JD 117 - Legal Profession

Activity Design

Title:
Lawyer Interview on the Topic “Practice of Law”

Date & Time:

August 17, 2018 (4:30-5:30PM)

Venue:
Room 302, School of Law

Interviewee:
Atty. Fidel Valdez, CPA, DBA

Rationale and Objectives:

The primarily goal of this interview is to get insights, points, and other relevant
information regarding the practice of law, on matters of professional responsibility and
other incidents to the profession, from a practicing lawyer. Actual face-to-face
interview will be conducted, guided by objectives and interview guide questions. The
results will be presented in class through a multimedia presentation.

At the end of the activity, it is expected that the group will be able to:

1. COGNITIVE: extract relevant information from the lawyer being interviewed

regarding the topic “Practice of Law;”

2. PSYCHOMOTOR: organize relevant information effectively and

thematically to formulate a responsive and proactive multimedia
presentation; and

3. AFFECTIVE: examine ones’ motivation on taking up law in relation to the

relevant information gathered.

Materials Needed:
1. Recorder (audio and video)
2. Paper
3. laptop
4. Pen
5. Forms (e.g. informed consent)

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Flow of the Program:

Time/Period Particular Responsible Person/s

4:30pm – 04:40pm Preliminaries: Tom
(10 minutes) - Brief Introduction/Rationale
- Obtaining Free, Prior, Informed
Consent
4:40pm - 05:10pm Interview Proper: Angel - recorder
(30 minutes)
Interview Questions:

 Main Question: Tom – 1st interviewer

What is “Practice of Law?”

 Preliminary Questions: Jayson – 2nd interviewer

1. How long have you been in law
practice?
2. At what age did you become a
lawyer?
3. What struggles and victories have
you experienced on your way to
becoming a lawyer?

 Probing/Supplemental Questions: Dante – 3rd interviewer

1. What essential qualities must a
lawyer possess?
2. What acts must lawyers refrain
from doing?
3. What are the areas of law
practice?
4. Which area of law practice has
been “saturated”? Likewise, which
area of law practice is the least
explored?
5. What are your experiences of
being a lawyer?
6. What challenges have you
encountered in the practice of law?
7. Can you share us your success
stories in being a lawyer?
8. How does a lawyer keep his duty
to society, to the legal profession,
to the court, and to the client?

 Concluding Question:
1. What tip/motivation could you
share to us, aspiring lawyers?

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 5:10pm - 5:30pm Finalization/Wrapping up Dante
(20 minutes) Acknowledgement/Giving of token

*Roar and Da-ud – documenters/transcribers for the written report (profile of the
lawyer, finalized activity design, responses during the interview and
individual/group insights)

Prepared by:

DANTE O. CALAMBA
ROAR A. CALLAMAN
ANGEL JEAN DOMINGO
TOM LOUIS G. HERRERA
JAYSON O. IRAN
DA’UD A. MAGUINDANAO

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