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Fernandez, McVin
Legal, Lester Louie
Kong, Kevin Kromwel Taghap, Christine

A. Name 5 lawyers whom you believe are worth emulating. Briefly state the legal career
and accomplishment of the said lawyers:
1. Atty. Raymond Fortun
- Attorney Fortun became well known, famous, and gained media attention by taking
high profile cases such as, the case of a coup plot against the administration of then President
Arroyo by some members of the military, the Antipolo Golf brawl involving a businessman,
being a high profile criminal lawyer involving celebrities (Kris Aquino, Willie Revillame, ad
Vicky Belo to name a few). But the most notable of them all was being a lawyer of then
President Estrada which was highly publicized due to the position of his client, The President of
the Philippines.
2. Atty. Joker Arroyo
-He was a key figure in the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution which overthrowned
the late President Marcos. As a lawyer, he stated his career in 1953. He was the very first lawyer
to question and challenge the constitutionality of the Martial Law during the Marcos
administration. He is also an active participant with cases involving high profile persons, and he
is the founder of a civic groups, named MABINI and FLAG. Lastly, he was as well the a counsel
for Cory Aquino during the snap election of the EDSA Revolution.
3. Atty. Meriam Santiago
-She served as Legal Officer of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees at Geneva,
Switzerland and assigned to the Conferences and Treaties secition. She resigned her position
when her father developed prostate cancer. She was also appointed as judge of the Regional Trial
Court of Quizon City by President Marcos and was the youngest judge appointed in Metro
Manila. She was notble the author of the No Postponement policy. The Philippine Jaycees, the
Philippine Lions, and the YMCA Philippines all gave her awards for judicial excellence.
4. Atty. Juan Ponce Enrile
- He attended the University of the Philippines College of Law and graduated cum laude
with a Bachelor of Laws degree. He achieved the 11th hightest score in the 1953 bar
examinations with a 91.72% rating and perfect score in mercantile law. At Harvard Law school,
he earned a Maser of Laws degree with specialized training in international tax law. He practiced
law in his fathers law firm before taking responsibility for then Senator Ferdinand Marcoss
personal legal affairs in 9164. From 1968 to 1970, he was the Secretary of Justice.

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Legal, Lester Louie
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5. Atty. Raul Roco

- From 1983 to 1985, he served as president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and
was the legal staff of the late Philppine Senator Benigno Aquino. He drafted the Study Nos, Pay
Later La. Among all the legislaors of the Eighth Congress of the Phiilippines, he was djudged
by the Ford Foundation and the University of the Philippines institute of Strategic and
Development Studies as first in over-all performance.
B. Skills or competencies needed to be globally competitive, especially in light of ASEAN
Integration:
1. Skill development
2. Globally-minded solutions
3. Communication
4. Leadership
5. Responsibility
6. Decision Making
7. Problem Solving
8. Organization
9. Innovation
10. Consistency and Reliabity
11. Creativity
12. Proactive Thinking
13. Flexibility
14. Objective Listening
15. Persistence
C. Research and digest 10 Supreme Court cases which discuss the practice of law and the
objectives of the legal profession:
1. CANOY VS. ORTIZ
Topic: Illegal Dismissal
Facts:
Res. Atty. Ortiz appeared as counsel for petitioner Canoy for illegal dismissal case against the
latters former employer. In 1998, the labor arbiter hearing the complaint ordered the parties to
submit their respective position paper. Canoy submitted all the necessary documents and records
to respondent Atty. Ortiz for the preparation of such position paper. Thereafter, he made several

