Atty. DD filed a motion to withdraw as counsel without Mr. BB’s express consent.





Is Atty. DD’s motion legally tenable? Reason briefly.



(5%)







B. Assume that your friend and colleague, Judge Peter X. Mahinay, a Regional Trial Court judge stationed at KL City, would seek your advice regarding his intention to ask the permission of the Supreme Court to act as counsel for and thus represent his wife in the trial of a civil case for damages pending before the Regional Trial Court of Aparri, Cagayan.





What would be your advice to him? Discuss briefly.



(5%)









































QUESTION NO. VI



A. Upon learning from newspaper reports that bar candidate Vic Pugote passed the bar examinations, Miss Adorable immediately lodged a complaint with the Supreme Court, praying that Vic Pugote be disallowed from taking the oath as a member of the Philippine Bar because he was maintaining illicit sexual relations with several women other than his lawfully wedded spouse. However, from unexplained reasons, he succeeded to take his oath as a lawyer. Later, when confronted with Miss Adorable’s complaint formally, Pugote moved for its dismissal on the ground that it is already moot and academic.



Should Miss Adorable’s complaint be dismissed or not? Explain briefly.



(5%)





B. Alleging that Atty. Malibu seduced her when she was only sixteen (16) years old, which resulted in her pregnancy and the birth of a baby girl, Miss Magayon filed a complaint for his disbarment seven years after the alleged seduction was committed.



Atty. Malibu contended that, considering the period of delay, the complaint filed against him can no longer be entertained much less prosecuted because the alleged offense has already prescribed.



Is Atty. Malibu’s contention tenable or not? Reason briefly.



(5%)























QUESTION NO. VII



A. A disbarment complaint against a lawyer was referred by the Supreme Court to a Judge of the Regional Trial Court for investigation, report and recommendation. On the date set for the hearing of the complaint, the Judge had the case called for trial in open court and proceeded to receive evidence for the complainant. What would you have done if you were the counsel for the respondent-lawyer? Why? Reason briefly.



(5%)









B. Atty. Jarazo filed a civil suit for damages against his business associates. After due trial, Judge Dejado rendered judgment dismissing Atty. Jarazo’s complaint. Atty. Jarazo did not appeal from the decision rendered by Judge Dejado, thereby rendering the judgment final and executory. Thereafter, Atty. Jarazo lodged a criminal complaint accusing Judge Dejado of rendering a manifestly unjust judgment before the Office of the Ombudsman. Will Atty. Jarazo’s complaint against Judge Dejado prosper? Why or why not? Reason.



(5%)









































QUESTION NO. VIII



A. Judge Aficionado was among the several thousands of spectators watching a basketball game at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum who saw the stabbing of referee Maykiling by player Baracco in the course of the game. The criminal case correspondingly filed against Baracco for the stabbing of Maykiling was raffled to the Regional Trial Court branch presided over by Judge Aficionado. Should Judge Aficionado sit in judgment over and try the case against Baracco? Explain.



(5%)







B. Atty. Walasunto has been a member of the Philippine Bar for twenty (20) years but has never plied his profession as a lawyer. His sole means of livelihood is selling and buying real estate. In one of his transactions as a real estate broker, he issued a bouncing check. He was criminally prosecuted and subsequently convicted for violating B.P. Blg. 22. In the disbarment proceedings filed against him, Atty. Walasunto contended that his conviction for violation of B.P. Blg. 22 was not a valid ground for disciplinary action against a member of the bar. He further argued that his act in issuing the check was done in relation to his calling as a real estate broker and not in relation to the exercise of the profession of a lawyer.



Are the contentions of Atty. Walasunto meritorious or not? Reason.



(5%)





























QUESTION NO. IX





A. Prepare a draft of a criminal information charging a person with the crime of homicide, complete with caption and title and required certification re preliminary investigation. Do not use real names but supply all facts needed.



(5%)















B. Prepare an acknowledgment of a deed of sale of a registered parcel of land, consisting of four (4) pages inclusive of the page where the acknowledgment appears. Supply fictitious names of the parties, the notary public and details of the parties’ community tax certificates.



(5%)

















































QUESTION NO. X





A. Prepare a draft of the verification and non-forum shopping certification that should be appended to a complaint. Omit the signature, place, date and the jurat.



(5%)













B. Prepare a complete draft of an attestation clause of a notarial will.



(5%)

[mige]

Whoa.. wala bang Legal Ethics? hehehe

[C.I.C.C.I]

Originally posted by mige
Whoa.. wala bang Legal Ethics? hehehe

All 8 subjects are accounted for....read again.....

[sedfrey]

i think unfair yung mga questions, halu-halo, didn't follow the coverage.

[tyanak_me]

I'll bet graduates of Ateneo Law are going to ace the exams this year. ;) ;) ;)

[mige]

ic.. thanks for the bar questions.

how about the answers?

[pyke]

Mbuhay ka MIge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[C.I.C.C.I]

Originally posted by sedfrey
i think unfair yung mga questions, halu-halo, didn't follow the coverage.

I think the questions were reasonable....at least they didn't ask questions which one never heard of before.

The appreciation of the answers now depends on the Person who would check the exam booklets.

[C.I.C.C.I]

Originally posted by mige
ic.. thanks for the bar questions.

how about the answers?

:*)

[modelicious]

go zora!!!!

[intensity1214]

Originally posted by tyanak_me
I'll bet graduates of Ateneo Law are going to ace the exams this year. ;) ;) ;)

hindi siguro. super higpit daw ngayon sa mga mandaraya eh. :)

[mige]

wwwooohooo! lapit na sembreak! awryt!

[C.I.C.C.I]

ATENEANS AROUND?

Im so sure you already had first hand knowledge of who were/are the "personalities" who chaired the respective bar subjects.....

Not that it matters now that the Exams are done...

Just wanted to know....:D

[NINA114]

Originally posted by C.I.C.C.I
ATENEANS AROUND?

Im so sure you already had first hand knowledge of who were/are the "personalities" who chaired the respective bar subjects.....

Not that it matters now that the Exams are done...

Just wanted to know....:D

Hi CICCI! I'm an Atenean and I took the bar last September... Nope, I didn't know who were the bar Examiners and as far as I know neither did my batchmates... We did hear some rumors like Azucena for Labor or Herrera for Remedial but they're just rumors. Kahit nga after the bar, we didn't know if tama yung mga hula naming examiners. Also when were studying, we didn't really pay that much time, attention and effort in knowing who the examiners were. Sure we'd talk about it as a group, sharing chismis but the bulk of your time will REALLY be dedicated to studying. With all the stuff you have to read and with review classes to attend, there's no time to spend trying to know the examiners... for me, waste of time lang yun kasi in the end it's what you know and how you well you express it that counts. And I think all my batchmates had the same mindset. There's no easy way to take the bar. I noticed nga that the examinees from the other schools (the one who reviewed in Ateneo) were the ones preoccupied with knowing who the Examiners were. I made a couple of friends among them and actually sila nga yung nagsasabi sa amin kung sino yung mga rumored examiners. So yun lang.... I just read this thread now and I noticed that kawawa pala kaming Ateneans dito :~(

Also, yup medyo unfair yung questions kasi the coverage was not followed. They would ask Political Law sa Remedial... Tax sa Criminal Law... Commercial law sa Civ.... Unfair, unless they become lax in checking the answers. :)

[voltaire_mad]

Originally posted by NINA114
Hi CICCI! I'm an Atenean and I took the bar last September... Nope, I didn't know who were the bar Examiners and as far as I know neither did my batchmates... We did hear some rumors like Azucena for Labor or Herrera for Remedial but they're just rumors. Kahit nga after the bar, we didn't know if tama yung mga hula naming examiners. Also when were studying, we didn't really pay that much time, attention and effort in knowing who the examiners were. Sure we'd talk about it as a group, sharing chismis but the bulk of your time will REALLY be dedicated to studying. With all the stuff you have to read and with review classes to attend, there's no time to spend trying to know the examiners... for me, waste of time lang yun kasi in the end it's what you know and how you well you express it that counts. And I think all my batchmates had the same mindset. There's no easy way to take the bar. I noticed nga that the examinees from the other schools (the one who reviewed in Ateneo) were the ones preoccupied with knowing who the Examiners were. I made a couple of friends among them and actually sila nga yung nagsasabi sa amin kung sino yung mga rumored examiners. So yun lang.... I just read this thread now and I noticed that kawawa pala kaming Ateneans dito :~(

Also, yup medyo unfair yung questions kasi the coverage was not followed. They would ask Political Law sa Remedial... Tax sa Criminal Law... Commercial law sa Civ.... Unfair, unless they become lax in checking the answers. :)


I read in the newspaper a few months ago that the identities of the examiners are kept confidential. So I guess, ideally, nobody knows who the examiners are.

