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Career Options
Legal Profession
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Solo Practice
Meaning
practice being a lawyer alone
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Solo Practice
Advantages
Independence of action;
Rushed to experience; and
Projecting own image.
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Solo Practice
Disadvantages
Lack of experience;
Lack of facilities; and
Lack of confidence.
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Association in Law Firm
Advantages
Receives proper advice and counsel frommore senior lawyers;
Can pick up the pleadings in an old case; and
Exposed to actual court practice.
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Association in Law Firm
Disadvantages
Reduced to the status of an employee;
Tied up to a single or particular task; and
Does not possess independent judgment or freedomof action; and
Losing cases or losing incidents are assigned toyoung lawyers.
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Law Partnership
Definition
An artificial being created by operation of law with alegal personality separate and distinct from thepartners thereof.
Pool their resources and funds to engage in thepursuit of a common business objective without
necessarily organizing themselves into acorporation.
Professional Partnership
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Law Partnership
Requirements
Partnerships are required to be registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC].
Registration is done by filing the Articles of Partnership with the SEC.
The Articles of Partnership set forth all the termsand conditions mutually agreed by the partnersthereto.
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Law Partnership
Advantages
Easy to organize;
Better management; and
Financial capable.
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Law Partnership
Disadvantages
Lack of Stability; and
Unlimited liability except for limited partner.
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Corporate Practice
Advantages
Exposed to the corporate environment;
Higher pay; and
More benefits compared to private law firms.
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Corporate Practice
Disadvantages
Can only private practice after off-hours;
Hesitant to private practice; and
Demands of work.
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Government Employment
Joining the government for a new lawyer, like
all other choices have its own advantages
and disadvantages.
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Government Employment
Advantages
First grade civil service eligible; L
awyers in the government enjoy the first gradecivil service eligibility under the Republic Act 1080
(AN ACT DECL ARING THE BAR AND BOARD
EXAMINATIONS AS CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS ).
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Government Employment
Advantages
Promotional Purposes (A step for career advancement); Many of our government functionaries want to take
the lawyer¶s oath not really to practice law butmerely to obtain the title of ³attorney´. They knowthat they can attain even the highest positions andsalaries in their respective government offices when
they become lawyers. They also dominate theBatasang Pambansa, the Cabinet, the Ministriesand the government corporations.
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Government Employment
Disadvantages
One disadvantage of being in the government
service is the relatively low compensationpackage it offers compared to salaries and
perks given by big companies.
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Academe: SC CIRCULAR NO. 62-97
(October 9, 1997)
Rules and RegulationsTeaching for Judges
and Court Personnel
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TO: ALL JUDGES AND PERSONNEL OF THECOURT OF A PPE ALS, S ANDIG ANBAYAN,COURT OF T AX A PPE ALS, REGIONAL TRI AL COURTS, METROPOLIT AN TRI AL
COURTS, MUNICIP AL TRI AL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIP AL TRI AL COURTS ANDMUNICIP AL CIRCUIT TRI AL COURTS.
SUBJECT:RULES AND REGULA TIONS ON TE A CHING.
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For purposes of accomplishing the REQUESTFOR PERMISSION TO TE A CH formprescribed in Circular No. 50-97, dated July
18, 1997, reiterated herein are the Rulesand Regulations on Teaching which must beobserved:
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[1] Teaching hours shall in no casebe earlier than 5:30 p.m. on
regular working days (Mondaythrough Friday) and 2:30 p.m, onSaturdays;
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[2] Teaching shall be limited toeight (8) hours a week, and inno case shall a judge or court
personnel be allowed to teachmore than two (2) hours a dayon a regular working day
(Monday through Friday);
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[3] A pplications for permission to teach filed
by a judge shall be accompanied by acertification of the Clerk of Court concerned regarding the condition of thecourt docket showing: (a) the number of
pending cases; (b) the number of casesdisposed of within a 3-month periodprior to the start of the semester in theirrespective sala; those filed by the court
personnel shall be accompanied by afavorable recommendation by thePresiding Judge;
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[4] A pplication for permission toteach shall be subject toapproval by the Court which
may deny the same or grant less than eight (8) hoursdepending upon the applicants
performance record.
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Alternative Lawyering
are essential means by which lawyers are able toempower the ordinary members of the community
is undertaken to strengthen access to justice of
vulnerable group thru the function of alternative
lawyering
Making the law works for those most in need of its
protection.
Lawyer is exposed to various legal issues facing the
poor, human rights, environmental law, land issues,
women¶s right, indigenous people¶s right & others.
Human rights advocacy.