4L
Practicing the Law
“Stand up. The court is asking you.” — Trial work, drafting and teaching it back — the year the student stops being an audience.
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Full lessons — comic, mechanism, problems and a check. About 20 minutes each.
Legal & Judicial Ethicsweek 3Conflict 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 lessonEnvironmental Lawweek 5The 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 lessonSecurities & Rehabilitationweek 9Rehabilitation 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
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
Specialization and the courtroom floor
- Practice Court I3uTrial technique; Judicial Affidavit Rule (A.M. No. 12-8-8-SC)Objection reflex trainer — a transcript plays at reading speed and you must object in time
- Environmental Law2u1 lessonRules of Procedure for Environmental Cases (A.M. No. 09-6-8-SC)Writ of kalikasan — the "two or more cities or provinces" threshold drawn on a real map
- Agrarian & Social Legislation2uCARL (R.A. 6657)Retention limits — a landholding subdividing to the five-hectare retention and the award ceilings
- Securities & Rehabilitation2u1 lessonR.A. 8799; FRIA (R.A. 10142)Rehabilitation vs. liquidation fork, with the stay order freezing every claim mid-flight
- Conflict of Laws2uCivil Code, Arts. 15–17Nationality vs. lex loci — one OFW's marriage tested under two legal systems at once
- Clinical Legal Education II2uSupervised practiceCase portfolio and reflection log
- Electives4uStudent's choice — election law, media law, data privacy, ADR, mining and energySet by the elective
Semester 2
Integration
- Practice Court II3uFull mock trial, complaint to decisionOne case carried the whole semester, judged by practitioners
- Practical Exercises3uPleadings, contracts, affidavits, verifications, notarial documentsA portfolio of 24 drafted documents — the graded drafting component of the Bar
- Capstone3uA publishable explainer set on an under-served area of Philippine lawComic, animation, codal write-up and quiz bank, shipped to the public site
- Integration Seminars2uThe six Bar groupings re-walked at doctrine levelTaught by the 4Ls to the 1Ls — a teach-back assessed by the audience
- Electives4uStudent's choiceSet by the elective