Czerene Lyca Tobias

Subject: SSCR - Seminar 1

Schedule: Saturday (4:00-5:00 pm)

Assignment number 1:

a. What made you take up legal studies?

b. Among the living and dead lawyers, who do you admire, and why do you admire
him/her?
c. What will be the best description of yourself as a successful lawyer?

To be honest, law school is not my first choice, nor is it on my list of plans after I
graduate or finish my college degree. It takes a lot of courage to enter law school and
embrace the law, especially when something, a factor, constrains me to do it. Because
of peer-pressure, here I am, struggling with my readings, which I did not choose in the
first place. But it does not end there. I wanted to share my motivating law school
journey. During the first week, I felt so overwhelmed with all the requirements because I
did not expect them to pile up. There are plenty of cases that I cannot understand in just
one reading. I cried a lot, I was tired, and my body clock is a mess. During my first and
second weeks, I wanted to drop all my subjects because I could not take them anymore.
I stared at the empty wall, feeling blue, then I prayed to the Lord. I asked for guidance,
courage, and wisdom. I told him “Lord, I wish I was taking the right path; please guide
me so that I can surpass this hardship of mine”. After that, I disregarded all my thoughts
about quitting and self-pity. I tried my best, I did everything, and I SURVIVED. On that
point, I realized that my motivation to become a lawyer is MYSELF. I am trying until now
for myself because choosing to enter law school and to get that A T T Y period is a
privilege. I admire my late grandfather, who was once a judge. Actually, he was the first
attorney and judge in our family, and I admire him for that. It was a good sign for me that
everything is possible as long as you have a strong fighting spirit and love what you are
doing. My ultimate goal is to understand, love, embrace, and pass the bar exam.
Hopefully, through his grace, I am to become a lawyer, and if I do become one, I will
describe myself as a lawyer who won’t stop until the justice of my client is served. I want
to be the voice of the voiceless, the sword of the weak, and the instrument of peace that
will benefit the next generation. I want to keep my word as a lawyer until the day I die.
because that is my duty.