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Top1,
2019BarExam

1.Pl
easedescr
ibey
ourl
ear
ningst
yle(
e.g.
,vi
sual
/audi
tor
y).

Iam acombi nati

onofav isualandaudit
orylearner
.It
’samustf ormet or ead
fi
rstt
helessonsalonei
nqui etr
oom andthendrawdiagramsort ablestohelpme
underst
andat opi
c.Ial
soneedt ohearwhatIr
eadf orbett
erret
entionthat’
swhyI
rel
igi
ousl
yattendmyclasses,bothi
nlawschool andinrevi
ewcent er.

2.Pl
easeshareyourst
udytechni
quesorbestrev
iewpr
act
iceswhi
chy
out
hink
hel
pedyoutoppedthe2019Barexaminat
ions.

Istudyi nasequence, first

,codals,next ,annotatedbooks, t
henjurispr
udenceand
fi
nally,Ir eadprevi
ousbarquest ionsr elatedtot het opic.I
t’sreall
yimpor t
antto
hav eamast er
yofy ourcodalpr ov i
sions.Imadesur et hatIr eadt hecodal
provisionsf i
rstbeforeIpr oceedt ot heannot atedbooks;Ibel i
evethisisan
effecti
v ewayofunder standingthel awbet t
er.Oncey ouunderstandt helaw,you
willhav eabet terappr eci
ationoft her elevantjurisprudence.Finally
,answer i
ng
previousbarquest ionswi l
lhelpy oucheckwhet herornoty oucanal r
eady
answert hem andalsohav eaf ami l
iari
tyont hehi ghlytestedareas.

a.Memor
izat
iont
echni
ques

Iusedt
hegoodoldmnemonicsforenumerat
ions.Fordef
ini
ti
ons,Ir
eadi
tal
oud
formul
ti
plet
imesunt
ilI
’
m abl
etorecal
li
t.

b.Barmater
ial
s(i
.e.
,codal
s,1 r
efer
ence book,chai
r'
scases,memor
yai
d,
per
sonal
not
es.)

Before2019star
ted,
Ialr
eadyassessedmysel
fineachoft
heei
ghtBarsubjects.
Iascert
ainedwhi
chareasIam goodatandwhichneedsi
mprov
ement.So,atthe
star
toft heBarExami nati
onyearIdevisedastrat
egytocoverev er
ythi
ngi nthe
barsy l
l
abus.If i
gur
edt hatIshoul
dfir
sthaveamast eryofmycodalpr ov i
sions,
soIr eadal lmycodalsf r
om Januar
yt oMay.Thenf orthesubject
sI ’
m notso
goodat ,Ireadagai
nmyannot atedbooks.Dur
ingtheformalr
eview,mypl anwas
tofocusonl at
estj
uri
sprudenceandthenuset hemateri
alst
hatcanf easibl
ybe
readwithintheli
mit
edt i
meofsi xmonths.

Thef
oll
owi
ngar
ether
efer
encemat
eri
alsIusedf
ort
hef
ormal
rev
iew:

Pol
i
tical
Law-Nachur
a
LaborLaw-Josel
i
toChannot
es
Ci
vi
lLaw-
Rabuy
a
Taxat
ion-If
ocusedont
hecodal
prov
isi
onsandl
atestj
uri
spr
udence
Commer
cial
Law-
Sundi
angandAqui
no,
Dimaampao
Remedi
alLaw-
Riano
Legal
Ethi
cs-Codal
prov
isi
ons

Ingeneral,Iuti
li
zedtheGol denNotesaswel last heBedanRedNot es.Ialso
rel
igi
ouslyatt
endedalmostal lmyrevi
ewcl asses-that’
sveryimpor t
antbecause
somer eviewerscanal sopr edi
ctbarquest i
ons.Haha!I t’
salsoi mportantto
famil
iar
izeyoursel
fwiththelandmarkcasespennedbyt heChairpersonbecause
thesearealsopotenti
alsourcesofbarquesti
ons.Ast omynot es,itconsi
stedof
questi
onsIwr iteasIst udy,thenIwillanswert hem after
wardst ochecki fI
underst
oodwhatIj ustread.