I also read in the papers that they were contemplating on reformatting the exams. I think the method as of the present is that an examiner will make an exam which is not his/her forte/subject teaching in Law school, avoiding very difficult answers. I think that is the reason why some topic in some subjects seem to be out of the coverage.

[NINA114]

Originally posted by voltaire_mad
I read in the newspaper a few months ago that the identities of the examiners are kept confidential. So I guess, ideally, nobody knows who the examiners are.

I also read in the papers that they were contemplating on reformatting the exams. I think the method as of the present is that an examiner will make an exam which is not his/her forte/subject teaching in Law school, avoiding very difficult answers. I think that is the reason why some topic in some subjects seem to be out of the coverage.

The SC releases a list of the covered topics for each subject and the Examiners ideally should stick to that lang. Since the list is quite specific even as to the dates the tendency of the barristers is to rely on them. Oh well, it's over na... :) good luck na lang sa amin.

Ren - masyado kang bitter. Basta ako, an Atenean, malinis ang konsyensa ko. I got no leakage :)

[NINA114]

ok(turo sa itaas) sabi mo eh...

:P

[arnoldClavio2]

igan,Kailan ilalabas ang mga resulta?

[C.I.C.C.I]

Originally posted by NINA114
Hi CICCI! I'm an Atenean and I took the bar last September... Nope, I didn't know who were the bar Examiners and as far as I know neither did my batchmates... We did hear some rumors like Azucena for Labor or Herrera for Remedial but they're just rumors. Kahit nga after the bar, we didn't know if tama yung mga hula naming examiners. Also when were studying, we didn't really pay that much time, attention and effort in knowing who the examiners were. Sure we'd talk about it as a group, sharing chismis but the bulk of your time will REALLY be dedicated to studying. With all the stuff you have to read and with review classes to attend, there's no time to spend trying to know the examiners... for me, waste of time lang yun kasi in the end it's what you know and how you well you express it that counts. And I think all my batchmates had the same mindset. There's no easy way to take the bar. I noticed nga that the examinees from the other schools (the one who reviewed in Ateneo) were the ones preoccupied with knowing who the Examiners were. I made a couple of friends among them and actually sila nga yung nagsasabi sa amin kung sino yung mga rumored examiners. So yun lang.... I just read this thread now and I noticed that kawawa pala kaming Ateneans dito :~(

Also, yup medyo unfair yung questions kasi the coverage was not followed. They would ask Political Law sa Remedial... Tax sa Criminal Law... Commercial law sa Civ.... Unfair, unless they become lax in checking the answers. :)

Hello NINA114

I also took the Exams last September.....

Hoping to pass....i know I did what is required of a law student....was never laxed in Law School....so am banking that the "Great Someone" would grant me also the Honor/Privilege to be a Lawyer"

I never noticed what the "killer exams" was....was it Labor or Commercial....

[mige]

Originally posted by arnoldClavio2
igan,Kailan ilalabas ang mga resulta?

Next year pah. probably by April or May 2005.

[voltaire_mad]

Good luck to all barristers. Lets hope for the best.
Thanks for the info@NINA114.

[vicaimmonen]

Good luck sa lahat ng barista ng Ateneo and San Beda

:flamer:

[C.I.C.C.I]

NINA114

Hey!!!

Had to ask the question since an Atenean-PExer-Lawyer unknowingly wrote one time here at PEx that during the time she/he was taking the exams she/he knew the name of the examiner.....

Lapsus Linguae i guess....

:D

[C.I.C.C.I]

Originally posted by mige
Next year pah. probably by April or May 2005.

Yes you're right about the exam results coming out next year...

Only May is too late.

Results normally come out last week of March and first 2 weeks of April.

[souljah_boy]

It's too late for a "Good Luck" but I just hope the Bedan barristers will top the bar this year. It's been a long time since we had a topnotcher from the great Red and White school.

U.I.O.G.D.

ANIMO SAN BEDA!

[fowner]

congratulations in advance sa mga future lawyers natin... kainggit naman kayo... i've always felt na dapat nag-law ako... my favorite comedy series is Ally Mc Beal and my favority drama shows are The Practice and JAG.

my friends think that I argue really well --lalo na yung enemies ko, heheh...

[Thoma§]

i'm a freshman law student by next year, hopefully. it's a good thing that i get to read things related to law here in pex so as to acquaint me with it at this early stage.

[lucky_me_00]

mag pex ka araw araw THomas, you'll learn a lot of things. :)

[kundera_tan]

^sarcastic ka?

[C.I.C.C.I]

*bump* :*)

[CPA_LLB]

It's too late for a "Good Luck" but I just hope the Bedan barristers will top the bar this year. It's been a long time since we had a topnotcher from the great Red and White school.

U.I.O.G.D.

ANIMO SAN BEDA!

That's alright, at least, Bedans can be proud that the San Beda Centralized Bar Ops is not involved in any leakage scandal or cheating schemes. We should also be proud that San Beda Bar Ops materials such as Memory aid and Case digests, and even last minute tips, are shamelessly photocopied and distributed in other bar review schools because the materials are comprehensive and well-reasearched,

But it is really frustrating, especially when a Bedan gets the no2 or no3 spot, it is always just a few questions that made the difference.

Fearless forecast for the 2004 Bar exam -

San Beda will once again top the passing percentage for First Takers, and San Beda will likewise get the over-all passing percentage. Per latest Supreme Court review of Bar exam performance (over a 12 year period), San Beda is usually no 1 for the passing percentage for First takers, Ateneo is usually no 1 for the overall passing (combined passing percentage for first takers and repeaters).

San Beda will have at least 3 Bar topnotchers. Hopefully, makuha yung no1.

[PrEttyD0LL]

My ex took the bar last year. Grabe sobra pray ako everyday when he is taking the bar. I even went to PINK SISTER in tagaytay to pray as well. Although we don't communicate with each other but still my heart goes out to him. haaayyy... senti na naman ako... :(

Oh well... Hope he pass the bar and sana mag top rin siya.... It doesn't really matter whether it's 1st plae or the last as long as he pass the bar... happy na ako.... :~(

[C.I.C.C.I]

any PExers who took the exams?



Is Zorayda A a PExer?

[C.I.C.C.I]

1 or 2 months more to wait?

[swimbod21]

ano ba yung school na nakakauha daw ng leakage ng bar exam?

[C.I.C.C.I]

ano ba yung school na nakakauha daw ng leakage ng bar exam?

There was no leakage in last years bar exams......

You might ba taking about the leakage in the 2004 bar exams......

From what I've been told MOST bar examinees in 2004 were able to get "leakages/tips" but a number did not pay attention to the tips/leakages.

Leakage came from a very reputable school.......

[paralusi]

^^ 2003 bar exams, actually.

the people involved were alumni and students of FEU and MLQU, all of whom belonging to the same fraternity.

[C.I.C.C.I]

dang.....i am sleepy.

Thanks for correcting me.....yes 2003 exams....

[C.I.C.C.I]

Doesnt the results come out before the Holy Week?

[CPA_LLB]

March 18 DAW. But i'm more inclined to believe that the results will be released during the last week of March or first week of April.

[frank_chavez]

sana hindi na nandaya ang mga taga At_n_o. :shutup:

[paralusi]

i am pretty sure there is a reason why "Evidence" is a required course in law school.

[PrEttyD0LL]

Ang tagal naman ng results...nakakatense.... hehe... :)

[voltaire_mad]

Malapit lapit na. I'm sure it would be a really "Holy Week" for the barristers. Good luck to all of you. I'm praying with all of you on this.

[C.I.C.C.I]

Ang tagal naman ng results...nakakatense.... hehe... :)

Did you take the exams?

[PrEttyD0LL]

Did you take the exams?

Not me! but my very "special" someone.. hehe... :blush2:

[C.I.C.C.I]

starting to feel jittery......

parang ang tagal ata nilang nilalabas results.........?

how true that matagal na nila dapat i-release....before holy week pa ...pero sobrang baba daw percentage passing so they had to reconsider....


GRABE

[voltaire_mad]

Still praying here. Hope it goes well.

[Thoma§]

how come hindi pa rin released?

[CPA_LLB]

My bet - 2004 bar exam results will be released not later than April 8 (Fri).

[Thoma§]

mababa daw ang national passing rate. good luck na lang sa lahat.

[vicaimmonen]

Do you have guys an idea how much salary lawyers are making right now? Especially for a fresh grad na kakapass pa lang ng bar exams. Okay din ba mga benefits and compensation sa mga law firms?

