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COURSE OUTLINE

Primary Sources:
Constitution, Rules of Court, Code of Professional Responsibility, New Code of
Judicial Conduct, Supreme Court Decisions

Secondary Sources:
Treatises, Casebooks, Law Review Articles, and Committee Reports.

References:
Coquia, Legal Profession (1993)
Agpalo, Ruben: Comments on The Code of Professional Responsibility (2009)

26 June Tue LEGAL ETHICS

A. Supervision and Control

Supreme Court - Constitution Art. VIII sec. 5 (5)
Congress - Constitution Art. XII sec. 14 (2) Art. XVIII sec. 10
- In the matter of the IBP, &.-G+.-R�elution-dated Jai:iuaq 9'r 913, 49
SCRA 22 (1973)
- In re Cunanan 94 Phil 534 (1954)

B. Practice of Law
- Cayetano v. Monsod, ���terneeJ:. 3, 1-99-1, 201 SCRA 21O
(1991)
- In re Michael Medado to Sign Roll of Attorneys After Taking Oath, B.M.
No. 2540, 24 September 2013, 706 SCRA 264 (2013)

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW

A. Legal Education
Pre-Law: Rule 138 sec. 6. Rules of Court
Law Proper: Rule 138 sec. 5, Rules of Court
Republic Act No. 7662 (-1993) - Legal Educat!on Reform Act
LEB, Policies and Standards of Legal Education and Manual of Regulations
for Law Schools (2011) (available at Reserve Section )
BM No. 1552-A Guidelines on Legal Apprenticeship in the Supreme Court and
Other Collegiate Courts, July 3, 2002
A.M. No. 15-04-03- SC, Re Letters of Justice Jose C. Vitug, Founding Dean of
Angeles University Foundation (AUF) School of Law, and of Judge Ave A.
Zurbito-Alba, Municipal Trial Court, Daraga, Albay, dated January 29,
2015, June 16, 2015
Patrick Coronaro v. Richard Coronaro, A.C. No. 11316, July 12, 2016
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B. Citizenship
Constitution, Art. XII sec. 14(2)
Republic Act No. 9225 (2003) - Dual Citizenship Act
Petition to Re-Acquire the Privilege to Practice of Law by Epifanio Muneses,
B.M. No. 2112, July 24, 2012, with accompanying Supreme Court
Resolution En Banc, July 24, 2012

C. Bar Examinations
Rules of Court 138 secs. 7-16
Bar Matter No. 1153,March 9, 2010, Re: Letter of Atty. Estelito P. Mendoza
Proposing Reforms in the Bar Examinations Through Amendments to Rule
138,secs. 5 & 6 of the Rules of Court
Reforms in the Bar Examinations,B.M. No. 1161,June 8, 2004 (Reserved
Section)
2010 Bar Matter No. 2265, January 28,2001 re Reforms in the Bar
Examinations
Bar Matter No. 2502,March 20, 2012
Re: 2003 Bar Examinations, Atty. Daniel de Guzman, B.M. No. 1722, April
24,2009

Read: F.P. Feliciano, Random Reflections on the Bar, Corruption, and the
Practice of Law, 58 PHIL. L.J. 225-240 (2012)

D. Good Moral Character as a Prerequisite to Bar Admission

In re Al C. Argosino, B.M. No. 712,July 13, 1995,246 SCRA 14 (1995)
In the Matter of the Disqualification of Bar Examinee Haron S. Meling in the
2002 Bar Examinations, B.M. No. 1154, June 8,2004,431 SCRA
146 ( 2004)

E. Law Student Practice Rule

Rules of Court ,Rule 138-A
Cruz v. Mina, G.R. No. 154207, April 27,2007, 522 SCRA 387 (2007)

F. Non-Lawyers Authorized to Appear in Courts/Quasi-Judicial Agencies

Rules of Court,Rule 138,secs. 33 & 34
Act No. 2259, sec. 1
LaborCode,art. 222
Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAS) - RA 6657 as
amended by RA 9700,Rule VIII, sec. 1
Local Government Code (RA 7160 [1991]), sec. 415
Rules of Procedure for Small Claims Cases, AM. No. 08-8-7-SC, effective
October 1, 2008,sec. 17

G. Lawyer's Oath
Sup. Ct. Resolution,dated October 25, 1979, Rev. Rules of Court,Form 28;
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