Let’s start this discussion with a brief backgrounder on the three branches of government. The Judiciary is headed by the Chief Justice. The Legislature is divided into the Senate (President of the Senate) and the House of Representatives (Speaker of the House). The executive department is headed by the President.

We have a previous post entitled: Do you [still] want to become a lawyer. Law students are always told to stand their ground even under fire. A recent incident should perhaps give serious pause to those wanting to become lawyers. This is more than surviving the fire and pressure in the classroom or the courtroom, [...]

This is an issue, together with other more important issues, that should be discussed nearer to May 2010, when national and local elections are scheduled. Two events, however, reminded me to write about it sooner.

Whew! It was one of the longest days of my life (ok, two days to be exact). Maybe many of you are wondering why the AttyAtWork was inaccessible for the last two days. More importantly, maybe many of you are wondering why some of the posts, both the main posts and comments, have vanished into [...]

There seems to be a consensus that certain practices of some credit card collection agencies go beyond what is fair and reasonable, something which is officially recognized when no less than the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued the rules prohibiting certain unfair collection practices. For a change of perspective, put yourself into the shoes of [...]

We celebrate holidays to commemorate an event or a person of special significance to the country. While the declaration of holidays is supposed to bring unity, it sometimes results to confusion in the workplace, even if unintended.