[C.I.C.C.I]

Do you have guys an idea how much salary lawyers are making right now? Especially for a fresh grad na kakapass pa lang ng bar exams. Okay din ba mga benefits and compensation sa mga law firms?

Last time I saw an ad for a lawyer to work for the Court of Appeals is a minimum of PHP 15, 000 to P 20,000.oo

[vicaimmonen]

Last time I saw an ad for a lawyer to work for the Court of Appeals is a minimum of PHP 15, 000 to P 20,000.ooHow about for the private sector?

[Thoma§]

Last time I saw an ad for a lawyer to work for the Court of Appeals is a minimum of PHP 15, 000 to P 20,000.oo
free from tax 'yan, 'di ba? hehe

[swimbod21]

when will the SC release the result of the bar?

[ke_aicrissy]

yesterday,yung manila standard may article regarding the bar exams....sa fri (april 8) ang schedule ng special session for the bar exam results and the passing percentage is so far 30%....Justice Quisumbing considers it as his gift to the bar examinees...

[Shaft]

yesterday,yung manila standard may article regarding the bar exams....sa fri (april 8) ang schedule ng special session for the bar exam results and the passing percentage is so far 30%....Justice Quisumbing considers it as his gift to the bar examinees...

30%?! gift nga yan...from what i know, usually, if the results are not released immediately it only means that the passing rate is so low that they are trying to figure out a way to increase it (slightly).

sh*t baka lagot batch ko :diablo: usually alternate e...kung mababa(mataas) passing percentage the year before, mataas(mababa) the next year

so kung mataas last year...oookaaaayyy :blush2:

aral na nga ako... :crazytongue:

[Shaft]

yesterday,yung manila standard may article regarding the bar exams....sa fri (april 8) ang schedule ng special session for the bar exam results and the passing percentage is so far 30%....Justice Quisumbing considers it as his gift to the bar examinees...

30%?! gift nga yan...from what i know, usually, if the results are not released immediately it only means that the passing rate is so low that they are trying to figure out a way to increase it (slightly).

sh*t baka lagot batch ko :diablo: usually alternate e...kung mababa(mataas) passing percentage the year before, mataas(mababa) the next year

so kung mataas last year...oookaaaayyy :blush2:

aral na nga ako... :crazytongue:

[PrEttyD0LL]

here's the confirmed result as printed in the Manila Times on April 5 2005:


SC to release bar exam results April 8

By Jomar Canlas, Reporter

THE Supreme Court will release on April 8, the results of the 2004 bar examinations.

The Supreme Court Public Information Office chief, Ismael Khan, said the justices have scheduled a special session on Friday to set the passing percentage.

The percentage, he added, could still be reset depending on the results of the justices’ deliberation.

Sources in the Court told The Manila Times the passing percentage could be much higher than last year’s 20 percent.

The 1998 bar examinations had the highest passing percentage of 40 percent; the lowest was the 1999, which had a passing percentage of 16 percent.

The sources also said that the Office of the Bar Confidant is computing the grades of the would-be lawyers.

Records show that 5,259 people took the bar exami*nations at the De La Salle University on September 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2004.

Associate Justice Leonardo Quisumbing, the 2004 bar chair, will release the 2005 results. Next year’s chair is Associate Justice Romeo Callejo.

[nona_chinita]

my sister took the exams last sept...we heard the results will be out around 10:30 this morning...pero i've searched all on-line newspapers walang breaking news or whatever...how about you guys? any news? :sweatdrop:

[nona_chinita]

share ko lang, i read this on the Supreme Court website just a few minutes ago:

" A total of 1,659 out of the 5,249 examinees from 75 law schools nationwide hurdled the 2004 Bar examinations held during all four Sundays of September last year at the De La Salle University in Manila. The exams were the first to be held after the Supreme Court promulgated Bar Matter No. 1161, Re: Proposed Reforms in the Bar Examinations, which took effect on July 15, 2004...The results are expected to be released around 6 p.m. The list of Bar passers will be posted at www.supremecourt.gov.ph, the official website of the High Court, as well as at the subdomain maintained by its Public Information Office, pio.supremecourt.gov.ph. The list will also be displayed in bulletin boards to be strategically placed at the Padre Faura entrance of the SC compound..."

so we just have to wait and see and be tense in the meantime... :eyecrazy:

[paralusi]

1,659 Pass 2004 Bar Exams (http://pio.supremecourt.gov.ph/newsflash/05/apr/04-08-05.php)

[janggo27]

sana'y mapasali ako sa 1,659 that passed the 2004 bar exams. Pls. pray for me.

[pyke]

Hmmm, taas ng passing rate

|Long Live and Hail to the Mighty and Arellianite |barristers!

Time to shine.......


|Its just a matter of time now.......

[janggo27]

kung nakuha niyo na ang result, pls. post it, ang hirap kasing mag access sa supremecourt.gov.ph. thanks

[guinevere_79]

The Top 10 examinees are:

1st Place
Sanchez, January A.
University of the Philippines
87.45%

2nd Place
De Vera, Ronald P.
University of the Philippines
86.95%

3rd Place
Mendoza, Charlito Martin R.
San Beda College
86.75%

4th Place
Larrobis, Ma. Cristina C.
University of San Carlos
86.30%

5th Place
Dizon, Efren Vincent M.
San Beda College
86.10%

6th Place
Martin, Michael Geronimo G.
Ateneo de Manila University
86.05%

7th Place
Tan, Maria Melissa G.
San Beda College
85.55%

8th Place
Perez, Joseph Joemer C.
University of the Philippines
85.45%

9th Place
Silva, Neil Simon S.
University of the Philippines
85.40%

10th Place
Jamero, Ma. Melissa D.
University of San Carlos
85.30%

[jj9527]

S.C. announces 1,659 pass 2004 Bar exams


The Supreme Court announced Friday a total of 1,659 out of the 5,249 examinees from 75 law schools nationwide hurdled the 2004 Bar examinations held during all four Sundays of September last year at the De La Salle University in Manila.

The exams were the first to be held after the Supreme Court promulgated Bar Matter No. 1161, Re: Proposed Reforms in the Bar Examinations, which took effect on July 15, 2004.

Justice Leonardo A. Quisumbing, chairman of the 2004 Bar Examinations Committee, said the number of those who passed represented 31.61 percent of the total examinees. The exams were administered through Deputy Clerk of Court and Bar Confidant Atty. Ma. Cristina B. Layusa.

In a special en banc meeting Friday morning, the Supreme Court, presided by Justice Artemio V. Panganiban, accepted the recommendation of the Office of the Bar Confidant for the release of the results of the 2004 Bar examinations and authorized the OBC to start decoding to match the names in the booklets with the examinees. The other justice who took part in the meeting were Quisumbing, Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez, Antonio T. Carpio, Renato C. Corona, Romeo J. Callejo, Sr., Adolfo S. Azcuna, Dante O. Tinga, Minita V. Chico-Nazario and Cancio C. Garcia.

Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr., Senior Associate Justice Reynato S. Puno, Justices Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Alicia Austria-Martinez, and Conchita Carpio Morales did not participate in the deliberations as they had relatives who took the 2004 Bar examinations.

The results are expected to be released around 6 p.m. Friday.

The list of Bar passers will be posted at www.supremecourt.gov.ph, the official website of the High Court, as well as at the subdomain maintained by its Public Information Office, pio.supremecourt.gov.ph. The list will also be displayed in bulletin boards to be strategically placed at the Padre Faura entrance of the SC compound.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=2213

[jj9527]

Friday, April 08, 2005
Supreme Court: 31% of 2004 examinees pass Bar exams (1:00 p.m.)

MANILA -- The Supreme Court is set to release at 6 p.m. Friday the names of 1,659 examinees who passed the bar examinations held during all four Sundays of September last year.

The 1,659 examinees who passed the exams was out of the 5,249 examinees from 75 law schools nationwide who took the bar examination last year.

In a special en banc meeting, the High Tribunal, presided by Justice Artemio V. Panganiban accepted the recommendation of the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) Atty. Ma. Cristina B. Layusa, who is also the Deputy Clerk of Court, for the release of the 2004 Bar results.

The Tribunal also authorized the OBC to start decoding to match the names in the booklets with the examinees.

Compared to the 2003, the percentage of bar passers in 2004 is an improvement of 31 percent from the 20 percent of the 5455 examinees who took the 2003 examinations.

The 2003 examination was also marred by the leakage of the mercantile law questions and as a result the Supreme Court disbarred a lawyer who caused the leakage.

Voting 12-0, the Supreme Court disbarred Danilo de Guzman for leaking the mercantile law questions in 2003's bar exams.