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frankly preoccupied with both his functions as a local government official and as a practicing
lawyer. He withdrew from his cases and his free legal services."
Issue: WON there is a grave misconduct and malpractice on part of the respondent.
Held:
Yes. The relationship of lawyer-client being one of confidence, there is ever present the
need for the client to be adequately and fully informed of the developments of the case and
should not be left in the dark as to the mode and manner in which his/her interests are being
defended.
It was his duty as lawyer to inform his clients of the status of cases entrusted to him.
Respondent was suspended from the practice of law for 1 month and was sternly warned that a repetition
of the same or similar offense will be dealt more severely.
Rule 18.04
A lawyer shall keep the client informed of the status of his case and shall respond within a
reasonable period of time to the clients request for information.
2. BORJA VS SULYAP
Topic: Private practice
Facts:
Petitioner Borja, as lessor, and respondent Sulyap, Inc., as lessee, entered into a contract of lease
involving a one-storey office building owned by Borja located at New Manila, Quezon City. Respondent
paid advance rentals, association dues and deposits pursuant to lease. Upon the expiration of the
contract of lease, respondent demanded for the return of the same, but Borja refused to do so.
Thus, Sulyap filed with the RTC of QC a complaint for sum of money against Borja. Subsequently, both
parties entered into and submitted to the trial court a Compromise agreements stating that
Borja is bound to return the advances and deposit and in case any amount due not paid within the period
stated shall earn interest until fully paid plus the attorneys fee. However, Borja failed to the
amounts stated. He then contended that there was fraud in the execution of the compromise
agreement when he was assisted by Atty. Cruz, who was then an employee of Quezon City
government, and that the agreement is void.
Issue: WON the petitioner is bound by the penalty clause in the compromise agreement.

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private practice of his profession. Suffice it to state that the isolated assistance provided by Atty.
Cruz to the petitioner in entering into a compromise agreement does not constitute a prohibited
private practice of law by a public official. Private practice of a profession, specifically the
law profession does not pertain to an isolated court appearance; rather, it contemplates a
succession of acts of the same nature habitually or customarily holding ones self to the public as
a lawyer. Such was never established in the instant case.
Wherefore, instant petition is denied.
3. SCHULZ VS FLORES
Topic: Negligence and incompetence
Facts:
Schulz filed a verified complaint for disbarment against Atty. Flores. Sometime in 1992,
complainant Schulz engaged the services of the respondent for the purpose of filing a complaint
against Wilson Ong for revocation and damages for the latters failure to deliver the jeep which
he sold to Schulz. Complainant argued that the respondent's delay in acting upon his case
resulted in his being a defendant rather than a complainant. He also charged the respondent for
collective excessive and unreasonable fees. In support of his charges against the respondent, he
pointed out that he was a Municipal Judge of Negros Oriental who was dismissed from service
after the Marcos Regime.
Issue: WON Atty. Flores is guilty of negligence and incompetence.
Held:
The Supreme Court ruled that respondent Atty. Marcelo Flores is found guilty of
negligence and incompetence, and is suspended from the practice of law for a period of six months
effective immediately. He is ordered to return to Schulz the amount of 12,000.00 plus legal interest,
and he is ordered to return the papers of complainant which had been under his custody as a
result of his counseling for the complainant.
4. LE D E S M A V S CLIMACO
Topic: Counsel de oficio vs Election registrar job
Facts:
Prior to his appointment as election registrar for Cadiz, Negros Occ. on Oct 30, 1964,

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the two other accused. Petitioner now comes before the SC to have the order of the respondent
judge reversed on certiorari.
Issue: WON respondent judge acted with grave abuse of discretion.
Held:
NO. The principal reason behind respondents denial of the motion to withdraw of
petitioner is because of its effect to delay the case further. The criminal proceeding had already
been postponed several times, and to grant the petitioners motion would have been Tantamount
to a denial of the accuseds rights. The fact that the respondent already appointed the petitioner
as counsel de oficio other than the de parte, renders the latters excuse of the demand of his job
as registrar inutile. There is no reason for him to compromise the accused; defense for want of
time with the demands on the time of counsel de oficio is less than that of de parte. It is thus,
clear that petitioner is merely reluctant to represent the accused, membership in the Bar requires
the responsibility to live up to its exacting standard, which includes assisting the state when
called upon to administer justice, the law is not a trade or a craft, but a profession. As such, the
facts that petitioner will not be compensated for his trouble should not hinder him from defending the
accused to the best of his ability. The right of the accused to counsel is a constitutionally protected
right, such that any frustration thereof by petitioner amounts to a serious affront to the
profession. Petition is dismissed. Petitioner is admonished.
5. RE Y E S V S VI T A N
Topic: Violation of Responsibility

