You are a young UCV lawyer who passed the 2019 Best Bar Ever exams and took

your oath the same year. in the same year, you

worked as a junior associate in the corporate and tax law division at one of the top law firms in Makati.
Because of your sharp mind, collaborative style, attention to detail, creative approach to problem-solving, and willingness to put in
long hours at work, the firm partners took you under their wing and groomed you for a promising career at the firm. Towards the end of
2021, your up and coming career at the firm was cut short with the untimely death of your father, a prominent lawyer and politician in your
home province. Upon the urging of your mom, and to the sadness of your law firm bosses, you gave up your previous plans and went home
to your province to make a new life there.
You took over your father’s law firm practice and clients, and adjusted to the slower pace of non-Manila life. This 2022, you ran as
Councilor during the local elections, banking on your father’s political prominence and the magic of your family name. It helped that you
were practically a carbon copy of your father, and had his charisma and political savvy. You won easily.
Your life got a lot busier ever since you became Councilor.
Constituents would come to you regularly, seeking government assistance or legal advice, sometimes both.
One night, at around 2 a.m., a distraught constituent, Mrs. D, knocked on your door. You recognized her as one of the peasant
organizers who had come to your office a few weeks before to discuss the situation in their barangay. Crying, she informed you that some
policemen had barged into their house in the middle of the night, ransacked the place, and arrested her husband and son who were
sleeping at the time.
The policemen did not show any warrant of arrest or search warrant, and were not accompanied by any witnesses. When Mrs. D asked
what crime her husband and son were being arrested for, the policemen told her, “Kung alam mo ang mabuti sa iyo, tumahimik ka nalang at
huwag magtanong.” They then took her husband and son away to the police station for questioning.
Mrs. D tearfully asks you for legal assistance, saying that she doesn’t know who else to turn to, and apologizing that she doesn’t have
any money to pay for your services.
1. What courses of action are available to you?

2. What do you ultimately decide to do? In justifying your choices, explain the reasons and rules governing your course of action, citing
specific laws and jurisprudence as appropriate
 2 AM INCIDENT
•Let her stay for the night
• Wait for the proper office hours
(8 AM- 5 PM)
 Councilor
“Memorandum Circular No. 17 of the Executive Department also allows
government employees to engage directly in the private practice of their
profession provided there is a written permission from the Department
head.”
 REFERANCE OF A LAWYER
PAO (Public Attorneys Office)
• not stated in the facts that a governor allowed me to do such
function; playsafe.
• 2 AM.
• support the constitution and “OBEY THE LAWS”