De Guzman had the questions faxed to a fraternity brother four days before the mercantile law exam.

In 2002, 4,659 took the bar exams and only 917 or 19.68 percent of the total examinees passed. In 2001, 1,266 or 32.89 out of 3,849 examinees passed.

In 2000, 979 out of 4,698 examinees, or 20.84 percent, hurdled the exams.

The first bar exams were held in 1901, with 13 examinees. The record highest passing rate was in 1981, when 43 percent passed. In 1998, that passing rate was almost reached, when 39.63 percent made it. (Sunnex)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2005/04/08/supreme.court.31.of.2004.examinees.pass.bar.exams.(1.00.p.m.).html

[mhayJ]

paki post naman ang list name ng mga passers! d ako maka pasok sa supreme court site eh

[tianak_me]

The Top 10 examinees are:

1st Place
Sanchez, January A.
University of the Philippines
87.45%

2nd Place
De Vera, Ronald P.
University of the Philippines
86.95%

3rd Place
Mendoza, Charlito Martin R.
San Beda College
86.75%

4th Place
Larrobis, Ma. Cristina C.
University of San Carlos
86.30%

5th Place
Dizon, Efren Vincent M.
San Beda College
86.10%

6th Place
Martin, Michael Geronimo G.
Ateneo de Manila University
86.05%

7th Place
Tan, Maria Melissa G.
San Beda College
85.55%

8th Place
Perez, Joseph Joemer C.
University of the Philippines
85.45%

9th Place
Silva, Neil Simon S.
University of the Philippines
85.40%

10th Place
Jamero, Ma. Melissa D.
University of San Carlos
85.30%
OH NO!!!!!!!

Prepare for two things in the coming months:

1. Long and incisive discussions why passing rate is a far more reliable measure of Law School performance and,

2. Overtime research work for the "UPians" who topped. Who knows, they might be Ateneo graduates after all.

:glee::glee::glee::glee::glee:

[boredtoday]

Congrats to all Bedan Lawyers!!!

galing-galing! ;)

[pyke]

astig ang UP, Beda at San Carlos...

Hoping that Arellano Law's passing rate remains the same, HIGH!

[mhayJ]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! paki post naman ng list of names of passers ng bar 2004!


parang awa nyo na........................................

[mhayJ]

haay................................................

[male22maroon]

:wave:

congrats nga pala sa mga successful Bar examinees from UP (my alma mater) and San Beda (my new alma mater... incoming law student ako sa June. :D ). *okay*

[karenski]

Wow! Congrats sa mga fellow UP peeps ko! :handsdown: So proud to have been their classmate at one time or the other (buhay irregular nga naman, wehehe!)

Jary, Ron, Joemer, and Neil -- you did our alma mater proud! :cheerleader:

[mhayJ]

wala bang magpopost ng list of names ng passers???

[male22maroon]

:wave: @ my fellow Iskolar ng Bayan, karenski :D

may nabasa ako sa earlier thread na baka 'di sila tunay na UP students (meaning they were former Ateneans who just studied law at UP). oh well... di bale na. still, this is great news given the "not so good" performance of the UP College of Law in the past Bar Exams.

also, congrats to the Bedan lawyers... soon, i'll be one of you guys. ;)

[nona_chinita]

wala bang magpopost ng list of names ng passers???
mhayJ, so sorry but you will have to check it in the SC website...no other means as of now...dami nun...it cannot be posted here...

[mhayJ]

mhayJ, so sorry but you will have to check it in the SC website...no other means as of now...dami nun...it cannot be posted here...


di ko mabuksan eh!

[scurfy]

bakit "object not found" pag click mo yung link para sa "complete list" ng pumasa......

[male22maroon]

mukhang nagda-down ang server nila sa dami ng gustong makakita ng complete list of successful Bar examinees. :?:

[mhayJ]

not found nga eh! d p rin me makapasok s site

[scurfy]

kanina meron na akong nakitang 9 names, tapos nung nagrefresh ako not found na naman..... kainis!! :(

[guinevere_79]

:wave: @ my fellow Iskolar ng Bayan, karenski :D

may nabasa ako sa earlier thread na baka 'di sila tunay na UP students (meaning they were former Ateneans who just studied law at UP). oh well... di bale na. still, this is great news given the "not so good" performance of the UP College of Law in the past Bar Exams.

also, congrats to the Bedan lawyers... soon, i'll be one of you guys. ;)

Jary Sanchez took her undergraduate course in UP also. I'm not 100% sure, but I think Joemer Perez and Ron De Vera also studied in UP for their undergrad courses.

[male22maroon]

still, i'm proud for the State U! it's been a long time since UP last held its spot on the top ten.

as for my new home, San Beda, it never lost a place on the top ten for so many years now. galing!


question now: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ATENEO LAW SCHOOL? :?:

[v_mar_d]

This year, a lady from UP topped the bar examinations. Congrats to the passers.


January A. Sanchez, a University of the Philippines (UP) graduate top the bar exams. Ms. Sanchez scored 87.45 percent in the examinations, the Court said.

After Sanchez, the top 10 bar examinees are as follows:

2- Ronald de Vera, UP, 86.95 percent
3- Carlito Martin R. Mendoza, San Beda, 86.75 percent
4- Ma. Cristina C. Larrobis, University of San Carlos, 86.3 percent
5- Efren Vincent M. Dizon, San Beda, 86.1 percent
6- Michael Geronimo G. Martin, Ateneo de Manila University, 86.05 percent
7- Maria Melissa G. Tan, San Beda, 85.55 percent
8- Joseph Joemer C. Perez, UP, 85.45 percent
9- Neil Simon S. Silva, UP, 85.4 percent
10- Ma. Melissa Jamero, University of San Carlos, 85.3 percent.

Interesting sidelight:

4 UP students are in the top ten
3 San Beda students including the 3rd placer are in the top ten
2 USC students are in the top ten
1 Ateneo student in the top ten . Hey whats happening, this might be the worst year of Ateneo (first time that only 1 made in to the top ten)

UST - missing ???? what happened ?

[guinevere_79]

^What happened to Ateneo? This is just one year, and we can't make conclusions. Ateneans have consistently placed in the bar exams of the past years. Pana-panahon lang talaga yan.

It's been a long time since UP last held it's spot in the top ten? UP's last topnotcher was in 2001, and that wasn't so long ago. And like Ateneo students, UP students have also consistently placed in the bar exams. I can't even recall a year in the recent past that no UP student made it to the top ten.

[karenski]

^^Weather-weather lang 'yan! :D We all know that both schools have been consistently producing good lawyers, whether they topped the bar or not.

Pero siyempre, partial pa din ako sa school ko, harharhar! :lol:

[janggo27]

pkitignan po kung mayroong pumasang John S. Giron :)

[scurfy]

grabe! hirap ma-access nung site.... here's the partial list... hindi ko maintindihan kung dahil ba sa connection kaya hindi ko makuha yung buong list, o hindi pa talaga naka-post lahat...

