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TOPIC
I. LEGAL ETHICS
A. Practice of Law
1. Concept
2. Qualifications for admission to the Bar (Bar Matter No. 1153)
3. Continuing requirements for membership in the bar
4. Appearance of Non-Lawyers
a. Law student practice rule (Rule 138-A)
b. Non-lawyers in courts and/or administrative tribunals
c. Proceedings where lawyers are prohibited from appearing as counsels
5. Prohibited practice of non-lawyers and appearance without authority
6. Public officials and the practice of law; prohibitions and disqualifications
7. The Lawyer’s Oath
B. Duties and responsibilities of a lawyer under the Code of Professional Responsibility
1. To society (Canons 1 to 6)
2. To the legal profession
a. Canons 7 to 9
b. Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Rule 139-A)
i. Membership and dues
3. To the courts (Canons 10 to 13)
4. To the clients
a. Canons 14 to 22
b. Attorney’s fees
i. Acceptance fees
ii. Contingency fee arrangements
iii. Attorney’s liens
iv. Fees and controversies with clients
v. Quantum meruit
C. Suspension, disbarment and discipline of lawyers
1. Nature and characteristics of disciplinary actions against lawyers
2. Grounds
3. Proceedings (Rule 139-B, Rules of Court, as amended)
4. Recoverable amounts; intrinsically linked to professional engagement
D. Readmission to the Bar
1. Lawyers who have been suspended
2. Lawyers who have been disbarred
E. Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (Bar Matter No. 850, as amended)
1. Requirements
2. Compliance
3. Exemptions
4. Sanctions
F. Notarial Practice (A.M. No. 02-8-13-SC, as amended)
1. Qualifications of a notary public
2. Term of office of a notary public
3. Powers and limitations
II. JUDICIAL ETHICS
A. Sources
1. New Code of Judicial Conduct for the Philippine Judiciary (Bangalore Draft)
2. Code of Judicial Conduct
B. Disqualifications of judicial officers (Rule 137)
1. Compulsory
2. Voluntary
C. Administrative jurisdiction of the Supreme Court over Judges and Justices (all levels)
III. PRACTICAL EXERCISES
A. Demand and authorization letters
B. Simple contracts: lease and sale
C. Special power of attorney
D. Verification and certificate of non-forum shopping
E. Notice of hearing and explanation in motions
F. Judicial Affidavits
G. Notarial certificates: jurat and acknowledgement
H. Motions for extension of time, to dismiss, and to declare in default
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I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
A. Effect and application of laws
B. Conflict of laws (Private International Law)
C. Human relations (Articles 19-22)
II. PERSONS AND FAMILY RELATIONS
A. Persons
1. Civil personality
2. Use of surnames
3. Entries in the Civil Registry and Clerical Error Law (RA 9048,
4. Absence
a. Civil code provisions
b. Presumptive death of absent spouse under
B. Marriage
1. Requisites of marriage
2. Exemption from license requirement
3. Marriages solemnized abroad and foreign divorce
4. Void and voidable marriages
C. Legal separation
D. Rights and obligations between husband and wife
E. Property relations between husband and wife
1. General provisions
2. Donations by reason of marriage
3. Absolute Community of Property
4. Conjugal Partnership of Gains
5. Separation of property and administration of common proper
6. Regime of separation of property
7. Property regime of unions without marriage
F. Family home
G. Paternity and filiation
1. Legitimate children
2. Proof of filiation
3. Illegitimate children
4. Legitimated children
H. Adoption
1. Domestic adoption (RA 8552)
a. Who may adopt
b. Who may be adopted
c. Rights of an adopted child
d. Instances and effects of rescission
2. Inter-country adoption (RA 8043, as amended)
 a. When allowed
b. Who may adopt
c. Who may be adopted
I. Support
J. Parental authority
K. Emancipation
L. Retroactivity of the Family Code
III. PROPERTY
A. Classification of property
B. Ownership
1. In general
2. Rules on accession
3. Quieting of title
C. Co-ownership
D. Possession
1. Kinds of possession
2. Acquisition of possession
3. Effects of possession
E. Usufruct
1. In general
2. Rights and obligations of the usufructuary
3. Extinguishment
F. Easements
1. Modes of acquiring easements
2. Rights and obligations of the owners of the dominant and servient estates
3. Modes of extinguishment
4. Legal vs. voluntary easements
5. Kinds of legal easement
a. Relating to waters
b. Right of way
c. Light and view
G. Nuisance
H. Modes of acquiring ownership
1. Occupation
2. Donation
a.Nature
b. Persons who may give or receive a donation
c.Effects and limitations of donation
d.Revocation and reduction
3. Prescription
a.General provisions
b. Prescription of ownership and other real rights
c.Prescription of actions
IV. SUCCESSION
A. General provisions
B. Testamentary Succession
1. Wills
2. Institution of heirs
3. Substitution of heirs
4. Conditional testamentary dispositions and those with a term
5. Legitime
6. Disinheritance
7. Legacies and devises
C. Legal
1. General provisions; relationship and right of representation
2. Order of intestate succession or intestate succession
D. Provisions common to testate and intestate succession
Right of accretion
Capacity to succeed by will or by intestacy
Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance
Partition and distribution of the estate
V. OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS
A. Obligations
A. General provisions
B. Nature and effect
C. Kinds
D. Extinguishment