Facts:
Complainant hired the service of the respondent Atty. For the purpose of filing the
appropriate complaint or charge against the complainants sister-in-law and its niece. The
respondent after receiving the amount of P.17, 000 did not take any action on the complainants
case.
Issue: WON respondent violated Cannon 18 of the Code of Professional Responsibility
Held:
Yes. Respondent violated Rule 18.03 and 18.04 of Cannon 18 of the Code of Professional
Responsibility for having neglected a legal matter entrusted to him and did not inform

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to complainant within five (5) days from notice the sum of P17, 000.00 with interest of 12% per
annum from the date of the promulgation of this Decision until the full amount shall have been
returned.
Rule 18.03

A lawyer shall not neglect a legal matter entrusted to him, andhis negligence in connection
therewith shall render him liable.
Rule 18.04

A lawyer shall keep the client informed of the status of his case and shall respond within a
reasonable period of time to the clients request for information.
6. OL B E S V S DECIEMBRE
Topic: Suspension
Facts:
Atty. Victor V. Deciembre was given five blank checks by Spouses Olbes for security of a loan.
After the loan was paid and a receipt issued, Atty. Deciembre filled up four of the five checks for
P50, 000 with different maturity date. All checks were dishonored. Thus, Atty. Deciembre fled a case for
estafa against the spouses Olbes. This prompted the spouses Olbes to file a disbarment case
against Atty. Deciembre with the Office of the Bar Confidant of this Court. In the report,
Commissioner Dulay recommended that respondent be suspended from the practice of law for
two years for violating Rule 1.01 of the Code of Professional Responsibility.
Issue: WON the suspension of Atty. Deciembre was in accord with his fault.
Held:
Yes. Membership in the legal profession is a special privilege burdened with conditions.
It is bestowed upon individuals who are not only learned in the law, but also known to possess
good moral character. A lawyer is an oath-bound servant of society whose conduct is clearly
circumscribed by inflexible norms of law and ethics, and whose primary duty is the advancement
of the quest for truth and justice, for which he has sworn to be a fearless crusader.
By taking the lawyers oath, an attorney becomes a guardian of truth and the rule of law,
and an indispensable instrument in the fair and impartial administration of justice. Lawyers

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knowledge that the loan supposed to be secured by the checks had already been paid. His was a
brazen act of falsification of a commercial document, resorted to for his material gain. Deception
and other fraudulent acts are not merely unacceptable practices that are disgraceful and
dishonorable; they reveal a basic moral flaw. The standards of the legal profession are not satisfied by
conduct that merely enables one to escape the penalties of criminal laws. Considering the
depravity of the offense committed by respondent, we find the penalty recommended by the IBP of
suspension for two years from the practice of law to be too mild. His propensity for employing
deceit and misrepresentation is reprehensible. His misuse of the filled-up checks that led to the detention
of one petitioner is loathsome. Thus, he is sentenced suspended indefinitely from the practice
of law effective immediately.
Rule 1.01
A lawyer shall not engage in unlawful, dishonest, immoral or deceitful conduct.
7. UI VS BONIFACIO
Topic: Immorality
Facts:
An administrative complaint for disbarment was filed against Atty. Iris Bonifacio for
allegedly carrying on an immoral relationship with Carlos L. Ui, husband of complainant,
Leslie Ui.
Issue: WON she has conducted herself in an immoral manner for which she deserves to be barred from
the practice of law.
Held:
The respondent was imprudent in managing her personal affairs. For instance, respondent
admitted that she knew that Carlos Ui had children with a woman from Amoy, China, yet it
appeared that she never exerted the slightest effort to find out if Carlos Ui and this woman were
indeed unmarried. Also, despite their marriage in 1987, Carlos Ui never lived with respondent
and their first child, a circumstance that is simply incomprehensible considering respondents
allegation that Carlos Ui was very open in courting her. However, the fact remains that her
relationship with Carlos Ui, clothed as it was with what respondent believed was a valid
marriage, cannot be considered immoral. For immorality connotes conduct that shows
indifference to the moral norms of society and the opinion of good and respectable members of
community. Moreover, for such conduct to warrant disciplinary action, the same must be grossly