1. ABABA, Marilou I.
2. ABAD, Maurice C.
3. ABADIA, James M.
4. ABANTE, JR., Eduardo R.
5. ABARQUEZ, Anthony Ben C.
6. ABARQUEZ, Ronald Allan C.
7. ABAS, Sheriff M.
8. ABAT, Arthur E.
9. ABAYON, III, Crispulo B.
10. ABDURASAD, Jinmar H.
11. ABEL, Queenie V.
12. ABELEDA, II, Tirso Augustus L.
13. ABELGOS-ESPERA, Ruby Remedios V.
14. ABELLA, Hannah B.
15. ABELLAR, Stella Marie L.
16. ABESAMES, Marleen Joyce P.
17. ABILLADA, JR., Romeo K.
18. ABITRIA, Rommel A.
19. ABLAY, Edgardo C.
20. ABOGADO, Kingston Marie V.
21. ABOT, Clifton P.
22. ABRENICA, Joseph Ryan M.
23. ABRENZOSA, Mario G.
24. ABUAN, Karen G.
25. ABUEG, Frederick F.
26. ABUTAN, Ma. Veronica D.
27. ACACIO, Jinky A.
28. ACAL, Redan A.
29. ACOSTA-QUINTO, Melba Niña R.
30. ADAMOS, Joseph N.
31. ADIL, Bashiruddin U.
32. ADRADOS, Francisco N.
33. ADRIANO, Timothy Joseph V.
34. AFRICA, Francis A.
35. AGBAYANI, Liwliwa O.
36. AGDON, Charita R.
37. AGTUCA, Ailyne C.
38. AGUALADA, Jopito O.
39. AGUANA-BALMACEDA, Anne Beatrice G.
40. AGUILA, Eirene Jhone E.
41. AGUILA, Ericson C.
42. AGUILA, Ulyses A.
43. AGUILAR, Dexter L.
44. AGUILAR, Francis C.
45. AGUILAR, Irish-fe N.
46. AGUILAR, Josef-dax C.
47. AGUIRRE, Ferdinand L.
48. AGUIRRE, Josephine Anne Michelle J.
49. ALAGON, II, Hilario T.
50. ALAGOS, Jenalyn T.
51. ALAMEDA, Alloa R.
52. ALAMIA, Laisa M.
53. ALARCON, JR., Paterno B.
54. ALBAO, Arcelito C.
55. ALBAR, Lawrence Martin A.
56. ALBARECE, Joan A.
57. ALBARRACIN-CAÑETE, Cynthia P.
58. ALBERTO, Aldwin M.
59. ALCANTARA, Harold Napoleon W.
60. ALCAZAR, Sylvester D.
61. ALCERA, Eric G.
62. ALCERA, Liza C.
63. ALDA, Ferdinand Allan U.
64. ALDAVE, Mark Anthony C.
65. ALDON, Ma. Theresa P.
66. ALDOVINO, Jonathan M.
67. ALENTAJAN, Carlo Bonifacio C.
68. ALFAJARO, Gene James C.
69. ALILING, Jose-antonio T.
70. ALISUAG, Maricel B.
71. ALLADO, Ramon Quintin Claudio C.
72. ALLAS, Christian Rey P.
73. ALLER, Raymund A.
74. ALMALBIS, Jerson F.
75. ALMEDA, Bernardino Juan L.
76. ALMEIDA, Monica Cecilia F.
77. ALMERO, Flora B.
78. ALMIRA, Jonafher S.
79. ALMIRAÑEZ, Aissa May O.
80. ALMODOVAR, Candice Guada Cresilda C.
81. ALMOITE, Jugeeh M.
82. ALMOJUELA, Albert S.
83. ALONTO, Rommel M.
84. ALVARADO, Ariel C.
85. ALVARADO, Benedicto P.
86. ALVAREZ, Charissa Kay B.
87. ALVAREZ, Percival G.
88. ALVAREZ, JR., Jose L.
89. ALVAREZ-JARDIN, Michelle J.
90. ALVARO, Ma. Majalia F.
91. ALVARO-DIMACULANGAN, Connie P.
92. AMANGYEN, Jessie T.
93. AMATA, Arvin T.
94. AMODIA, Arnulfo V.
95. AMORES, John Paul P.
96. ANCOG, Joji Bernadette R.
97. ANDAM, Zorayda Ruth B.
98. ANDAMAN, Jade A.
99. ANDAYA, Arvin P.
100. ANDEZA, Cid Stephen T.
101. ANDRADE, Vanessa Neeña P.
102. ANDRES, Michael Allan M.
103. ANG, Maricris C.
104. ANG, Patrick T.
105. ANGELES, Juan Carlos C.
106. ANGELES, Vicente Jose M.
107. ANGUS, Mark M.
108. ANIÑON, Kirk M.
109. ANLOCOTAN, Raul S.
110. ANTONIO, Cheryll C.
111. APARECE, Alma E.
112. APITA, Raymond O.
113. APOLINARES, Noel L.
114. APOLINARIO, Renante D.
115. AQUIATAN-RUIZ, Jennifer Grace D.
116. AQUINO, Benedicto E.
117. AQUINO, Ma. Florinda G.
118. AQUINO, May T.
119. AQUINO, Niño Ruperto F.
120. AQUINO, Noel Benigno L.
121. AQUINO, Sharon Joy A.
122. AQUITANIA, Lila Czarina A.
123. ARANETA, Ma. Niña Blesilda C.
124. ARBISON, Adzra A.
125. ARBOLADO, Rudyard S.
126. ARBOLEDA, Emilyn D.
127. ARCANGEL, Amiel Joseph C.
128. ARCEO, Diane Patricia DR.
129. ARCISO, Michael B.
130. AREVALO, Maria Tarahata M.
131. ARGAWANON, Zosimo B.
132. ARIP, Ahmad H.
133. ARJONA, Charo Marie A.
134. ARLES, Albert B.
135. ARMERO, Marilyn C.
136. ARQUILLANO, Carlo Jude F.
137. ARREZA, JR., Alfredo Y.
138. ARRIOLA, Jose Froilan L.
139. ARROJADO, Jonathan P.
140. ARROYO, Jaime C. N.
141. ARUMPAC, Azela G.
142. ASI, Nelvin M.
143. ASIS, Maria Julita T.
144. ASIS, Mark Oliver C.
145. ASISTIO, Dennis Victor M.
146. ASTUDILLO, Cristina V.
147. ASUNCION, Rachelle B.
148. ATALIP, Arnel R.
149. ATAY, Catherine R.
150. ATENDIDO, Maria Cristina M.
151. ATIENZA, Allan John S.
152. ATIENZA, Lindsey B.
153. ATO, Rodney C.
154. ATREJENIO-SALVACION, Prescilla B.
155. AUREADA, Melville Wendell L.
156. AUSTRIA, Louie S.
157. AUSTRIA, Sherry Ann N.
158. AUSTRIA, JR., Alfredo L.
159. AWAYAN, Luz L.
160. AYO, Emmanuel S.
161. AYSON, Janice G.
162. AYSON, Raul L.
163. AYSON, Rommel P.
164. BABAO, Randy F.
165. BABIANO, Michelle Jan B.
166. BACAN, Pamela G.
167. BACENA, Maria Florinda Z.
168. BACHILLER, Allen Brix L.
169. BACUS, Christian T.
170. BADAL-PAMISA, Joy Marie B.
171. BADRUDIN, Abdulnasser A.
172. BAGADIONG, Jonathan A.
173. BAGASALA, Rebecca O.
174. BAJO-PADACA, Leni
175. BALABA, Rio Q.
176. BALAD-ON, Joy I.
177. BALAGTAS, Ninethz L.
178. BALAGTAS, Rowena C.
179. BALAJADIA, Ma. Cristina Joy M.
180. BALAN, Lillian O.
181. BALANSAG, Venice Y.
182. BALBAGUIO, Jane A.
183. BALBIDO, Marie Corinne T.
184. BALDOVINO, Marlon O.
185. BALDOVINO, Raycell D.
186. BALIGOD, Rommel B.
187. BALINBIN, Remmel M.
188. BALITE, Jayceebelle V.
189. BALLAHO, Galuasch G.
190. BALLEDO, Erasto T.
191. BALTAZAR-AQUINO, Rizalina G.
192. BALUBAR, George Ian T.
193. BALUYOT, Mercedes Fama S.
194. BANAC, Garry C.
195. BANAGEN, Violeta N.
196. BANCORO, JR., Nazario C.
197. BANDON, Charadine S.
198. BANGAYAN, Maricel S.
199. BANGKAS, Annsley B.
200. BANOGON, Merriline B.
201. BANSIGAN, Jonathan T.
202. BANTAO, Zahrain M.
203. BANZALI, Anthony P.
204. BARCENILLA, Arnold L.
205. BARCINAS, Charo S.
206. BARIOGA, June J.
207. BARRERA, Jesus L.
208. BARRERA, Mellany J.
209. BARRIBAL, Marjorie B.
210. BARRIBAL, Myrla B.
211. BARRIENTOS, Arvin A.
212. BARRIENTOS, Lourdes Grace S.
213. BARROGA, Nanette M.
214. BARROZO, Heiddi Venecia R.
215. BASALLO-ESTAMPADOR, Carmen Rose A.
216. BATACAN, Christopher A.
217. BATAN, Baby Juru B.
218. BATHAN, Mae Elaine T.
219. BATO, Ligaya T.
220. BATOON, Alvin Christian F.
221. BAUTISTA, Aris Z.
222. BAUTISTA, John Manuel B.
223. BAUTISTA, Kathleen C.
224. BAUTISTA, Marie Camille Francesca L.
225. BAUTISTA, Wendell M.
226. BAUTISTA-FERNANDEZ, Faustina T.
227. BAYLE, Edmund B.
228. BAYOT, Charito Fatima B.
229. BEA, Adeleen OS.
230. BELANDRES, Fredrick Fern M.
231. BELANGDAL, JR., Nicandro M.
232. BELARMINO, Roy B.
233. BELDAD, Jovy C.
234. BELEN, Jacques Jojit V.
235. BELMES, Hilario V.
236. BELONCIO-GULLE, Minveles V.
237. BELTRAN, Eliniño Jesus A.
238. BELTRAN, Oliver Gil M.
239. BENEDICTO, Angelica M.
240. BENGAN, Myra A.
241. BENITEZ, Cinderella Filipina S.
242. BERANIA, Michael Chris M.
243. BERMUDO, Cyril Victor N.
244. BERNAL, Bernard P.
245. BERNARDEZ, Bonhoefer V.
246. BERNARDO, Myla S.
247. BERNARDO, Odessa DC.
248. BERONGOY, Ferdinand V.
249. BERRI-QUIMOSING, Elenita J.
250. BERSAMIN, Pia Cristina B.
251. BERTULFO, Raymond L.
252. BESANA, Conell Hope A.
253. BETONIO, Racquel J.
254. BEÑAS, Arvin C.
255. BID-ING, Kenneth A.
256. BILLONES, Ma. Concepcion A.
257. BILOG, Gabriel O.
258. BINWAG, Ard Henry H.
259. BINWAG, Yvonne B.
260. BISERA, Imee M.
261. BISMONTE, Rodolfo B.
262. BOBIS, Catlea Amor R.
263. BOBOS, II, Gregorio E.
264. BOCO, Dennis C.
265. BOKINGKITO, II, Oscar T.
266. BOLASTIG, Christopher Francisco C.
267. BOLINAO, Edcel G.
268. BOLING, Richelle Lou S.
269. BOLLOZOS, Joahnna Luisa B.
270. BOMA, Joan Therese F.
271. BONDAON, Roman P.
272. BONDOC, Andrea Maria M.
273. BONGHANOY, Aireen O.
274. BONGOLAN, Stephen G.
275. BONIFACIO, Jean U.
276. BONILLA, Clarinda Sheila T.
277. BORJA, Fay Angela B.
278. BORJE, Rhodora L.
279. BRAGA, Jacinto Blest A.
280. BRAGADO, JR., Marcelo H.
281. BRAGAIS, Daisy P.
282. BRAGAS, Russell A.
283. BRANDARES-MAGDANGAL, Jacqueline Marie Aludia B.
284. BRAVO, Gladys G.
285. BRAVO, Rogie Ria V.
286. BRILLANTES, Neil C.
287. BRIONES, Erika M.
288. BRIÑAS, Melita Pilar P.
289. BROTARLO, Tyrone Val F.
290. BRUCE, JR., Edgardo P.
291. BUBAN, Hilarion B.
292. BUCA, Wynda L.
293. BUDONG, Stephen G.
294. BUDUHAN, Reginald D.
295. BULAON, Lea Royale B.
296. BULSECO, Frances S.
297. BURGOS, Aristotle R.
298. BURGOS, Francis Eric D.
299. BURGOS, JR., Joemarie S.
300. BURI, Grace C.
301. CAACBAY, Ma. Chona A.
302. CABABA-AN, Glenn C.
303. CABAGUE, Allan M.
304. CABAL, Kim W.
305. CABALBAG, Benedick R.
306. CABALES, Jacqueline I.
307. CABALSE, Catherine L.
308. CABANLAS, Latimer F.
309. CABARDE, JR., Romeo T.
310. CABARLES, Erwin D.
311. CABE, Charlie M.
312. CABERO, Larry B.
313. CABRAL, John-john A.
314. CACERES, Michael Angelo M.
315. CACHO, Marion Drazen M.
316. CAGADOC, Gladys M.
317. CAGAMPANG-SAPONG, Dinah B.
318. CAHIGAS, Jennifer G.
319. CAING, Xzajyk U.
320. CAJALNE, III, Cresencio V.
321. CALAPINI, Charles Javier M.
322. CALGAS, Engelbert R.
323. CALICA, Edwin M.
324. CALILUNG, Charlemagne T.
325. CALILUNG, Hector G.
326. CALINAO, Jose P.
327. CALMA, JR., Eliseo S.
328. CALUAG, Maricel C.
329. CALUBAQUIB, JR., Aniceto A.
330. CALUMNAG, Julius E.
331. CALVAN, Fidel Restituto P.
332. CAMACHO, Verny Junn C.
333. CAMARAO, Maria Leonora C.
334. CAMPAÑANO, Theodore Joseph A.
335. CAMPOS, Lejoe C.
336. CAMPOSANO, Hazel Joy G.
337. CANDOLETA, Lina S.
338. CANEJA, Marisol S.
339. CANIESO-SPROTEN, Asia G.
340. CANLAS, Manuel P.
341. CANTERA, Christian M.
342. CAPAHI, Ritche P.
343. CAPAL-AMPASO, Norlaine M.
344. CAPE, Arvin M.
345. CAPINPUYAN, Merlita S.
346. CAPISTRANO, Joseph F.
347. CAPOTE-PERALTA, Bernadette R.
348. CARAAN, Gaile Dante A.
349. CARAIG, Rhoderick P.
350. CARAMOAN, Lyn A.
351. CARANDANG, Ronald J.
352. CARANTO,, Richie Q.
353. CARASIG, Roy Alfert M.
354. CARDINEZ, Manley R.
355. CARIAGA, JR., Bienvenido P.
356. CARIG, Angelo Ferdinand R.
357. CARIÑO, Cristina Jenny R.
358. CARIÑO, Sophia Lucrece M.
359. CARLOS, Lovely Ann C.
360. CARMONA, Martin Raymund B.
361. CARPIO, Iris Marie U.
362. CARPIZO, Claro E.
363. CARRILLO, Leah Fe C.
364. CARTAGENAS, Agapito G.
365. CARUMBA, Carl Marx L.
366. CASAJE, Ma. Jasmin S.
367. CASAL, II, Rodil R.
368. CASARENO, Heherson A.
369. CASAUAY, Victorio N.
370. CASTAÑEDA, Christian P.
371. CASTILLEJOS, JR., Nelson B.
372. CASTILLO, Aida L.
373. CASTILLO, Bembol DL.
374. CASTILLO, Christian Gerard P.
375. CASTILLO, Jaromme Zeus Kristof C.
376. CASTILLON, Elmer G.
377. CASTRO, Christie Francis DL.
378. CASTRO, John Philip M.
379. CASTRO-CO, Arlene L.
380. CATAGUE, Jerry M.
381. CATLI, Giovanni P.
382. CATMUNAN, Allan R.
383. CAUTON, III, Lucas Niccolo M.
384. CAVALES, Peme J.
385. CAWAS, Richard O.
386. CAÑEBA, Jannice Leigh D.
387. CAÑETE, Nemeson B.
388. CAÑOSO, Peter V.
389. CENDAÑA, Modesto A.
390. CENSON, Ferdinand P.
391. CERA, Antonni C.
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457. DALIG, Nerissa O.
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461. DALUPANG, Sharon Kaye J.
462. DANGWA, Maureen M.
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464. DAPULA, Rhodora L.
465. DAPULA, Sharlen L.
466. DAQUE, Farley B.
467. DAQUIOAG, Flodevynn G.
468. DARADAL, Chester E.
469. DARCERA, III, Isaac S.
470. DARVIN, Katherine Faye R.
471. DASMARIÑAS, Jennelyn N.
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[scurfy]