c.Hour
sofreadi
ng-10hour
sonJunet
oAugustt
hen12hour
sonSept
embert
o
November

d.Rev i
ew Center
/Coaching-Jur
ist
s!Iact
ual
lyenrol
ledinJuri
ststwice,thefi
rst
onewasf orthei
radv ancedpre-Barrevi
ew from JanuarytoMay .Thent he
secondonewasf orthef or
malrevi
ew f
rom JunetoNov ember.Theircoachi
ng
program istr
ulyhel
pful,theyspot
tedmyweaknessesandsuggest edway st o
correctt
hem.
 e.Mock bar -Mock bars arev eryimpor tant,some may fi
nd the r
esult
s
dishearteni
ngbutIbeli
evethatit
’sbet
tert obewr ongint
heMockBar sthanin
theact ualBarExams.Beopent ocr i
ti
cismsandcomment sofy ourfr
iends,
professorsorcoachesandusethem asmot iv
ationtoi
mprove.

f.Lawschoolt r
aini
ng-It’
struethati
nt heBarExams,youwil
lmostlikel
ypai nta
ment alpi
ctur
eofy oursel
fduri
ngadr eadedreci
tati
oninlawschoolansweringa
questionsi
milartothatintheBarExam.Youmayhat eordespi
sey our“vi
cious”
professor
snow, buttr
ustme, youwil
lthankthem l
ater
.

g.Schedul
ing-Icreat edaschedul ef ortheentiredur at
ionoftherevi
ew.Thest udy
planorschedul eImadei sdet ai
led,personal i
zed,r eal
ist
icandachievable.I
plannedwhatIwi l
ldof orev eryhourandev erymi nute.A ti
pIcangi v efor
creati
ngabarr evi
ewschedul ei stof ol
lowt hebarsy l
labus;makesurethaty ou
willbeablet ocov erev er
ything.It’salsov it
alt haty ourschedul
emeet sy our
needs;devotemor et imeandat tentiontoy ourweakestsubj ect
sandconsi der
thepercentageofeachsubj ectaswel l
.Makey ourstudyscheduleisfl
exibl
et o
covercontingencies.Oncey ouf i
nalizeyourst udyschedul e,makesurethaty ou
willf
oll
owitr el
igi
ousl yandv i
gorousl yasifyourl i
fedependsoni t.

