The whole degree,
in teaching order.

Obligation lifecycle — birth, performance, breach and extinguishment as one running conveyor

Opens with: “Verbal utang: pwede bang singilin?”

How a bill becomes law — a pipeline with the veto and override branches

Opens with: “Sino ang boss ng Presidente?”

Marriage validity decision tree — the requisites light up, then fail one at a time

Opens with: “Live-in kami ng 7 years, kasal na ba kami?”

Stages-of-execution slider — attempted, frustrated, consummated (Art. 6)

Opens with: “Self-defense ba 'yan o revenge?”

Live archive walk — pull a 1948 Republic Act on screen and cite it correctly

Warrantless arrest decision tree, then the exclusionary rule dropping evidence out of the case file

Opens with: “Pwede ba nilang halughugin ang bag ko?”

Builder in good faith (Art. 448) — a house rises on the wrong lot and the options fan out

Opens with: “Nakapagtayo ako ng bahay sa maling lote.”

Estafa vs. theft split-screen — the same money, two crimes, divided by when the intent formed

Opens with: “Hindi ko binalik ang hiniram: theft ba ito?”

Ambiguity resolver — one badly drafted ordinance, five canons, five outcomes

The five-line digest — a full decision collapsing to Facts, Issue, Ruling, Doctrine, Why it matters

Conflict-of-interest map — two clients, one lawyer, the lines that must not cross

Opens with: “Pwede bang abogado ng magkabilang panig?”

Double sale race (Art. 1544) — two buyers run at registration, good faith decides the finish

Opens with: “Dalawang beses naibenta ang lupa.”

Authority spectrum — the agent's acts sliding from binding, to unauthorized, to ratified

Opens with: “Nagbenta ang kasosyo ko nang walang paalam.”

Live calculator — 13th-month and premium pay with the formula exposed line by line

Opens with: “No work, no pay ba talaga sa regular holiday?”

Income tax waterfall — gross income pouring through exclusions, deductions and brackets to tax due

Opens with: “Freelancer ako. May tax ba ako?”

Exhaustion of administrative remedies — the courthouse door stays locked until each agency step clears

Opens with: “Diretso ba ako sa korte laban sa ahensya?”

Anatomy of a pleading — caption, body, prayer, verification, certification against forum shopping

Jurisdiction sorter — drop a case in by amount and subject, watch it land in the right court

Opens with: “Saang korte ako magsasampa?”

Vicarious liability tree — the driver's negligence climbing to the employer, and the defense that cuts the branch

Opens with: “Nabangga ang delivery rider. Sino ang sagot?”

Twin-notice clock — notice, five calendar days to answer, hearing, decision; skip a step and the dismissal is stamped infirm

Opens with: “Tinanggal ako sa chat. Legal ba 'yon?”

Pledge, mortgage and antichresis compared — who holds the thing, who holds the paper, who gets paid first

Opens with: “5-6 ba ito o legal na interest?”

Katarungang Pambarangay flow — the conciliation step that must precede the complaint, and the cases exempt from it

Opens with: “Dumiretso ako sa korte, ibinasura.”

Legitime splitter — add a spouse, a legitimate child, an illegitimate child, and the estate re-divides live

Opens with: “Pwede bang idisinherit ang anak?”

Case timeline scrubber — pre-trial to execution, with every reglementary period ticking

Opens with: “Panalo ako, pero hindi pa rin nagbabayad.”

Arrest-to-arraignment timeline, with bail branching at each stage

Opens with: “Naaresto: ano ang mangyayari bukas?”

Piercing the corporate veil — the shell goes transparent and liability reaches the person behind it

Opens with: “Sinara ang kumpanya para hindi magbayad.”

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?”

Maritime zones cross-section — territorial sea, contiguous zone, EEZ and shelf drawn to scale

Opens with: “Bakit atin ang West Philippine Sea?”

Torrens registration timeline, ending on indefeasibility after one year

Opens with: “Dalawang titulo sa iisang lupa.”

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…”

Common carrier's extraordinary diligence — the presumption of fault and the four narrow escapes from it

Opens with: “Nawala ang padala ko sa courier.”

Certiorari vs. appeal fork — the wrong remedy visibly dead-ends

Opens with: “Mali ang inihain: dismissed.”

Estate settlement flow — extrajudicial or judicial, forking on will, debt and agreement

Opens with: “Namatay si Tatay, walang testamento.”

Confusing similarity side-by-side — the dominancy test applied feature by feature

Opens with: “Kamukha ng logo ko ang kanila.”

The trust account — client money and lawyer money in two jars that must never touch

Opens with: “Ginamit muna ang pera ng kliyente.”

Supervised live-client work — the first time the method meets a person instead of a panel

Set by the elective

Objection reflex trainer — a transcript plays at reading speed and you must object in time

Writ of kalikasan — the "two or more cities or provinces" threshold drawn on a real map

Retention limits — a landholding subdividing to the five-hectare retention and the award ceilings

Rehabilitation vs. liquidation fork, with the stay order freezing every claim mid-flight

Nationality vs. lex loci — one OFW's marriage tested under two legal systems at once

Case portfolio and reflection log

Set by the elective

One case carried the whole semester, judged by practitioners

A portfolio of 24 drafted documents — the graded drafting component of the Bar

Comic, animation, codal write-up and quiz bank, shipped to the public site

Taught by the 4Ls to the 1Ls — a teach-back assessed by the audience

Set by the elective