Why did I choose Laws:
I finished Bachelor of Commerce, Major in Management in Divine Word University, Tacloban City, Philippines but, not being contented with the said course, I proceeded to take up Bachelor of Laws and completed the same in Ateneo de Manila University, Makati City, Philippines.
Our lives are governed by laws, rules and regulations, and principles. By studying the laws one could be trained on how to analyze a legal problem, know what laws are involved, and apply the laws or jurisprudence directly related to the same. Likewise, It is the course that offers the great potential for a higher income, advantage in business and politics, and equips the legislators, those who make the laws of the land, to pass good laws.
About my college education:
I learned how to analyze legal problems and solve them with the application of the right and proper laws. I learned how to draft and produce good legal pleadings and documents. I am presently trying to recover and secure titles to two (2) parcels of land with an aggregate land area of 11.8 hectares adjacent to an 18-hole golf course in Tacloban City of which I own five (5) hectares thereof. I have already secured an official ocular and investigation report that I and my co-owner own the said lots. Nevertheless, there is a pending appeal with the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources filed by the undersigned due to irregularities and errors committed by the DENR officers concerned.
The most difficult subject was taxation. This is why most of the revenue officers of the government and the taxpayers are also finding difficulties in determining the right taxes due and payable.
The most enjoyable subjects were constitutional law, criminal law, civil law, and remedial law. They constitute the quintessence of the law practice.
Passing the exams in the school was difficult. Most of the first and second year students in Ateneo failed their exams and had to quit schooling or had to transfer to another law school. I also repeated Mercantile Law 3 times before I passed the same. The difficulty was less on the subjects but more on the teachers.
In order to finish and succeed in this law course the student must totally love this challenge and career. He must be analytical, methodical, patient, and resilient.
My current job:
As of now, I do paralegal work and provide legal advice. Furthermore, I make pleadings and other legal writings involving land conflicts.
Am I using what I learned in college:
Yes, everything that I learned in the college of law were useful and practical in my professional as well as in my private life.
I have learned to be good, if not excellent, in transactional analysis, legal analysis, creative legal argumentation, and in legal writing. I applied all the things I have learned in the law school in drafting bills for legislation when I worked for a Philippine Senator; in making the executive summary and the reorganization report of the entire personnel reorganization of a very big city in the Philippines; in formulating a research paper on poverty alleviation; and in making pleadings and position papers or memorandum of the legal cases that were assigned to me in the law offices wherein I worked.
How long did it take to find a job:
Before I graduated, while I was yet in my 3rd year of law, I was already working in a prestigious law office in Makati City.
Do I recommend studying Laws:
I highly recommend the law course for all those who want to achieve excellence and the highest status one can aspire for in one’s career and life. Some of these law students became the Presidents of the Philippines such as the late President Diosdado Macapagal and President Ferdinand Marcos. Likewise, other law students who became Presidents of the United States of America were Abraham Lincoln and Bill Clinton.
Advice to people who are thinking of studying this course:
If one wants to be on top of the world of business, politics, and public service, then the law course is the most effective to achieving success in these fields.
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