h.Anyt
hingy
ouwi
sht
ofocusonorst
rongl
ywantt
oshar
etol
awst
udent
sand
rev
iewees
a.Medi tate-Il earnedt hist i
pf r
om noot herthanAt ty.FlorinHi lbay ,formerSol Gen
andal soabart opnot cher .Whenhewentt oourschoolf oraLeader shipSemi nar,
student swer egi venachancet oaskhi m aboutl eader ship,cur rentpol it
icaland
socio-economi ci ssues.Iknow i t’soff-topicbutIgr abbedt heoncei nal i
fetime
oppor tunityt oaskhi mf orti
psonhowhepr epar edf ortheBar .Hesai dtwot hings-
fi
rst,headv isedust or eadpr eviousBarquest i
onsandsuggest edanswer sand
secondt omedi t ate.Itwasabl urt omeatf i
rsthow medi tationcanhel pme
succeedi nt heBarExam.Wi t
hr esear ch,If oundoutt hatmedi tationi sdef initel
y
goodf ory ourbr ai n.Itleadst obet terfocus,gr eaterment alclari
ty ,lowerl evelsof
stressandr educedanxi ety.Especi al
lyt hist imewhendepr essi on,anxi etyand
highl evelsofst ressar eemer gingcr isis,pract i
cingmedi t
ationandmi ndfulness
canbr i
ngsi gnificantbenef i
tst oy ourment alheal t
h.Ther ear edi fferentway sof
medi tation-itcanbeassi mpleasobser vi
ngy ourbr eathingorhav ingaqui ettime
fory ourselft ocont empl ate.Thegoali stopaycl oseat tenti
ont ot hemoment ,to
recogni zet hesi tuat i
on—especi all
yourownt hought s,emot ionsandsensat ions—
what everi tist hat ’
shappeni ng.Medi t
at i
oni sawayf orust oj ustt akeamoment
andpause,i t’
sanef fectivewayofdeal ingwi tht heenor mousst resst hatbar
exami neesexper ience.
 b. Pray - Rev iewi ngf ort heBarmakesy ouf eelal otofemot ions;i twi l
lbeso
ov erwhel mi ngt hatsomet imesi twi lljustbr ingy out ot ear s.Forsi xmont hs,y ou
willf eelsecl udedf rom t her estoft hewor l
d,y ouwi l
lf eelt haty ouar eput ting
ev erythingonhol d,not hingel sewi llmat terbutt opasst heBarExams.Howev er
,
youneedt ounder standt haty oucannotdot hisal one,abov eany t
hi ngel sey ou
needt oconnectwi t
hGod, youneedt ot ellHimy ourdr eams, surrenderev er ythi ng
toHi sHol yWi l
l,admi ty ourf earsanddoubt sandl etHi m cont rolyourl i
fe.Pr ayas
soonasy ouwakeupi nt hemor ningandatni ghtbef or egoi ngt osl eep,pr ayf or
wisdom andgui dance, praywheny ouf eelconf usedaboutat opic,pr ayev er yt ime
youwor ry,pr aywheny ouf eelalone, talkt oGodandj ustl ety ouremot ionsout .Let
thist imest rengt heny ourr elat
ionshi pwi thGodandy ourf aithinHi m.Tel lHi m
whaty ouwant ,clear l
yandspeci fically-mypr ay erwasal way sl i
ket hi s“ Lor d
pleasehel pmepasst he2019Phi lippineBarExamsandi fitisaccor dingt oYour
th
will,pleaseal somakemeat opnot cher ,kahit8 pl acel angLor d.Thi sbl essi ngI
am aski ngi snotonl yformy sel
fbutmost lyforthepeopl ewhobel ievest hatIcan,
andf ort hepeopl ethatIwi llhel
pwhenIbecomeal awy er .Ipr omi seYouLor dt hat
I’
llbeagoodl awy er,Iwi lluset hist i
tlet opr oclaim Yourgoodnessandf orYour
great ergl ory .Isur renderev ery
thi ngt oYourHol yWi ll
.”Heknowsy ourst ruggl es
mor ethanany oneel se, Heseesy ouri ntent i
ons, howmuchy ouwantt hi
s-y ouj ust
needt ot r
ustHi m.Hav ef aithinHi spl ansf ory ou,donotwor ry,j
ustdoy ourpar t
andl etHi swi llunfoldi ny ourli
fe.Godi swi thy oual ltheway ,He’swi thy our ight
nowev enwheny ouf eeluncer t
ai nabouty ourself,Hei sy ourst r
engt handr efuge,
letHi spr omi sesbey ourassur ancet hatev erythingwi llbeal right,hav ef aithand
pray .Prayasi fev erythingdependsonpr ay er.

c.Unwi nd,treaty our sel

ffr
om t i
met otime-I nmot orracing,racecarsst opi nthe
pit
sf orfuelandot herconsumabl estober enewedorr eplenished.Thesamegoes
foryou,don’ tfor gettounwi ndt orepl
enishy ourenergyandst r
ength.Cel ebr
ate
l
itt
lev i
ctories-rewar dyourselfwheny ouf i
nishy ourstudyschedul e,orwheny ou
fi
nishagr uel i
ngexam orwheny oufi
nall
yunder standat opicthat’
sbeenbuggi ng
youf orday s.Ir ememberwhenIwasr eviewi
ng,ev eryaftermockbar ,Ireward
my selfwithagoodmassaget henIeatoutwi thfri
ends.Don’ tf orgett otap
yourselvesi ntheback,y ouar edoinggreat.Thesear et r
yingt i
mes,t hef actt
hat
youar etryingtor emainont rackisaf eatinit
self.Keepmov ingforwar d,youare
almostther e

