MARCH 1, 2019

LECTURE/RECITATION

TIPS

THE PURPOSE OF WRITING ANY LEGAL DOCUMENT SHOULD GUIDE YOUR ORGANIZATION OF IT.
DO YOU INTEND TO ADVISE A CLIENT, PREPARE FOR TRIAL OR DRAFT A PLEADING?

Using these strategies will ensure your documents are properly organized:

· Write an outline before drafting.

· Summarize your position in the introduction and the conclusion of your document.
· Use topic sentences to inform the reader of the contents of your paragraphs.
· Consider using a miniature table of contents or topic headings when your document
exceeds three or four pages. Headings act like a skeleton to hold your body of work
together and break up the text of a document, and can serve as an index to help readers
find important information.

To prevent citation errors, keep these tips in mind:

· The main goal of citing properly is to allow the reader to easily retrieve the citation.
(how to make footnotes)
· Check with the courts in your particular state to see if any local citation guidelines
exist.
· Never rely on outdated law. Always check your cases before submitting any
document to the court and again right before a trial.

Not only does bad writing negatively impact attorneys, it can ruin the reputation of the
entire legal profession. Bad legal writing weakens credibility and wastes the time of judges, other
attorneys and clients, thereby wasting money. To ensure your documents don’t merit the same
consequences, remember:EDIT, EDIT, EDIT!

CASE DIGESTS
1. A.C. No. 10132- HEIRS OF PEDRO ALILANO represented by DAVID ALILANO vs.ATTY.
ROBERTO E. EXAMEN, March 24, 2015

2. A.C. No. 12041 – JULIAN T. BALBIN AND DOLORES E. BALBIN vs. ATTY
MARIANO B. BARANDA, November 5, 2018

3. A.C. No. 7689 – GEORHE S. IMPERIAL vs. ATTY. BENJAMIN M.

YAMBAO,November 22, 2017

4. A.C. No 9271 – MARIO RAMIR T. BELTRAN vs. ATTY. MADISON B.

GABAYAN,July 23, 2018

5. A.C. No. 7857 – RANILO M. ARCEO, ET.AL vs ATTY DANTE G. ILAYA, April 11,
2018

6. A.C. N0. 9067 – MARJORIE A. APOLINAR-PETILO vs. ATTY. ARISTEDES A.

MARAMOT, January 31, 2018

7. A.C. N0. 10148 – LORETA ACELAJADO CARIAS, ET.AL. vs. ATTY. ESTHER
REALEZA, January 19, 2018

8. A.C. N0. 12062 – HEIRS OF HERMINIGILDO UNITE vs. ATTY. RAYMUND P.

GUZMAN, July 2, 2018

9. A.C. N0. 11587 – LILIAN T. SABADO, ET.AL, vs. ATTY. SIMPLICIO M.

SEVILLEJA, June 19, 2017
 10. A.C. N0. 6927- TOMAS N. OROLA AND PHIL NIPPON AOI INDUSTRY
INC. vs.ATTY ARCHIE S. BARIBAR, March 14, 2018

READ AND STUDY

Cannons of Professional Responsibility

Cannons of Judicial Responsibility

MARCH 16, 2019

Recitation/Quiz

Legal forms: Study

- Affidavit (discrepancy, loss, vehicular accident/adverse claim etc.

- Contracts

- Extra Judicial Settlement

- Petitions

- Complaints

Rules on Civil Procedures:

- Motions (Rule 15 and 16)

- Complaint (Rule 6, Section 3)

- Answer(Rule 6, Section 4)

- Reply (Rule 6 Section 100

- Rejoinder

- Pre Trial Brief (Rule 18)

- Judicial Affidavit (Judicial Affidavit Rulel)

- Formal Offer of Evidence (Rule 132 Rules on Evidence)

Comment to Formal Offer of Evidence

- Memorandum (Rule 40)

Notice of Appeal

Appeal Memorandum

Appellants brief

Petition for Review (Rule 41,43, 45 and 65)

- Draft Decision (as maybe required DARAB HLURB other quasi

judicial agencies)

- Decision

o Rule 18

o Rule 118