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profession Wherefore, complaint for disbarment against the respondent, for alleged immorality is
DENIED.
8. NARIDO VS LI N S A N G A N
Topic: Championing the cause of the poor
Facts:
Two administrative cases wherein respondents Jaime S. Linsangan and Rufino B. Risma
who represented adverse parties in a workmens compensation case, did mutually hurl
accusation at each other. The charge against respondent Linsangan filed by a certain Flora
Narido is that he violated the attorneys oath by submitting a perjured statement. When required to
answer, not only did he deny the complaint but he would also hold respondent Risma accountable for
having instigating his client, the complainant, Flora Narido, tofile a false and malicious
complaint resulting in what respondent Linsangan called embarrassment, humiliation and
defamation of a brother in a profession.
Issue: WON Complaint for instigating the client to file an administrative case against another
attorney will have merit
Held:
It seems unkind to allude evil motive to the attorney. It is perhaps more apt to state that
his missionary zeal to fight for the rights of his clients triggered him into filing the administrative
case. He should be admired for his dedication in championing the cause of the poor. His client is
a destitute woman. She needed every centavo of the award. To her, any delay in the payment
thereof meant grave injustice; it meant deprivation and starvation. Faced with the dilemma of his
client, the attorney had to rise to the challenge. In view of this, it is more in keeping with
Christian precept to say that it must have been the plight of his client- rather than his alleged
financial interest- that compelled him to advise his client to file the case against the other
attorney.
9. BL A N Z A V S ARCANGEL
Topic: Volunteer / Photostat
Facts:
Complainants Olegaria Blanza and Maria Pasion askthis Court to take disciplinary action
against respondent Atty.Agustin Arcangel, who volunteered to be their counsel to file pension

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(3) his failure to return to complainant Pasion, allegedly, all of her documents.
Respondent contended that the complainants failed to co-operate and pay for Photostat services,
and explained that there were no agreement for his compensation as their counsel.
Issue: WON respondent can be held liable.
Held:
No. Complainants themselves are partly to blame for the delay in filing their respective claims for their
failure to cooperate and pay for the Photostat services. But while we are constrained to dismiss the
charges against respondent for being legally insufficient, yet we cannot but counsel agains this
actuations as a member of the bar. A lawyer has a more dynamic and positive role in the community
than merely complying with the minimal technicalities of the statute. As a man of law, he is necessarily
a leader of the community, looked up to as a model citizen. His conduct must, per force, be par
excellence, especially so when, as in this case, he volunteers his professional services.
Respondent here has not lived up to that ideal standard. It was unnecessary to have complainants
wait, and hope, for six long years on their pension claims. Upon their refusal to co-operate,
respondent should have forthwith terminated their professional relationship instead of keeping
them hanging indefinitely. x xx let this be a reminder to Atty. Arcangel of what the high
standards of his chosen profession require of him. Accordingly, the case against respondent is
dismissed. So ordered.
10. OP E R A L V S AB A R I A
Topic: Liability
Facts:
This administrative proceeding was started by Pedro Operal, Sr., who identified himself
as a pauper in his complaint filed with this Court on August 27, 1970 against respondent Dominador
Abaria, a member of the Philippine Bar. The charge was that respondent, whose services were
retained to assist complainant recover damages from his employer for injuries suffered, acted
dishonestly. Apparently, a settlement was reached, complainant having been made to sign a receipt in the
sum of P500.00 for his claim, out of which was deducted P55.00 as attorney's fees, when the
truth, according to the complaint, was that respondent did receive the much larger amount of P5,000.00. He
accounted for the alleged sum of P5, 000.00 by stating that P3, 500 was spent by the employer for plaintiff's
operation and medical bills, another P1, 000.00 given to complainant's family during his confinement in
the hospital, and then the P500.00received in cash by way of additional settlement. He prayed that the
complaint be dismissed. However, when investigated, Operal admitted that the administrative

