back to "school"

for two saturdays now, i am back to being a "student".

as mandated by the supreme court, all lawyers have to comply with 12, 24 or 36 units as part of the mandatory continuing legal education. not one is spared from it; lest, he or she will be subjected to sanctions.

right now, i have 6 units left for my 12-unit requirement. i had 4 units borne out of kabibahan which jen, tria and i thought of availing since they might be beneficial to us and our practice. the first two units was respecting legal writing by court of appeals presiding justice ruben reyes. the other two units was about oral advocacy by court of appeals justice magdangal de leon.

i must say i was impressed with justice de leon's talk. not only was he able to open my eyes to what lies ahead of me insofar as litigation practice is concerned, he also subjected my fellow associates and i to embarassment. we just happened to be seated on the first row since we came in after the first lecture since we do not need it anyway. we were asked from our age (which he guessed to be 26 ah, hehe) to whether we are bagong-pasa or not and whether we are married already. haaayyy...

at the end of the talk (and even while he was on it), i was thinking whether i am indeed fit as a barrister or as a solicitor... after an analysis of the "traits" required, and in the absence or lack of mental acuity on my part, i feel as if i'm not cut to become a litigation lawyer after all.

sad, but it's a reality.