B. Contracts
1. General provisions
2. Essential requisites
3. Reformation of instruments
4. Interpretation of contracts
5. Rescissible contracts
6. Voidable contracts
7. Unenforceable contracts
8. Void or inexistent contracts

C. Natural obligations
D. Estoppel
E. Trusts

A. Nature and form

1. Essential requisites
2. Perfection
 3. Contract of sale vs. contract to sell
B. Capacity to buy or sell
C. Effects of the contract when the thing sold has been lost
D. Obligations of the vendor
E. Obligations of the vendee
F. Breach of contract
1. Remedies
2. Recto Law and Maceda Law
G. Extinguishment
1. In general
2. Pacto de retro sale
3. Equitable mortgage
H. Assignment of credits
VII. LEASE
A. General provisions
B. Rights and obligations of lessor
C. Rights and obligations of lessee
VIII. PARTNERSHIP
A. General provisions
B. Obligations of the partners
C. Dissolution and winding up
D. Limited partnership
IX. AGENCY
A. Nature, form, and kinds
B. Obligations of the agent
C. Obligations of the principal
D. Modes of extinguishment
X. CREDIT TRANSACTIONS
A. Loan
B. Deposit
C. Guaranty and Suretyship
D. Antichresis
E. Real estate mortgage
XI. LAND TITLES AND DEEDS
A. Torrens system; general principles
B. Original registration
1. Ordinary registration
a.Who may apply
b. Decree of registration
c.Review of decree of registration; innocent purchaser for value
C. Certificate of title
D. Subsequent registration
1. Voluntary dealings; general provisions
 2. Involuntary dealings
a. Adverse claim
b. Notice of lis pendens
E. Assurance Fund
1. Action of compensation from funds
2. Limitation of action
XII. TORTS AND DAMAGES
A. Torts
1. Elements
2. Culpa aquiliana vs. culpa contractual vs. culpa criminal
3. Vicarious liability
4. Res ipsa loquitur
5. Last clear chance
6. Damnum absque injuria
B. Proximate cause
C. Negligence
1. Standard of care
2. Presumptions
D. Damages
1. General provisions
2. Kinds of damages
3. In case of death
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I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
A. Substantive law vs. remedial law
B. Rule-making power of the Supreme Court
C. Principle of judicial hierarchy
D. Doctrine of non-interference/judicial stability
II. JURISDICTION
A. Classification of jurisdiction
1. Original vs. appellate
2. General vs. special
3. Exclusive vs. concurrent
B. Doctrines of hierarchy of courts and continuity of jurisdiction
C. Jurisdiction of various Philippine courts
D. Aspects of jurisdiction
1. Jurisdiction over the parties
2. Jurisdiction over the subject matter
3. Jurisdiction over the issues
4. Jurisdiction over the res or the property in litigation
E. Jurisdiction vs. exercise of jurisdiction
F. Jurisdiction vs. venue
G. Jurisdiction over cases covered by Barangay Conciliation, Small Claims Cases, and cases covered by Su
III. CIVIL PROCEDURE
A. General provisions (Rule 1)
B. Cause of action (Rule 2)
C. Parties to civil actions (Rule 3)
D. Venue (Rule 4)
E. Pleadings
1. Kinds (Rule 6)
2. Parts of a pleading (Rule 7)
3. Manner of making allegations (Rule 8)
4. Effect of failure to plead (Rule 9)
5. Amended and supplemental pleadings (Rule 10)
6. When to file responsive pleadings (Rule 11)
F. Filing and service of pleadings, judgments, final orders, and resolutions
1. Rules on payment of docket fees; effect of non-payment
2. Rule 13
G. Summons
1. Nature and purpose of summons in relation to actions in personam, in rem, and quasi in rem
2. Rule 14
H. Motions
1. In general (Rule 15)
 2. Motion to dismiss (Rule 16)
3. Motion for bill of particulars (Rule 12)