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Held:
No. While it would appear that under the circumstances no case lies against respondent
Dominador Abaria, it is not amiss to impress on members of the Bar that the utmost care be taken to
minimize occasions for any misunderstanding between them and their clients. The relationship
being one of confidence, there is ever present the need for the latter being adequately and fully
informed of the mode and manner in which their interest is defended. They should not be left in
the dark. They are entitled to the fullest disclosure of why certain steps are taken and why certain matters
are either included or excluded from the documents they are made to sign. It is only thus that
their faith in counsel may remain unimpaired.
The same should characterize a lawyer's efforts as when he is defending the rights of
property. As it is, there is even the fear that a lawyer works harder when he appears for men of
substance. To show how unfounded is such a suspicion, he must exert his utmost, whoever be his
client. At any rate, with complainant having been satisfied with the explanation of respondent, he
could not be justly charged of being recreant to his trust for personal gain. The dismissal of this
case is therefore warranted. Petition is dismissed.
D. Give your expectations from this subject, Legal Profession:
1. We want to be taught/learned all the knowledge of this subject that is applicable to our future
endeavors as legal practitioners.
2. We want to keep our integrity as an individual since our main goal is to provide competent
assistance to the courts, and promote public confidence in the court system once we become
lawyers.
3. Lastly, as legal practitioners we are expected to deliver good results and as a motivator, we are
taking this opportunity to absorb everything from start to end. This subject should be able to
enhance us, mold us to be one of the deserving candidates of becoming a lawyer.
E. Give your expectations from the USC College of Law:
1. We only expect full support from the University. When we say full support, its something not
just by equipping us with the knowledge but also giving us moral support and understanding. We
also want to feel that the USC College of Law is able to motivate us to perform and do our duties
as legal practitioners. No favoritism just equality among others.

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F. Give your short-term goals (1 year) and long-term goals (4yrs) in law school. How will
you achieve these goals?
1. One of our short-term goals is to pass all the major examinations as well as all the recitations
by reading the books with understanding. In connection, we want to provide full assessment of
ourselves if we are fit to be part of this during our first year.
2. One of our long-term goals is to survive Law School by not just passing the examinations but
also with full understanding why we are taking law and why we want to become a lawyer. In line
with this, we want to become one of the best and ensure when we graduate and when we take the
bar exam we can bring pride to the USC College of Law. How? By doing all the right things in
passing and learning. Passing is nothing if you cheat. Passing is something if you are already
equipped with the right knowledge and right attitude.
G.
1. What skills and qualities are needed to succeed in law school?

A thirst for knowledge

Independent Learner

Teamwork

Research Skills

Task Organization and Management Skills

Critical Reading Abilities

Writing Skills

Analytical and Critical Thinking Skills

Oral Communication and Listening Abilities

Commercial Awareness

Interpersonal Skills

Attention to details

Honesty and Integrity

Ambition

Perseverance

Dedication

Sacrifice

2. What traits or attitudes should be minimized, if not, avoided?

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Minimize the use of Social Networking Sites