3.Pl
easeshar
eyourt
ipsonhowt
oanswerBarexam quest
ions.(
Bot
hin

a.FORM-
--howy
ouwr
it
e,whet
herpr
intorcur
siv
e,penused,
blocki
ng,
mar
gins,
and
Iwrotei
npr i
ntandtofurt
hercompensateformyhandwri
ti
ng,Iwrot
einbi
gger
tex
ts.IusedEnergel0.
5blue,ast
omar gins,Ij
ustmadesurethatt
her
ear
eat
 l
east1i
nchmar
ginoneachsi
de.

b.CONTENT--
--ex.3or4par
agr
aphRul
e,(
Cat
egor
icalAns-
LegalBasi
s-Appl
i
cat
ion-
Concl
usi
on)
Iwholeheart
edl
yadapt
edtheJuri
stsmethod.I
tconsi
stsoff
ourparagr
aph,whi
ch
i
ncludest heconcl
usi
on,law,appli
cat
ion t
ot hefact
sand rei
terat
ion oft
he
answer.

4.Whatwasy
ourlowestmomentdur
ingt
heBarseason,i
fther
eisany
?And
howdidy
ouover
comeit?

DuringtheRemedialLawsubject,Idi
dnothav eanysleept henightpr
iortothe
exam dateandmymi ndjustwentblankafterreadi
ngt hef i
rstquesti
on.For
abouttenminutes,Iwasjuststari
ngattheexaminati
onpaperbutIknowt hatI
hadt obri
ngbackmycomposur eandconf i
dence,
soIpr ay
edandsummonedt he
HolySpiri
ttoguideandhel pmer ememberwhatIst udied.Thankful
ly,bythe
graceofGod,Iwasabletofini
shtheExam andgetasatisf
act or
ygrade.

5.Whatwor dsofencour
agementcanyousharetothelaw studentsandbar
rev
iewees,
ortothepubl
ici
ngeneral
,ami
dstourbat
tl
eagainstCovid-
19?

Theuncer tai nt
yofoursi tuat i
on r i
ghtnow hast aken at ollupon al lofus,
especiall
yourst udent s.Icanonl yimagi nehowt hestudent sj ugglet hedemands
ofonl i
nel ear ni
ngwi tht heanxi etycausedbyt heuncer taintyofcont inuingt hei r
educat i
on.Forgr aduat i
ngl awst udent s,thesuspensi onoft hisy ear’
sBarExams
delayedy ourpl ans,y oumayf eelupsetandr obbedofamaj ormi lestonei ny our
l
ifeandcar eerbutont hebr i
ght ersideoft hingsy ouar egi venmor et imet o
prepare.Alt houghonl ineclassescannotr eplacet heusualcl assroom set ting,y ou
canst il
lut i
lizeallthet oolsandmat eri
alsav ailabletoy out ohel py oupr epar e.
Thewor ld haschangeddr asticall
ybutwemustl earnt o adaptand r emai n
resil
i
ent,ther eareal otoft hi ngswecannotchangebutdon’ tleti tdampeny our
determinat i
ont oachi evey ourdr eams.Notev ent hispandemi ccanst opy ou
from fulf
il
lingy ourdest inyofbecomi ngal awy er.Itmaybedel ay edbuti tisnev er
denied.Hangi nthere,justkeepf i
ghting, aft
eral lthi
si sfinished-y ouwi llseet he
frui
tsofy ourl aborandy ouwi llenjoyt hesweett ast eofsuccess.Goodl uck,
futur
eAt torney ,bethechangey ouwantt oseei nt hi
swor ld.
Pleaseshar
eani nst
ancewhi chyouthi
nkisyourembarassingmomentduri
ng
theBarmont h.(
Anything"f
unny"/
humil
iat
ingwhichwi
llinform manyt
hatone
neednotbe"perf
ect"totoporpassthebar
)
Angdami ,wait.Themostmemor abl
eiswhenIwr ot
ethemnenomicsFAMEfor
thegroundsforpetit
ionforrel
ieffr
om j
udgmentlinst
eadofwri
ti
ngthespeci
fi
c
grounds.Nareali
zekonal angnungnasaNo.5naako. HAHAHA.ThensaCivil
Law,nasulatko“peri
odt”i
nsteadof“per
iod”
(Twi
tt
erpamore).