Learn Philippine law

A picture first,
then the provision.

Every doctrine arrives as a comic strip and a mechanism you can break before it arrives as codal text. 4 years, 8 semesters, 49 courses, 135 units — and the 20 lessons already written are open to anyone.

Start with Psychological incapacity after Tan-AndalFull syllabus
20lessons ready49courses135units156assigned cases

Start here — Psychological incapacity after Tan-Andal

1L · Persons & Family Relations. Opens with a comic, ends with a check. About 20 minutes.

How a lesson works

The same four beats in every subject and every year, so your attention goes to the doctrine rather than to the format.

  1. 1

    Panel

    10 min

    A four-panel Taglish comic states a real dilemma and stops before the answer. You vote first.

  2. 2

    Provision

    45 min

    An animation runs the rule as a machine — a timeline scrubs, a tree lights up, a pie splits. Then the codal text, read aloud.

  3. 3

    Problem

    65 min

    Three hypotheticals, easy to bar-hard, answered in essay form. The hardest is always a past bar question, unedited.

  4. 4

    Proof

    10 min

    A five-item check, then the week’s cards enter spaced repetition and resurface on the algorithm’s schedule.

Lessons ready now

20 full lessons — comic strip, mechanism, problems and a check, about twenty minutes each. No account needed.

1LPersons & Family RelationsPsychological incapacity after Tan-Andal“Ayaw magpatingin sa psychiatrist ng asawa mo. Pwede pa bang ma-annul ang kasal?”Psychological incapacity under Article 36 is a legal concept, not a medical illness. The Supreme Court En Banc in Tan-Andal dismantled the rigid psychiatric requirement of Molina, holding that an enduring personality structure may be proven through ordinary lay testimony. Open lesson1LCriminal Law IAttempted, frustrated, consummated“Binaril niya pero hindi tinamaan. Ano ang kaso?”One act, three possible crimes. The line between them is not how bad the outcome was — it is how far the offender got before something outside his will stopped him. Open lesson1LConstitutional Law ISeparation of powers & the pork barrel system“Pinasa na ang General Appropriations Act. Pwede pa bang pumili ang kongresista kung aling kalsada ang popondohan?”The power of the purse belongs to Congress, but only until the budget becomes law. The Supreme Court En Banc in Belgica v. Ochoa ruled that any post-enactment legislative intervention in budget execution usurps executive power and violates the separation of powers. Open lesson1LCriminal Law IThe impossible crime“Binaril ang kama, pero walang tao. May krimen ba?”When the victim is already dead, the room is empty, or the poison is sugar: the felony could never succeed, but the law punishes the evil intent and social danger under Article 4(2). Open lesson1LObligations & ContractsFortuitous event and concurring negligence“Nalubog sa baha ang delivery truck dahil sa Bagyong Ondoy. Lusot ba ang kumpanya sa danyos?”Except in cases expressly specified by law, no person shall be responsible for events which could not be foreseen, or which, though foreseen, were inevitable. But an act of God frees a debtor only when human negligence did not co-operate to cause the loss. Open lesson1LConstitutional Law IIWhen an arrest without a warrant holds“Pwede ba nila akong arestuhin nang walang warrant?”Three narrow situations, and one rule students reverse: the arrest justifies the search, never the other way round. Open lesson1LConstitutional Law IIWarrantless searches: stop-and-frisk vs. search incident to lawful arrest“Pinatigil sa daan, binuksan ang backpack. Legal ba ang search?”The Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches. When an officer stops you on the street, what can they lawfully do? Confusing a Terry stop-and-frisk with a search incident to a lawful arrest is the single most common trap in criminal procedure. Open lesson2LCivil Procedure IWhich court, and what has to happen first“Saang korte ako magsasampa?”Jurisdiction is set by law and by the allegations in the complaint — never by where it is convenient to sue. File in the wrong one and years of work evaporate. Open lesson2LTaxation ITax avoidance vs. tax evasion“Tax planning lang daw. Kailan ito nagiging krimen?”Paying less tax is not wrong. Paying less than you know is due, with a bad-faith state of mind, through an unlawful act or omission, is. The difference is not the amount saved — it is how. Open lesson2LSales & LeaseThe same land, sold twice“Dalawang beses naibenta ang lupa. Sino ang panalo?”Not the first buyer, not the one who paid more. Article 1544 runs a race, and good faith is the only way to finish it. Open lesson2LLabor RelationsJust cause is only half the case“Tinanggal ako sa chat. Legal ba 'yon?”Philippine law asks two questions about every dismissal, and an employer can lose on either one. This is the lesson students most often answer with only half of. Open lesson2LLabor StandardsImmediate resignation and the final pay“Nag-resign ako agad. Pwede bang hindi ibigay ang final pay ko?”The 30-day notice is real, and so is the employer's remedy for skipping it. Forfeiting wages is not that remedy. Open lesson3LPublic International LawWhere international law comes from“Walang pinirmahang treaty. Obligado pa rin ba tayo?”International law has no legislature, so Article 38 of the ICJ Statute tells you where to look. The Constitution then tells you how each source gets into a Philippine courtroom — and treaties and custom use different doors. Open lesson3LCorporation LawPiercing the corporate veil“Sinara ang kumpanya para hindi magbayad. Makakatakas ba ang may-ari?”A corporation is a separate person, and that separateness is the whole point of incorporating. The veil is lifted only when the separateness itself is the instrument of the wrong — and the one who wants it lifted has to prove it. Open lesson3LCriminal ProcedureBail: a right, a discretion, or neither“Naaresto ang kapatid ko. Pwede ba siyang magpiyansa?”Whether bail is a right depends on the court, the penalty and the stage of the case. For the gravest offences it depends on one thing only: a hearing on whether the evidence of guilt is strong. Open lesson3LEvidenceHearsay, and the doors back in“Sabi ng kapitbahay ko… tanggap ba 'yon sa korte?”Hearsay is not any secondhand story; it is an out-of-court statement offered for its truth. Get the definition right and half the objections disappear. Get the exceptions right and the other half do. Open lesson3LNegotiable InstrumentsThe holder in due course“Niloko ako ng pinagbigyan ko ng tseke. Kailangan ko pa rin bang magbayad sa iba?”Negotiability exists so that strangers can trust paper. The price of that trust is that a holder in due course takes the instrument free of most of the quarrels between the people before him — but not all of them. Open lesson4LLegal & Judicial EthicsConflict of interest under the CPRA“Kinonsulta ka ng mister sa negosyo niya. Pwede mo bang hawakan ang annulment case ng misis laban sa kanya?”A lawyer shall not represent conflicting interests. Under Canon III of the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA), the test is whether the acceptance of a new relation will invite suspicion of unfaithfulness or require the use of confidential knowledge obtained from a prior engagement. Open lesson4LEnvironmental LawThe writ of kalikasan“Nilason ang ilog na dumadaan sa dalawang probinsya. Saan kami lalapit?”A remedy built for environmental damage too large for one town: it goes straight to the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals, costs nothing to file, and can be brought by people who are not themselves the ones harmed. Open lesson4LSecurities & RehabilitationRehabilitation and the stay order“Nag-file ng rehabilitation ang may utang sa amin. Hindi na ba kami makakasingil?”Rehabilitation works only if every creditor stops pulling at once. The stay order is that freeze — broad, automatic with the commencement order, and deliberately full of exceptions students forget. Open lesson