I. Dismissal
1. Kinds
a. With prejudice vs. without prejudice
b. Dismissals which have an affect of adjudication of merits
2. Rule 17
J. Pre-trial (Rule 18)
K. Intervention (Rule 19)
L. Subpoena (Rule 21)
M. Computation of time (Rule 22)
N. Modes of discovery
1. Depositions (Rules 23 and 24)
2. Interrogatories to parties (Rule 25)
3. Admission by adverse party (Rule 26)
4. Production or inspection of documents or things (Rule 27)
5. Physical and mental examination of persons (Rule 28)
6. Refusal to comply with modes of discovery (Rule 29)
O. Trial (Rule 30)
P. Consolidation or severance (Rule 31)
Q. Demurrer to Evidence (Rule 33)
R. Judgments and final orders
1. Judgment on the pleadings (Rule 34)
2. Summary judgments (Rule 35)
3. Rendition and entry of judgments and final orders (Rule 36)
S. Post-judgment remedies
1. Motion for new trial or reconsideration
a. Rule 37
b. Remedy against denial and fresh-period rule
2. Appeals
a. Judgments and final orders subject to appeal
b. Matters not appealable; available remedies
c. Doctrine of finality/immutability of judgment
d. Modes of appeal from judgments or final orders of various courts (Rules 40, 41, 42, 43, and 45)
i. Period of appeal
ii. Perfection of appeal
e. iii. Issues to be raised
f. Review of judgments or final orders of the COA, COMELEC, CSC, and the Ombudsman
g. Review of judgments or final orders of quasi-judicial agencies
h. Dismissal, reinstatement, and withdrawal of appeal
3. Petition for relief from judgment (Rule 38)
4. Annulments of judgment (Rule 47)
 5. Collateral attack on judgments
T. Execution, satisfaction, and effect of judgments (Rule 39)

IV. PROVISIONAL REMEDIES

A. Nature, purpose, and jurisdiction over provisional remedies
B. Preliminary attachment (Rule 57)
C. Preliminary injunction (Rule 58)
D. Receivership (Rule 59)
E. Replevin (Rule 60)
V. SPECIAL CIVIL ACTIONS
A. Jurisdiction and venue
B. Interpleader (Rule 62)
C. Declaratory relief and similar remedies (Rule 63)
D. Review of judgments and final orders or resolutions of the COMELEC and COA (Rule 64 in relation to
E. Certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus
1. Definitions and distinctions
2. Requisites; when and where to file (Rule 65)
3. Exceptions to filing of motion for reconsideration before filing petition
F. Quo warranto (Rule 66)
G. Expropriation
1. Rule 67
2. Guidelines for expropriation proceedings of National Government Infrastructure Projects (Sec. 4, R
H. Foreclosure of real estate mortgage
1. Judicial foreclosure (Rule 68)
2. Extrajudicial foreclosure (Act 3135, as amended)
3. The General Banking Law of 2000 (Sec. 47, RA 8791)
I. Partition (Rule 69)
J. Forcible entry and unlawful detainer
1. Differentiated from accion publiciana and accion reivindicatoria
2. Rule 70
K. Contempt (Rule 71)

