(Note: As to when the bar exam results will be released, please see updates at the bottom of post or in the comments. Update: Full list of the 1,130 passers is here.)
I’m no longer posting the questions and proposed answers for the four past Sundays of the 2008 bar exams (Political Law, Labor Law, Civil [...]
Archive for September, 2008
MCLE Compliance for New Lawyers
In the previous post on the extension of the compliance period (to 1 January 2009) for Bar Matter 1922, Alpha_Mike and Orbil inquired about the rule applicable to new lawyers. This is covered by MCLE Governing Board Order No. 1, s. 2008, which pertinently provides:
What happens to the employees of Shariff Kabunsuan?
The creation of Shariff Kabunsuan, a new province in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), is unconstitutional. This is the ruling of the Supreme Court in Bai Sandra Sema vs. COMELEC and Didagen Dilangalen (G.R. No. 177597, 16 July 2008).
Discussion: Proposed Reproductive Health and Population Development Act of 2008
You may be aware that there’s a growing debate on the proposed “Reproductive Health and Population Development Act of 2008″ filed in the House of Representatives. Rep. Edcel Lagman as the principal sponsor (the Fact Sheet and the Explanatory Note to House Bill No. 17, substituted by HB 5043, is here). As appearing in an [...]
MCLE Compliance: Implementation of Bar Matter 1922 extended to 1 January 2009
The Supreme Court earlier issued Bar Matter No. 1922, requiring all lawyers to indicate the number and date of issue of their MCLE Certificate of Compliance, and if they could not do so by 25, August 2008, it will result to the dismissal of the case and the expunction of the pleadings from the records. [...]
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