Assigned cases

A curated list of 156 landmark and assigned cases — searchable by G.R. number or party name, each with the doctrine it is cited for and a link to the full decision.

Find a case before you get called onPunctuation never matters — GR 101083, G.R. No. 101083 and Oposa all land on the same case.156cases147full text147digests

The four-year path

Read a rule, apply it to facts, prove it under the rules of evidence, then practice it in front of a judge. Open a year for its full course list and the lessons written for it.

All 49 courses on one page
1LReading the Law“What does this sentence actually forbid?”Learn to read a provision — its elements, its exceptions, and the difference between what it says and what people assume it says.34 units11 courses7 lessons2LApplying the Law“Given these facts, what exactly does she get?”Turn rules into outcomes — money owed, days counted, shares divided — and meet procedure early enough to use it.34 units12 courses5 lessons3LProving the Law“You are right. Now make it admissible.”Procedure, evidence and the ethics of both — plus the first live clients, under supervision.35 units14 courses5 lessons4LPracticing the Law“Stand up. The court is asking you.”Trial work, drafting and teaching it back — the year the student stops being an audience.32 units12 courses3 lessons

Practice

All of it is open — no account needed. Signing in only decides where the record is kept: your account, or this browser.

FlashcardsSpaced repetition. Doctrine on the front, case and citation on the back.QuizFour-choice questions with instant feedback. A check on your reading, not a rehearsal for the Bar.Mock examTimed simulation weighted to the real subject distribution.Review deckEverything you got wrong or flagged, queued until you get it right.ProgressStreak, mastery and accuracy, down to your weakest topics.
13th-month payCompute it with the formula shown.Separation payEvery rate, and which one applies.Myth bustersWhat people believe, and what the law says.Everyday questionsPlain-language answers, fully cited.

What the Bar asks

Six groupings over 3 days, 20 essay questions each at 5% a question, and no multiple choice at all. Mock exams here are weighted to match.

Remedial + Ethics25%
Commercial + Tax20%
Civil Law20%
Political + PIL15%
Labor + Social10%
Criminal Law10%

Weights follow Bar Bulletin No. 1 for the 2025 Bar. They have moved between cycles — check the current Bulletin before planning a review calendar around them.

A study path, not legal advice, and not an accredited program. Course structure follows the LEB model curriculum for the basic law program; provisions, rules and thresholds named here must be checked against the current text before you rely on them. Statutes get renumbered, jurisdictional amounts get raised, and rules of procedure are revised more often than syllabi. 10 of the 135 units are electives you choose yourself, and a unit is about 18 contact hours over a 18-week term.