Category Archives: Legal Misc

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We would like to invite all qualified persons to submit their resume to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG).

Republic Act 9417 expanded the OSG providing its lawyers with more compensation and benefits. Currently, the office has 29 vacant solicitor positions.

The Solicitor position carries with it judicial rank so there is a requirement of 5 years practice of law. Those with less than 5 years practice of law can nevertheless apply for the position of Associate Solicitor. Read more »

Law practice is very, very, very, very stressful (ever wondered why so many lawyers die of heart-related problems?). Yet, even with the heavy atmosphere in court, there are funny moments. Let’s relax for a while and go through these lawyer-witness interactions in U.S. courts (which went around through email months, or years, ago).

ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, “Where am I, Cathy?”
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan! Read more »

An interesting search parameter found its way into the Philippine e-Legal Forum just a while ago. The search string is this: legal topics in thesis. There were previous suggestions for topics, but that was last year. Maybe let’s open a thread where anyone could suggest possible legal thesis topics. It would definitely add to your positive karma. =)

(From the SC website): The Supreme Court, through the Society for Judicial Excellence, extended to April 15 the original March 31 deadline for the nominations to the 2007 Search for Outstanding Judges and Clerks of Court.

The general public is encouraged to keep sending in their nominees for the different awards with their corresponding resumés and the reasons for the nomination on or before April 15, 2007.

The categories are: Regional Trial Court Judges; Metropolitan Trial Court/ Municipal Trial Court in Cities/ Municipal Circuit Trial Court/ Municipal Trial Court Judges and Sharia Circuit Trial Court Judges; Clerks of Court (First-and Second-Level Courts) and Branch Clerks of Court (First-and Second-Level Courts).

All nominations should be addressed to the Permanent Secretariat, Society for Judicial Excellence, 3rd Floor, Old Session Hall Extension Room, Supreme Court Old Building, Padre Faura Street, Manila, with Telefax No. (02) 523-1301 and Mobile No. 0918-9307585 or through e-mail at judicialexcellence.sec@gmail.com.

The Awards Ceremonies will be held on September 19 at the SC.

JLP Law is in need of an Associate. He/She will primarily handle one of the corporate clients based in Makati City. Please send your resume, with cover letter and transcript of grades, to this address or through email.

“I thank Her Excellency, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for extending to me this appointment to be the 22nd Chief Justice of our country. Above all else, I thank the Almighty for this extraordinary gift, more accurately, this trust which is heavily laden with responsibility. Read more »

It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas, and this December, Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban is going to retire. Speculations are already floating around on who will be appointed by Pres. Arroyo as the next Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court.

The Chiefs

A total of 21 Chief Justices had been appointed since the creation of the Philippine Supreme Court in 1901 (pursuant to Act No. 136, also known as the “Judiciary Law”). They are: Read more »

During a trial in a small town in a southern state, a prosecuting attorney called his first witness to the stand, a grandmotherly, elderly woman. He approached her and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know me?”

She responded, “Why, yes I do know you, Mr. Williams. I’ve known you since you were a young boy, and frankly, you’ve been a disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you’re a big shot when you haven’t the brains to realize you never will amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.” Read more »