LEGAL ETHICS

AY 2020-2021

1. Prepare your official email accounts provided by the school. If you already have an access to the
NEO-LMS site, please make sure that the following information and/or requirements are
complied with:
a. Your account must reflect your complete name
b. Use your current photo as your profile picture.

2. You will be notified thru your class representatives of the access code that you will use to enroll
in your respective Basic Legal Ethics classes.

3. The course syllabus was sent thru your class representatives. A copy of the same will likewise be
posted in the NEO-LMS classroom. Make sure that you have read and understood the contents
of the course syllabus.

4. Choose a partner from among yourselves. You will be given additional instructions during the
first meeting.

5. Read on the following:

a. Abraham, particularly Genesis 18: 16-32, the Holy Bible
b. St. Thomas More
c. Abraham Lincoln (Case vs. Snow Brothers)
d. Mahatma Gandhi
e. Jose W. Diokno

6. Study:
a. Requirements for admission to the practice of law
b. In re Cunanan, 94 Phil. 534 (1954)
c. Renato Cayetano vs. Christian Monsod, et al, G.R. No. 100113, September 3, 1991
d. In the Matter of the Admission to the Bar and Oath-Taking of Successful Bar Applicant Al C.
Argosino, Bar Matter No. 712, July 13, 1995.
e. Consolidated cases of Villareal vs. People of the Philippines, G.R. No. 151258, People vs.
Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 154954, Dizon vs. People, G.R. No. 155101, and Villa vs. Escalona,
G.R. Nos. 178057 and 178080, February 1, 2012.

7. Classes will on March 5 and 6, 2021.