ay nasa inq7.net na pala yung result.... or if you want to have a copy i can email it to you... :)

[eztong]

can you email to ampanis@yahoo.com

[huntfan]

Not true v_mar_d regarding your claim on Ateneo de Manila. If you look at the Supreme Court records, there were years when Ateneo de Manila had only one graduate in the top 10 and these were in the year:

1995
1976
1974
1970
1963
1961
1959
1957
1955
1954
1951

Hanggang 1951 and above lang ako. Yung years prior to that, hindi ko na natingnan. :D

[scurfy]

i already sent it....

[yEyAn_21]

yayenportal@yahoo.com.. thanks!

[Experiment626]

pls e-mail to mapalad@gmail.com too! tnx in advance :)

[panopticon]

^^^no offense pero hindi naman talaga sobrang consistent na nasa topnotch list ang ust.

yap, i share your observation.mukhang hindi nga ganun kaganda ang performance ng ateneo this year, as compared to last year na sila (including ateneo de davao) ang nag-dominate at dalawa lang ang from UP.but it is also interesting to note that mr. mike martin (6th) is the ateneo law class's valedictorian.his being consistent is worthy of admiration.nakakatuwa din na babae na naman ang nag-top sa bar, pangatlo pa lang yata ito after the ladies from baguio colleges and UST? congrats sa lahat ng bagong mga lawyers and sa lahat ng mga topnotchers!

[v_mar_d]

thank you for the information.... but see except for 1995, the last year they had just 1 in the top ten was in the 70s. Well maybe its not their year.

Going back to topic.... congrats pa rin to all who passed the bar.

