Yes sir I am. And I know a lot of Engineers took up law and passed the Bar Exam with flying Colors. One of it is our dear professor, Atty. Abe Domondon. A Mechanical Engineer turned CPA turned Lawyer. I think we are blessed to have him us our professor.

Yes,Atty.Antonio H. Abad Jr. is the Dean of our law school.

I used to work for a government agency along Taft Avenue so I chose this law school because I could walk there in just 15 minutes from where I used to work.I was also told that this law school was where working students ( mostly goverment employees ) would be given a fair shot in earning a law degree.When I was asked by Atty.Ada Abad ( Dean Tony’s daughter and our prof in Labor Realations ) why I chose this law school,I replied “Kasi ito ang pinakamalapit sa opisina namin,ma’am”.I was promtly scolded and told to have more pride in chosing this law school.I do now.I owe alot to this law school,my alma mater.

It was rather poignant that the bar would also be held in a school along Taft Avenue.It all started there and as Fate would have,it would all end there.If not now,then probably someday.

Have a nice day,sir.

@ Wilfred Magz, no worries, you’re always welcome to post anything here. So your law school dean was Tony Abad ? You were in good hands then, and I look forward to seeing your names when they finally post the results online.

To the both of you, congratulations for having gone through this necessary (for now ) rite of passage for entry into our profession. You owe yourselves a few cold ones.

It was just like yesterday when we started law school,wasn’t it?I never though I would see the day when we would finally step into the hallowed grounds of DLSU on THE September of every law graduate’s life and take THAT exam,but we did.Thank God,we finally did.But passing THAT exam is another matter altoghether and just like you and all our fellow barristers,I leave it upon God’s will ( and alas, also to the exmaniner’s disposition….)

Before I went home last Sunday,I stopped by the Masagana entance along Taft just to catch a glimpse of our Alma Mater.It was dark,but I could see the faint outline of the church and our school building.I smiled and remembered all those years of sweating it out,getting grilled and all those things we had to go through.It was only then that I realized that NOBODY can take that away. We have earned it by the sweat of our brows and it will be a part of us for as long as we live.It doesn’t end with the Bar.Passing the Bar is in fact the key that opens the door to the realm which we have all aspired and worked hard to be a part of,regardless of how people look upon lawyers or the judiciary, and the sobering “reality” of practicing what is called the “second oldest profession in the world”.

See you around,Noni.

And by the way,I’m not smart.Maboka lang akong magsulat.

To the warriorlawyer;

Sir,

Pardon me for using this space to write a few words to a fellow schoolmate of mine.
Have a nice day,sir.

FYI Mr. Wilfredo Magz was my classmate in law school. He’s very smart.

I am also one of the examinees in the 2008 Bar exams. I took the bar exam just to have an experience, and it was a very exhausting and gruesome experience. I thought it was just an ordinary Engineering Board exam. Well its way too incomparable, it was unlike any other government exam.

Like everybody else, I am a crammer, I felt the pressure of digging into law books when the calendar says its August. Alas, come September I just told myself to the best and let God do the miracles.

I think it will be on God’s grace if we will make it or not. We really are in the mercy of the Examiners mood at the time they are checking the booklets.

Thanks for your encouragement.I really need it.My thoughts no longer dwell upon Labor Law.And as of tommorow,I promise not to dwell upon Tax Law,too.And I will no longer make any forecasts.There is nothing like stabbing one’s self with a knife created by an over-active imagination.

If last week was bad,today was more “interesting”,for the lack of a better word.

Civil Law was okay,a “fair” exam.A good mix of moderately difficult and basic questions.But LOTS of questions.14 or so with tons of sub-questions.It was like an exam combined with an endurance tests.

I won’t get into specifics but I guess you already know how hard Tax Law can be.I used to IMAGINE how hard it would be ( heaven only knows where they get those questions ) but to actually go through a tax law bar exam redefines one’s idea of a nightmare….Tonight my dreams/nightmares will be filled with tax rates and tax brackets and why I never bothered to memorize them (”Kailangan pa bang i-memorize yan?” is the last thing on earth I want to hear right now).I’ve it said so I will no longer dwell upon it.Amen.

Anyway,as I left the premises of La Salle,I heard some folks cheering.The cheers were for this senior citizen barrister who just finished taking the exam.There he was, raising his fists in the air like a boxer who just finished a really gruelling bout.I was told by one of the security personnel from the Supreme Court that this cool senior citizen dude is probably the oldest person to have taken the Bar in Philippine history.As old as my grandfather, but with ten times more spunk than me.Too bad I wasn’t able to get his name.

So I smiled to myself and walked away.Never keep an ice cold beer waiting.

It ain’t over till it’s over.