UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

COLLEGE OF LAW
Law 99
Legal Bibliography
First Semester, AY 2022-2023
M 8:00-9:00 P.M./Moodle
Joan Therese C. Medalla
joanmedalla@gmail.com
Consultation by appointment

Basis for Grading

70% Legal Memorandum

Topic, Outline, First Draft, Final Draft

30% Recitations and Other Graded Assignments

Course Guide

September 19
Legal Bibliography, An Overview
Module 0: English and the Law

September 26
Module 1: Introduction to Legal Bibliography

October 3
Module 2: The Philippine Legal System, Structure of Government, and Sources of Philippine Law
Graded Assignment: How a Bill Becomes a Law
Maximum of (4) people per group
Submit by October 10, 2022
How does a bill become a law? Create an infographic that shows the various steps involved in the enactment
of either of the following laws:
• • Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
• • Republic Act No. 10354 or the Reproductive Health Law of 2012
• • Republic Act No. 10173, Data Privacy Act of 2012

October 10 Synchronous Class

Module 2B Judicial Branch and Separation of Powers
Read all the assigned readings for Module 2

October 17
Module 3: Reading and Analyzing Jurisprudence

October 24
Reading Break

October 31
Deadline for Legal Problem
November 7
Module 4: Hierarchy and sources of law

November 7-18
Consultations

November 21 Synchronous Class

Module 5: Legal citations and references
Module 6: Legal research and writing ethics
Read: Creating Outline for your Legal Memorandum
Recitation on Legal Research and Writing Ethics
Deadline: Topic Outline

Midterm Exam (TBA)

Coverage: Module 1-5

November 28
Module 7: Overview of the legal research process

December 5
Module 8: Conducting legal research: Philippine legal system

December 12
Module 9: Conducting legal research: American and EU legal systems
Deadline: First Draft

December 19
Module 10: Legal writing: Writing a memorandum of law

December 26 – January 16
Legal Writing

January 16
Deadline for Legal Memorandum