[scurfy]

<a href="http://www.inq7.net/exam/bar_04082005.pdf">bar exam results</a>

[huntfan]

Interesting to note din ang mga nag-top ng Bar in the recent past, mostly from UP or Ateneo:

2004: UP
2003: Ateneo
2002: UST
2001: UP
2000: UP
1999: Ateneo, UP (tie)
1998: BCF
1997: UP
1996: UP
1995: UP
1994: UP
1993: Ateneo
1992: Ateneo
1991: Ateneo
1990: UP
1989: UP
1988: UP
1987: Ateneo
1986: Ateneo
1985: UP

[mige]

thanks for the link!

[scurfy]

http://www.inq7.net/exam/bar_04082005.pdf

[janggo27]

pls. email it to jsg19762003@yahoo.com. thanks.

[Paris CAC]

Congrats to UP and to all those who passed this year's bar exam.

[bleep01]

Congrats UP! Im so proud of you GUYS! Zora Andam former Bb. Pilipinas - Universe is one of those who passed!

[Paris CAC]

Zora's a friend of my undergrad blockmate. She's really beauty and brain.

[C.I.C.C.I]

Congrats to all who passed....also the PExers who passed.

[Tomasaiyan]

Congrats to all new lawyers especially Thomasians...

:turncat:

[camerlengo]

congrats UP
what happened to the Harvard MIT Oxford Cambridge of the Philippines?

[FerdinandMarcos]

congrats to new bedan lawyers!!

ANIMO SAN BEDA!!!

that in all things... God may be Glorified!
u.i.o.g.d
pax

[MacTurd]

^ ^ Ateneo? Still the no. 1 law school in the Philippines. Highest average passing rate in the last 15 years.

Congrats to no. 1 Ateneo, no. 2 San Beda, no. 3 UP and up and coming U of San Carlos for their spendid performance this year. San Beda's performance this year is exceptional. Good for them! Congrats!

[Halikinu Eagle]

congrats to UP!

One Big Fight!

[Halikinu Eagle]

congrats to all new atenean lawyers!

Mary for You,for your White and Blue!
This is the Ateneo Way

One Big Fight!

[pyke]

Again, the Chiefs came through!

125 out of a total 190 examinies emerged from the valley of darkness to lift the name of the most underestimated law school in the philippines.

GO ARELLANO! LONG LIVE THE PURPLE and BLACK CHIEF!

[heiven]

congrats sa lahat ng pumasa esp. bedans!!!

[CPA_LLB]

:wave:

congrats nga pala sa mga successful Bar examinees from UP (my alma mater) and San Beda (my new alma mater... incoming law student ako sa June. :D ). *okay*

Great choice for a law school. San Beda College of Law is definitely one of the best. In fact, for Bedans, it is the best law school in the entire solar sytem :)

[jj9527]

congrats to my idol zorayda andam, bb pilipinas universe 2001 for passing the bar exams. cum laude sa UP economics, author ng mga libro on e-commerce law, top 1% sa batch nya sa UP law at mabait na tao.

thanks for visiting my english class and saying hello to my professor who happens to be your friend. naging idol ka ng buong freshman class namin!

[jj9527]

congrats to my idol zorayda ruth andam--

bb pilipinas universe 01, up bs economics cum laude, top 1% of her batch in UP law, author of the book primer on the internet law (co authored with former NEDA head and UP econ prof felibe medalla) and a very kind individual.

ms. andam visited my class one time because my english prof is her friend. nagkagulo ang buong klase. she gamely signed autographs and said yes to an invitation to speak before UP freshmen at kalayaan residence hall. ang bait bait talaga ni zorayda andam.

mabuhay!

[C.I.C.C.I]

Congratulations......


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[Coño Guy]

Congrats to Atty. Arnell Uychoco, UP Econ batch 98. Galing, Debsoc, Etcer, Master Debater. All i need to know about debating i learned from you.

[voltaire_mad]

Congratulations to all those who passed, especially for the top placers and the best performing schools. God Bless!

[Hisbenz]

congratulations to all who passed the bar especially to the thomasian lawyers (proud to be a thomasian alumnus) . and to my future law school, san beda / ateneo. haha

[Hisbenz]

yvette convento---my cousin passed! another thomasian lawyer in my family

[Paris CAC]

Go UP! Congrats Zora and to all those who passed this year's bar exam!

[atenean_blooded]

Congrats to the topnotchers!

A lot of them did their internship at ACCRA in my dad's department (litigation). Everyone at the office is happy for them. :)

[D'Transporter]

Congratulations To USC - COLLEGE OF LAW

Cristina Larrobis (86.3%) - 4th Place
Melissa Jamero (85.2%) - 10th Place

[D'Transporter]

Topnotchers Of The Bar Exam

1. January Sanchez - UP
2. Ronald De Vera - UP
3. Charlito Martin Mendoza - SAN BEDA
4. Cristina Larrobis - USC
5. Efren Dizon - SAN BEDA
6. Michael Geronimo Martin - ATENEO DE MANILA
7. Maria Melissa Tan - SAN BEDA
8. Joseph Jomar Perez - UP
9. Neil Simon Silva - UP
10. Melissa Jamero - USC

[MacTurd]

Congrats to the no. 1 Law School, the Ateneo, for registering the highest average passing rate in the Bar exams for the past 15 years and maintaining the record for the nth time! 94% pass rate isn't bad! It's just the highest!

Congrats to no. 2 San Beda for their excellent performance this year. More power to your school! You have definitely solidified your position as one of the top law schools in the country.

Congrats to no. 3 Law School UP for topping this year's Bar exams for a change! Thank God! Hopefully, the bashing by the insecure people in PEx against the no. 1 Law School, the Ateneo, will diminish a bit.

Congrats to University of San Carlos for their excellent performance this year by garnering 2 positions in the top 10. More power to you.

Congrats to all who passed!

[MacTurd]

Congrats to the no. 1 Law School, the Ateneo, for registering the highest average passing rate in the Bar exams for the past 15 years and maintaining the record for the nth time! 94% pass rate isn't that bad. It's just the highest in the country.

Congrats to no. 2 San Beda for their excellent performance this year. More power to your school! You have definitely solidified your position as one of the top law schools in the country.

Congrats to no. 3 Law School UP for topping this year's Bar exams for a change! Thank God! Hopefully, the bashing by the insecure people in PEx against the no. 1 Law School, the Ateneo, will diminish a bit.

Congrats to University of San Carlos for their excellent performance this year by garnering 2 positions in the top 10. More power to you. If you keep performing like this, you might displace the incumbent no. 3.

Congrats to all who passed!

[panopticon]

^^^bakit naman "for a change"? as if naman ang pag-top ng UP sa bar ay isang exceptional phenomenon?since 1985, fourteen times nang nag-top ang UP, compared to ateneo's seven, kaya walang factual basis ang pagsasabing "for a change".

[panopticon]

i just heard that this year's topnotcher is also a working mom enrolled in UP's evening program.mas lalo pa tuloy tumaas ang paghanga ko sa kanya, it takes unbelievable strength of character and determination to pull off such an achievement.way to go, schoolmate!

[luks7210]

Congrats to all who passed the exams! :) Keep it up and may you all be GOOD lawyers for our country.

[male22maroon]

:wave: @ panopticon

just watched GMA Flash Report earlier. sinabi doon na si Atty. Jary Sanchez nga was working as a research assistant while studying law. Jary graduated magna cum laude during her undergrads (as a BA Pol Sci major) and cum laude in law school. her husband, a schoolmate of hers in UP, is a fourth year law student of UST.

bilib na talaga ako sa kapwa ko Iska... congrats, Jary and all other passers from the UP College of Law and the passers from the San Beda College of Law, my soon-to-be alma mater. *okay*

[xel_7]

^ it's a nice choice. ingat lang sa attrition

congrats to all who passed esp. the topnotchers. serve your country well

btw, can someone post the passing average of all the schools who participated? tnx

U.I.O.G.D.

[Tomasaiyan]

Aministration Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago urged the Supreme Court yesterday to abolish the Bar examinations as a prerequisite for practicing law in the Philippines because "passing the Bar examinations is a matter of chance and luck" and "is just one index of legal competence."

Instead of the Bar examinations, Miriam proposed the taking of a National Law School Aptitude Test (NLSAT) and a one-year legal internship as pre-requisites for admission in the study and practice of law.

