REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

UNIVERSITY OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL-RECOLETOS

COLLEGE OF LAW
#51 LIZARES AVENUE, BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

LEGAL TECHNIQUE and LOGIC

KEVIN CROSBY P. CABATUAN,

                   Juris Doctor Student
Submitter,
                                                             
-Submits to-
                                                         
ATTY. MARIANNE THERESE MALAN
                   Member of the Bar
Juris Doctor Professor
Legal Technique and Logic
Recipient.
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POSITION PAPER
FOR THE JURIS DOCTOR STUDENT

          The JURIS DOCTOR STUDENT, pro se, respectfully states:

I.                 STATEMENT OF FACTS

1.   The Juris Doctor Student is Kevin Crosby Panoncillo Cabatuan, 27 years old, Filipino, and residing at
Purok Molave, Big Tibuco, Brgy. 1, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

2.   He was born on November 17, 1992, in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

3. He is the youngest child of the 2 children of Mr. Celso Parcon Cabatuan (deceased) and Mrs. Sabina
Panoncillo Cabatuan.

4.   He finished both his nursery, elementary, and secondary education at Colegio de Sta. Rita in San
Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

5. He finished his tertiary education at University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos with a Bachelor’s
Degree in Criminology in 2013.

6. He passed the licensure examination for criminology in 2014 in Iloilo City.

 7. He worked as a customer service representative in Convergys (now Concentrix) in 2014, a technical
service representative in Focus-Bacolod in 2017, and a legal assistant at Cortes Law Office in 2018.
Presently, he is working as a legal assistant at Provincial Management and Environment Office, in
Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.

8. He is currently a freshman Juris Doctor student at University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos,

with a 4-year degree program.

9. He temporarily resides at Brgy. 17, Lacson Street, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, as boarder of
Estacio Building.

10. He is currently in a relationship.

II.               ISSUE

1. What law school/law profession is all about?

2. Why did you take up law?

3. Whether or not you deserve to be a lawyer.

III.           DISCUSSION

Anent the first issue, the Juris Doctor Student posits that law is not just all about law
books, codals, commentaries, and cases, he believes that law school is also about growth, maturity
and self-search towards ones pursuit to better himself.

Growth, a law student while investing his time, money, and effort, grows his skills in
managing the former in order to compromise them, and find ways to have more time for himself and
his family.

Maturity, a law student while in the course of studying law, develops a wider perspective in
terms of knowing people and his environment. Because of constant exposure to law-related
information, he gradually understands the workflow in the society, and how it is structured for
survival and continued existence. Further, he understands why a person resorts to the commission
of various offenses that led him to incarceration. His mental and psychological attitude is gradually
evolving, making him more of an observer, thinker and law abiding but conscious citizen, rather than
a narrow-minded, reckless and judgmental individual.

V.              MISCELLANEOUS
VI.         PRAYER

WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is respectfully prayed that judgment be issued declaring

that the Juris Doctor Student has submitted the position paper for Legal Technique and Logic to
the Recipient, has explained the significance and purpose of studying law and has explained his
reasons for taking up law, and for trying and not giving up on the same.

FURTHER, it is most respectfully prayed that the Recipient, based upon the submitted paper,
finds the Juris Doctor Student, as a deserving law practitioner and member of the bar in the
future.

MR. KEVIN CROSBY P. CABATUAN

Juris Doctor Student
Address: Brgy. 17, Estacio Bldg., Bacolod City, Negros Occident