What has happened since then has been a series of life changes that has seen me metaphorse from a girl of simple dreams to one for whom a whole new life beckoned. For all the hype, it cannot be denied that entering the field of law brings with it a whole lot of new persepectives.
Am I speaking in English here? Well, let's try to simplify things. For one thing, I became more vigilant of my rights as a result of speaking up and defending the rights of others. It made me also appreciate more the values of rules and norms, and coming from one who always tries to find loopholes in everywhere, that is saying much. In a just and orderly society, laws not only bring order and organization but it becomes the great equalizer bringing both benefits and punishment irregardless of class or race. Ideally that is and more often than not happens more on paper than in reality. It has been said that we are a nation of great laws yet fails miserably in implementation. But still, my experience has shown that when you know the law, the less likely will people trample on your rights. Knowledge indeed is power and nowhere is it more lodged than in lawyers who have the law on their "fingertips" (words of a law professor).
But more than the power that goes with the profession, there is no satisfaction that can equal a case won that brings such sighs of relief and even happiness to your clients. Land seemingly lost is recovered, an acquittal is scored for unjust charges, and support is legally-obliged from a dead-beat father and husband for a mother and her children. This is the purpose that sprinsg from the law profession, one that all lawyers must not lose sight of, to have all respect the rights of others and the rule of law.
So how far have I gone since that self-defining day? I'm mellowed down somehow from the initial litigous "mania" that comes with all neophyte men of law but I have not forgotten that despite all the heckles, lawyer-jokes and sometimes undeserved bad publicity, I still truly believe that the law is one noble profession indeed.
Hi, I have read your 2 other blogs. Sorry for being too intrusive. I am planning to take up law, ang your blogs have inspired me.
ReplyDeleteI am from Manila, received my AB in DLSU-CSB but planning to take-up my law in Leyte. I've been to Leyte a lot of times and established friends there.
The idea of taking up law in the province, is quite relieving. I am starting to hate the city being here for all of my life. Will it help a lot to study in a more relaxed environment? They say that the school's name is not what will ascertain the student's capbility to pass the bar but really upon the individual and his determination.
I'd like to be informed of your insights kind madam. Do you rhink I am doing the right choice?
Thank you and Regards,
Spo
To Spo:
ReplyDeleteFirst off, let me tell you you are not being intrusive, so apologies, while taken, is not necesssary.
Anyway, I am most heartened that thru this humble blog, I have inspired you to take up the law profession.
As for the question as to which is better: going to a more prestigious school or enrolling in the province, let me tell you that passing the Bar is only the beginning, you still have a long way to go from there. While the choice of school does not determine whether or not someone will indeed join the ranks of lawyers, it is something that rest on the individual aspiring to be one, it cannot be denied that the more established school has more stringent standards and has better teachers and facilities. It equips it students not just with the minimum requirement of passing, but it also provides them with the proper training to make it "out" there, "out" being the real world of litigation, which, as I have discovered, is miles away from the comforts of law school.
I do not regret having studied in the province, but if I had the chance and the opportunity I would have studied in Manila and gone to the top schools as I know it would have made me better prepared to enter the world of litigation.
But then again, its "different strokes for different folks". If you feel that the city is not anymore conducive for further studies, then going the provincial route would do well for you. After all, in whatever endeavour, if we feel the environment we are taking it in is a place we hate, (in your case the city), the endeavour is most likely to be stressful. So, if you believe that studying law in a more relaxed place like the province would be a surer way for you to attain you dream, then I say, go...
I wish you good luck