In batting for the abolition of Bar examinations, Santiago cited a recent study entitled "Survey of the Legal Profession" by former UP College of Law Dean Merlin Magallona and lawyer Manuel Flores Bonifacio which showed that a sizable number of lawyers think the Bar examinations is not a good index of legal competence for the following reasons:

1. Passing the Bar is not an absolute guarantee of successful practice of law.

2. The Bar examinations is a test of memory and not of competence.

3. Examinees are expected to know everything at one time.

4. Passing the Bar is a matter of chance and luck.

5. The Bar examination is just one index of legal competence, and other factors should be considered.

6. Actual practice of law is the best index of legal competence.

She noted the very low percentage of examinees who passed the bar in the past five years: 20.71 percent in 2003; 19.68 percent in 2002; 32.89 percent in 2001; 20.84 percent in 2000; and 16.59 percent in 1999.

Source: Manila Bulletin (http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN2005041032349.html)

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[D'Transporter]

Congrats to University of San Carlos for their excellent performance this year by garnering 2 positions in the top 10. More power to you. If you keep performing like this, you might displace the incumbent no. 3.


Give it a few more years it will displace the "top three" as you have claimed it

[Thoma§]

male22maroon I also watched the GMA Flash Report last night; nagulat ako to know na asawa pala nung 4th year UST law student 'yung nag-top ng bar na taga-UP. both of them were from UP Political Science.

anyway, even if i'm not studying at UST law next semester, i am still proud that UST is still a good law school and has a good tradition of justices/lawyers. without a doubt UP, Ateneo and SBC have higher passing rates but UST's passing rate is still okay considering that the national passing rate is just around 30% or something.

congrats to all the bar passers and of course, to my seniors from the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters who decided to study at the UST Faculty of Civil Law. GO USTE! GO! GO! GO! GO! :)

[swimbod21]

congrats to all!

[sedfrey]

Congrats to all who passed....also the PExers who passed.


hey cicci, attorney cicci na ba?

[janggo27]

the bar flunkers did their best but the examiners wasn't good enough. The justices and the examiners who made the questionnaires in which in reality they didn't know the answers, is bias, consenting to the proliferation of leakage in the bar exams. and worse, the well known law schools are the ones benefited since they can afford to buy the same.

[janggo27]

all bar examinees did their very best but the examiners wasn't good enough. They are still consenting to the proliferation of leakage during bar examinations, and worse, only those well known law schools are benefited.

[paralusi]

what do you think of the theory saying that law grads flunk the bar exams because of really bad english?

[pyke]

HAIL TO THE CHIEF

Hail to the Chief
Hail Alma Mater
Hail Arellano Law

Our loyalty we pledge to keep
Our hearts and minds we do commit
To stand for what is just and right
To strive to be the best

Hail to the Chief
Hail Alma Mater
Hail Arellano Law

Our voices will ring forever
Arellano! Arellano!
Oh Hail!

125 out of 190....

more than other expected

Arellano University School of Law

One of the best

[Thoma§]

^^ arellano ka ba? one of my professors teach there (or taught). i just don't know if he still does.

[pulang leon]

Interesting to note din ang mga nag-top ng Bar in the recent past, mostly from UP or Ateneo:

2004: UP
2003: Ateneo
2002: UST
2001: UP
2000: UP
1999: Ateneo, UP (tie)
1998: BCF
1997: UP
1996: UP
1995: UP
1994: UP
1993: Ateneo
1992: Ateneo
1991: Ateneo
1990: UP
1989: UP
1988: UP
1987: Ateneo
1986: Ateneo
1985: UP


Grabe nga naman kung titignan mo yung list na ito eh kung sa odds mo nga naman ibabase, San Beda with its comparable, sometimes even higher passing rates, with the these top schools, we should have landed at least 5 or 7 topnotchers in the last 20 years. Para ding NCAA Seniors namin na hindi ulit nanalo after they beat Ateneo in the NCAA about 25 years ago. Eh sa 8 na teams sa NCAA, dapat at least twice na din kami nag champion. By the way, what happened to the leakage scandal last year? Mukhang di rin pinaparusahan eh, kahit sa law exams, wala din palang justice... hehehe. Wala bang leakage next year, if anyone gets it, can I get a copy?? I'll pay for the photo-copying expenses. :-)

[paralusi]

By the way, what happened to the leakage scandal last year?

for starters, the examiner in the 2003 mercantile law exam was reprimanded by the supreme court, while his assistant who faxed the mercantile law questions to a fraternity brother was barred by the high court from practicing law.

[Thoma§]

paralusi ^^ i've read that also sa inquirer (yesterday ba 'yun?) and pati 'yung proposal ni senator miriam to abolish the bar. well, let the bright minds debate and let senator lapid read english law books that he'll never understand :D

The senate is not a school.. -Senator Juan Ponce Enrile in a radio interview.

Bro, good luck nga pala sa ating mga law freshmen. :)

[paralusi]

i believe the resolution was released by the supreme court early last year.

thanks. good luck to you, too.

[CPA_LLB]

Grabe nga naman kung titignan mo yung list na ito eh kung sa odds mo nga naman ibabase, San Beda with its comparable, sometimes even higher passing rates, with the these top schools, we should have landed at least 5 or 7 topnotchers in the last 20 years.

Yes, that's a frustration of all Bedan lawyers, professors and students. It has been a long time since a Bedan got the no1 spot in the Bar. Based on Supreme Court records, UP has 50 Bar no 1s, Ateneo has 16, San Beda has 6 so far (i got the info from The Practice Magazine).

For the past 25 years, San Beda can't seem to get past 2nd place in the Top 10. For now, we can be proud that San Beda has been consistently producing bar topnotchers (though not 1st placers) and obtaining every bar examination the highest or second highest school passing rates/percentages.

[huntfan]

^^^^

The last time a Bedan placed number one in the Bar was in 1967. So that's almost 40 years ago na.. :D

Ito yung mga years na nag-top one ang San Beda law grad..

1954
1956
1961
1964
1965
1967

[malou_ang2]

many are called BEDANS are chosen!!


ANIMO SAN BEDA!!! :) : :stan:

[camerlengo]

50 bar #1s for UP
what has happened to the Harvard MIT and Oxbridge of the Philippines?
just 16?

[MacTurd]

^ The best measure of excellence is the historical average passing rate. Ateneo is #1, followed by San Beda #2, and #3 UP. Kaya nga Ateneo is the "Harvard, MIT and Oxbridge of the Orient" eh.

Ateneo: The Pride of the Philippines; The Envy of the Talunans
:rpflag:

[C.I.C.C.I]

hey cicci, attorney cicci na ba?

Gee whiz, I didn't make it.......

Am waiting for the scores so I'd see where I bungled up.

[Paris CAC]

^ The best measure of excellence is the historical average passing rate. Ateneo is #1, followed by San Beda #2, and #3 UP. Kaya nga Ateneo is the "Harvard, MIT and Oxbridge of the Orient" eh.

Ateneo: The Pride of the Philippines; The Envy of the Talunans
:rpflag:

How old are you?

OT: Congrats to all Bar passers.

[pyke]

Can any one here provide me with the passing rates of different law schools for this year's bar?

[MacTurd]

The Top 2 Schools in terms of the passing rate in the 2004 Bar exam:

Ateneo: 94%
San Beda: 89%

[jj9527]

No 1. the word ORIENT is already passe according to my UP professors from harvard, MIT, berkeley and cambridge.

ateneo is a good school but let it be known as such.

it is so colonial and so passe to put labels or philippine counterparts of western models (e.g. elivs presley of the phil, the audrey hebburn of the phil, the harvard of the orient, etc.)

in addition, the benchmark of a worldclass university is the culture of research. strictly speaking, among phil universities UP had more than 300 articles published by its faculty in internationally refereed publications in 2003 alone. la salle is 2nd with 20 and UST/ateneo is 3rd with 6.

in asia/pacific talo ang pilipinas ng university of tokyo, beijing university, national university of singapore and australian national university. they have thousands of refereed articles yearly.

we shouldnt put down our universities but we shouldnt over hype them either.

just let them be.

[MacTurd]

^ There's nothing wrong with being colonial. After all, we are a colonial nation. Just look around you and observe what people buy, what people wear, what people watch on TV and in the movies, what people listen to, what people aspire to be, what people read, what people like to eat, how people communicate, etc. We're a "colonial" people. To deny such is sheer hypocrisy. After more than 3 centuries of colonial rule, what can you expect?

[pyke]

thanks....

but i want the top ten sana...

also the 11 to 20 bar passers

[floreno]

Correct me if im wrong...diba itong exams yung me Leakage incident last year..

[jj9527]

strictly speaking, we are no longer a colonial--we are now a postcolonial nation.

colonial means "a colony of"--di naman tayo colony officially ng kahit anung bansa.

[paralusi]

Correct me if im wrong...diba itong exams yung me Leakage incident last year..

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