The Legal Profession on the Modern Times

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The Legal Profession on the Modern Times

Current Perception on lawyers on the Philippines setting

In a survey done by the group consisting of 2 questions, one question is open ended (whether theopinion of the respondents on Lawyers practicing in the Philippines are Positive, eutral or egative!

while the other one is close ended (perception of the respondent to the lawyers practicing in the

Philippines"! Ma#ority of the respondents answered eutral on the first question while comments on the

second question were mostly negative in which respondents claim that Lawyers in the Philippines are

mostly client oriented$money oriented (pera pera lang, they wor% hard for the &money', lawyers serve the

interest of the ruling class, even if the truth is compromised"

St. Thomas More’s Life

aint Thomas more was born on )ebruary *, +**-*. in London by ir /ohn More and 0gnes, he

was many things, saint, Lord chancellor of 1ngland, %nignt, 0uthor, Martyr and most notably, a Lawyer! ewas sent to t! 0nthony3s chool in Threadneedle treet when he was a child and placed in the

household of 4ardinal Morton, 0rchbishop of 4anterbury! 5n +6, he entered ew inn as a law student

and was admitted to Lincoln3s inn as a student on +67! 8as appointed lecturer on law at )urnival3s inn

and was made under sheriff of London in +9+:! 8ith the growing fame of t! Thomas more, both the %ing

and 8olsey were wanted to secure More3s services at court! In 5ctober +926, More replaced 8olsey as

4hancellor of 1ngland on which, his duty was to enforce laws against heretics thus earning the ire of 

Protestant writers! It was said the t! Thomas more hated the vices of heretics not the heretics

themselves! In +9;; 8illiam <astell, his nephew, wrote a pamphlet supporting the pope in which was

attributed to More, More wrote a letter to 4romwell to disclaim himself from his nephew3s pamphlet! More

was included in the =ill of 0ttainder introduced to the lords against the oly Maid of >ent! e was as%ed

on why he did not approve enry3s anti papal action in which he replied that he had e?plained his position

to the %ing! 5n March +9;, the 0ct of uccession was passed in which all are called to ta%e an oath to

ac%nowledge the issue of enry and 0nne =oleyn as Legitimate heirs to the throne in which he refused tosign! More was indicted for igh treason at 8estminster all in which he denied the 4harges of 

Indictment! evertheless the /ury found him guilty and was sentenced to be hanged at Tyburn but was

changed to =eheading on Tower ill!+

 0ccording to Theologian @esiderius 1rasmus of <otterdam, More contemplated on abandoning

his legal career to become a mon% and lived near the 4arthusian Monastery outside the walls of London

and /oined the Mon%3s e?ercise on spirituality in +9:; to +9: but decided to remain as a layman! e

continued the ascetical Practices for the rest of is life such as wearing a hair shirt and engaged in

)lagellation!2 More was a man of Integrity in which he opposed >ing enry AII over e?cessive ta?ation

and won! 0nd of course, more bore witness to the validity of marriage that I cannot be dissolved and was

hanged for it!;

Modern Thomas More (pagmakahanap)

1 http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689c.htm2 http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3243 http://catholicedcation.org/articles/religion/re!""9.html

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gnatian Spirituality and The !teneo

The 0teneo is currently commited to the Ignatian spirit and teaches the student to become &0 man

for others' 0ccordingly to the website Ignatianspirituality, Ignatian pirituality &is a way to pray, an

approach to ma%ing decisions, a point of view about Bod, and a practical guide to everyday life! Ignatian

spirituality sees Bod as actively involved in the world and intimately involved with us in every moment andplace!' 

 0s seen in 0teneo Law chool3s Mission, the 0L &as a 4atholic school is committed to ma%ing in

an institutional manner a Christian presence in the legal word "y fidelity to the Christian message

as it comes through the Church and "y ser#ice to others$ especially to the underpri#ileged! 0nd as

a chool of law, is the formation of men and women not only skilled in the science and art of the

law$ "ut also im"ued with a "urning passion for %ustice and the fer#ent desire to ser#e others !'9

8hile as an e?cerpt from the 0teneo M=03s mission$ &e'pertise without integrity is empty$

integrity without e'pertise is ineffectual$ and e'pertise and integrity without ser#ice is irrele#ant!7

8hat is e?pertise if it is done for corruption or finding legal ways in which bad deeds may be

absolved, while integrity alone would not suffice because it would lac% the needed %nowledge in order tobe able to change society or help for the benefit of society! 0s a Beneral conclusion, a lawyers must have

the mi? of qualities such as 1?pertise, Integrity and ervices to others in order to be able to affect change

in the Philippines etting!

Transforming other 

 0s a 4hristian lawyer, it is not enough that we live by the way of Ignatian pirit or service to

others! 0s there is a saying that &give a man a fish and he will not starve for a day, teach a man how to

fish and he will not starve for the rest of his life'! Thus, a lawyer, or any person, after starting from within

should also ensure that he would be able to affect others into the 4hristian way by acting as a good

e?ample and ma%ing sure that others may be able to transform or change thus ma%ing a ripple effect in

which the community or the society can be changed into a society enhanced with quality such asintergrity, e?pertise, devotion and others!

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