Proving the Law
“You are right. Now make it admissible.”
Procedure, evidence and the ethics of both — plus the first live clients, under supervision.
Courses this year
Each course names the text it is built on and the visual that carries it. Courses with a lesson ready are marked; the rest link to a quiz on the Bar subject they feed.
Semester 1
Getting into court · 17 units- Civil Procedure II3u
Rules 30–56; provisional remedies
Case timeline scrubber — pre-trial to execution, with every reglementary period ticking
Opens with: “Panalo ako, pero hindi pa rin nagbabayad.”
- Criminal Procedure3u
Rules 110–127
Arrest-to-arraignment timeline, with bail branching at each stage
Opens with: “Naaresto: ano ang mangyayari bukas?”
- Corporation Law3u
Revised Corporation Code (R.A. 11232)
Piercing the corporate veil — the shell goes transparent and liability reaches the person behind it
Opens with: “Sinara ang kumpanya para hindi magbayad.”
- Negotiable Instruments3u
Act No. 2031
Endorsement chain — a check passing hand to hand, each holder tested for holder-in-due-course status
Opens with: “Bumalik ang tseke. Kaso ba ito?”
- Public International Law3u
VCLT; UNCLOS
Maritime zones cross-section — territorial sea, contiguous zone, EEZ and shelf drawn to scale
Opens with: “Bakit atin ang West Philippine Sea?”
- Land Titles & Deeds2u
Property Registration Decree (P.D. 1529)
Torrens registration timeline, ending on indefeasibility after one year
Opens with: “Dalawang titulo sa iisang lupa.”
Semester 2
Proof, remedies and the ethics of both · 18 units- Evidence3u
2019 Revised Rules on Evidence (A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC); R.A. 9165 as amended by R.A. 10640, Sec. 21
Hearsay sorter, then chain of custody in four links — seizure, investigator, chemist, court; break one and the animation acquits
Opens with: “Sabi ng kapitbahay ko…”
- Insurance & Transportation3u
R.A. 10607; Civil Code, Arts. 1732–1766
Common carrier's extraordinary diligence — the presumption of fault and the four narrow escapes from it
Opens with: “Nawala ang padala ko sa courier.”
- Special Civil Actions2u
Rules 62–71
Certiorari vs. appeal fork — the wrong remedy visibly dead-ends
Opens with: “Mali ang inihain: dismissed.”
- Special Proceedings2u
Rules 72–109
Estate settlement flow — extrajudicial or judicial, forking on will, debt and agreement
Opens with: “Namatay si Tatay, walang testamento.”
- Intellectual Property2u
IP Code (R.A. 8293)
Confusing similarity side-by-side — the dominancy test applied feature by feature
Opens with: “Kamukha ng logo ko ang kanila.”
- Legal & Judicial Ethics2u
CPRA; New Code of Judicial Conduct
The trust account — client money and lawyer money in two jars that must never touch
Opens with: “Ginamit muna ang pera ng kliyente.”
- Clinical Legal Education I2u
A.M. No. 19-03-24-SC; LEBMO No. 23 (2020)
Supervised live-client work — the first time the method meets a person instead of a panel
- Elective2u
Student's choice
Set by the elective