VI. SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

A. Settlement of estate of deceased persons
1. Venue and process (Rule 73)
2. Summary settlement of estates (Rule 74)
3. Allowance or disallowance of wills (Rule 76)
4. Claims against the estate (Rule 86)
5. Payment of the debts of the estate (Rule 88)
6. Sales, mortgages, and other encumbrances of property of decedent (Rule 89)
7. Distribution and partition (Rule 90)
B. Escheat (Rule 91)
C. Guardianship
 1. Venue (Rule 92)
2. Appointment of guardians (Rule 93)
3. General powers and duties of guardians (Rule 96)
4. Termination of guardianship (Rule 97)
D. Writ of habeas corpus
1. Rule 102
2. Writ of habeas corpus in relation to custody of minors (A.M. No. 03-04- 04-SC)
E. Change of name (Rule 103)
F. Cancellation or Correction of entries in the Civil Registry (Rule 108)
G. Clerical error law (RA 9048)
VII. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
A. General matters
1. Criminal jurisdiction; concept and requisites for exercise
2. When injunction may be issued
B. Prosecution of offenses (Rule 110)
C. Prosecution of civil action (Rule 111)
D. PreliminaryInvestigation
1. Executive vs. judicial determination of probable cause
2. Rule 112
E. Arrest (Rule 113)
F. Bail (Rule 114)
G. Arraignment and plea (Rule 116)
H. Motion to quash (Rule 117)
I. Pre-trial (Rule 118)
J. Trial (Rule 119)
K. Judgment (Rule 120)
L. New trial or reconsideration (Rule 121)
M. Appeal (Rules 122, 123, 124 and 125)
N. Search and seizure (Rule 126)
O. Provisional remedies in criminal cases (Rule 127)
P. Revised Guidelines on Continuous Trial (A.M. No. 15-06-10-SC)
Q. The Rule on Cybercrime Warrants (A.M. No. 17-11-03-SC)

VIII. EVIDENCE
A. General concepts
1. Proof vs. evidence
2. Burden of proof vs. burden of evidence
3. Equipoise rule
B. Admissibility
1. Requisites (Rule 128)
2. Exclusionary rules
3. Judicial notice and judicial admissions (Rule 129)
 C. Object (Real) Evidence (Rule 130, A)
D. Documentary Evidence (Rule 130, B)
1. Definition
2. Best Evidence rule (S3-7 R130)
3. Secondary evidence
4. Parol Evidence rule (Sec 9 R130)
5. Interpretation of documents
E. Testimonial Evidence (Rule 130, C)
1. Qualification of witnesses
2. Testimonial privilege
3. Admissions and confessions
4. Previous conduct as evidence
5. Testimonial knowledge
6. Hearsay and exceptions to the hearsay rule
7. Opinion rule
8. Character evidence
F. Burden of proof and presumptions (Rule 131)
G. Presentation of evidence (Rule 132)
1. Examination of witnesses
2. Authentication and proof of documents
3. Offer and Objection
H. Judicial Affidavit Rule (A.M. No. 12-8-8-SC)
I. Weight and sufficiency of evidence (Rule 133)
J. Rules on Electronic Evidence (A.M. No. 01-7-01-SC)
IX. WRIT OF AMPARO (A.M. No. 07-9-12-SC)
X. WRIT OF HABEAS DATA (A.M. No. 08-1-16-SC)
XI. RULES OF PROCEDURE ON ENVIRONMENTAL CASES (A.M. No. 09-6-8-SC)
A. Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO)
B. Writ of continuing mandamus
C. Writ of kalikasan
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