Avoid Bad Company

Minimize social and family activities

Minimize Stress

Avoid Drinking Alcoholic Beverages

Avoid Shabu/illegal drugs and pot sessions

Avoid Panic

Avoid Negativity

H. Summarize your learnings from Chap.1 of the textbook.

A Short Summary on the Introduction to Legal Profession
Legal profession is a branch of administration of justice whose main purpose is to aid in
the doing of justice according to law between state and the individual and between man and man.
In Article 3 in Civil Code says ignorance of the law excuses no one that's why Legal profession
is a very vital element in nation building since there is no progress in a country without a rule of
law and an absence of it may result to chaos in the society. In Article 152 of the Revised Penal
Code provides that lawyers in the actual performance of their professional duties or on the
occasion of such performance shall be deemed persons in authority. In present times, lawyers are
still being looked up to by the community and regarded as leaders whom they can ask for help or
support. Lawyer's advice and assistance are sought by the wealthy and the poor; the strong and
the week; honest and dishonest or those whom all walks of life. But despite all of this there are
also some individuals who do not trust lawyers.
Nature of an Attorney
The term attorney is generally understood as having reference to a class of persons who
are license constituted officers of courts of justice and who are empowered to appear and
prosecute, defend someone and on whom peculiar duties, responsibilities and liabilities are
devolved by law. Sometimes called an advocate or counsel, a person set apart by the laws of the
land and considered as a quasi-officer of the court subject to regulation. An advocate of justice
who should be the defender of the oppressed, to carry on the practical and formal parts of the
suit, to the best of his ability, to help clarify matters and proclaim what is right. The first and
foremost duty of a lawyer is the administration of justice and his duty to his client are concerned,
he is duty bound to be true to the court and to his client with care, skill, and integrity to keep his
secrets confided to him as such. The obligation of attending with due zeal and diligence to a
client's cause.

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Legal Profession as a Subject

Law students are being introduced to the real concept of legal profession in their semester
in the law school. The moment a law student enters his first semester in the law school, the
subject on legal profession is generally given to him not only Legal Profession but also Legal
Counseling and Problem Areas in Legal Ethics which introduce to a law student the ethical and
moral obligations of a lawyer to the court, to his client, to his colleagues in the bar and to the
society.
Brief History of the Legal Education in the Philippines
Spain, United States and the Indo-Malayan are one of those who contributed of the
sources of the Philippine Legal Education but in the Philippines it formally began with the
establishment of Faculty of Civil Law at the University of Sto. Tomas in 1733, out of 3,360
students, only 40 students graduated in its various law programs; 29 in Bachelors of Civil Law, 8
in Licentiate in Civil Law and 3in Doctor of Civil Law. In 1898, the Universidad Literia
Filipinas and also Tarlac. In 1899, Don Felipe Calderon who is the author of the 1899 Malolos
Constitution and founded the Escuela de Derecho de Manila which in 1924 was renamed Manila
LawSchool.
In 1910, the College of Law of the University of the Philippines opened with 50 Filipinos
and American students. The first dean was Justice Sherman Moreland who was later replaced by
Geoge A. Malcolm. Followed by other law schools; Philippine Law School 1915, University of
Manila College of Law 1918, Far Eastern University Institute of Law 1934, Southern College of
Law 1935, Arellano Law College 1938 and Francisco Law School 1940.
In 1911, the only educational requirements for a law profession were a high school
degree as a pre-law and a three-year law course and later increased to two years of college
studies. In 1960, Sec. 6 of the Rules of Court was amended by the Supreme Court increasing the
pre-law requisite to a four-year bachelor's degree in arts and science and the law course to four
years of legal studies with its bar subjects listed: civil law, criminal law, remedial law, legal
ethics and practical exercises, commercial law, political law, taxation, labor laws, law on public
corporation and public officers, public and private international law.
H. Summarize your learnings from Chap.2 of the textbook.
A Short Summary of the Study of Law
Reasons and implications in the study of law

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but as a first year student you will be surprised if not shocked to find out that the method of
instructions therein is far more different as compared to other fields of study (based on
experience), and expected to be prepared in the lesson, with its purpose to train students not to
rely in the lectures of the professors but to depend on their own research, analysis and study on a
particular topic. Which is very important for a student to understand that he enters the law school
not to know the law but to learn on how to study the law.
Basic skills and qualities required in the study of law
To be a lawyer basically involves passing the bar examinations that depend on the proper
skills learned in the study of law, with its dreams and ambition to become a lawyer wholeheartedly and not just half-heartedness. A law student must be determined to hurdle the bar even
if it will take a great degree of sacrifice for his part and adjustments to his schedule, with a time
management. Studying law requires a great degree of patience in terms of reading and analyzing.
If we are patient and taking everyday activities in school at a time with full concentration, it will
definitely bring him to the ladder of success.
Study of law, a serious matter
Studying law is not an easy task but is rather a serious and difficult matter that entails a
great deal of sacrifice and efforts. And must be ready to spend sleepless nights to read the
numerous cases. To become a lawyer, you need to be prepared to exert every effort to pass the
bar because Lawyers are MADE.