I made a bar reviewer for my officemate. I figure I might share this here as well. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YSMK00nt4zH314sOZZJORHAfdLcIZlS7/view?usp=sharing

Hi! Any tips po paano magpaexam si Justice? Torn ako between reading his PPT or yung LMT po nilabas nya para sa bar exam. Ano po mas maganda basahin para sa major exam sa kanya? Pls notice me

Anyone here who failed to submit and/or upload their deferred documents on time and was disqualified from previous years’ Bar Exam? Asking for advice for a friend.

Possible pa kaya makahanap paralegal work na patapos na taon? 🥺 I just need to shift career na and hopefully makahanap opportunities.

Hello! Law school is difficult by itself. We need all the help we can get. We need encouragement from families and friends, we need tools to help us on studying. Kaya po, as 2L student, I developed BARkada. A law school app made by a law student, for law students

BARkada is a law school companion:

- it builds study plan/outline through your syllabus
- it builds recitation cards (flash on screen and voice chat)
- it generates bar exam questions
- it reminds you of your schedules, exams, quizes or anything due
- it gives full text of cases in text file and pdf
- it has all the codals and statutes used in 2027 bar exams
- and pwede mo lang sya kausapin at kakwentuhan. Para syang kaibigan na minsan maglalambing, minsan mangugulit, minsan mangaasar.
- pwede mo customize ung friend mo (name, identity and appearance

Sana po makatulong sa inyo. Free po sya. Enjoy po.

https://www.lawbarkada.com

Hi po! Wanted to ask advice for case digests.

I found that reading full text didn't help me as I'd soon lose details in my brain. Is there any efficient way po in digesting cases? We have 40 cases assigned for tomorrow and I've only done 11 so far.

Skim na po ba? Should I stop reading full text? Some cases din are very confusing chronologically, any tips for spotting the issue faster?

Thank you po, sincerely from a struggling first year.

Taking comm1 now and part ng syllabus ang nego. Maybe its the high cortisol and the level 10 crashout cause i feel alanganin sa comm1 despite studying hard. And ofc ang papalapit na finals week.

I locked in earlier than usual cause i know pupuksain ako ng topic na to. So i read na agad kahapon instead of my usual na wednesday morning.

Not even kidding, i woke up tired and dizzy and also felt feverish. Langya, ganon ba kahirap ang nego at ganon ba ako ka-bobo para lagnatin HAHAHA

And as a case enjoyer, blanko pa din utak ko even after going through all the cases sa syllabus namin.

hi! IL, planning to transfer next year to a school that accepts credited subjects, don't want to repeat eh hahaha. im thinking usjr in cebu, univ of cebu or siliman in dumaguete- i cant really find some info online but do they accept transferees with credited subs?

would also really like suggestions for law schools that credit already taken subs. hindi ako luzon based. preferrably sa cebu or visayas lang. thanks!

Hi, any lawyer based in Cebu here? Badly needed one for my short interview in leg prof (1L). Let me know, as in super short lang, I just need proof that I indeed interview one. 🥹🥹

Well, sino bang hindi? Hahaha.

I graduated from law school within four years, which some may say the “exception to the general rule”. I only failed one subject throughout my whole stay. I graduated from one of the known schools in MNL. I was part of the top five overall in my batch. I was a dean’s lister. I currently have a job offer from a reputable firm.

But throughout law school, I always know that I’m mediocre at best. I prepared myself na maybe I’ll take up law for 5-6 years kasi I knew the reality na law school was different from undergrad. Law school is 100x harder. And it was. I fumbled most of my recits. I got humbled over and over. I honestly cannot believe that I was the part of the top 5 of my batch. Nung nasa DL ako, I thought swinerte lang ako. Ang gagaling ng mga kaklase ko, and based on recit alone, parang ako pa nga ang bottom sa class. How I achieved those things were beyond me. I know naman na I studied hard, kasi alam ko na I’m not that smart to be complacent.

Right now, I’m very happy. It seemed that all my years studying hard in law school paid off. I received offers from some reputable firms. I have an underbar position with a decent salary waiting for me. I told myself and others na I’m at peace after I took the bar.

Most of the time, I am. I am at peace with my answers. I am at peace and relieved that it was over. I am at peace knowing that while I do not know the correct answers with certainty, I did my best to answer logically with a sound legal basis. However, there are also times where the anxiety creeps in. One of those times is now. Naisip ko, what if bumagsak ako sa bar? What if swinerte lang talaga ako sa law school? What if kaya lang okay yung grades ko kasi nacurve? Sa bar, wala nang curve. I know naman na I’m nothing special, not the smartest person in the room. But I worked hard. But were my efforts enough?

While I was interviewing for an underbar position, I told myself na ang saya kasi my hard work paid off. I can see a bright future ahead of me. I can feel that the legal profession is only a few steps away. While I was reading some of my job offers, bigla nalang ding pumasok yung anxiety. What if bumagsak ako sa bar? For sure, those offers would be rescinded.

I’m not sure if it’s the imposter syndrome that is talking. I’m not sure if these anxious feelings fail to see what others, particularly profs who gave me passing marks, classmates who turn to me for help, and the partners who hired me, see. Maybe they saw potential in me? But what if that potential is fake? What if I don’t actually have what it takes to pass the bar on my first try?

I know naman na it’s just an exam. I told myself that if I fail, there will always be a next bar. I told my parents that while I hope that I pass, I also expect for the worse. But I also told them that after a few (or maybe several) tears, I’ll be okay. It will not be the end of the world.

But right now, ayoko munang maging confident. Ayoko munang maging headstrong. I want to let all my emotions out. I don’t want to suppress my anxiety regarding the uncertain. I keep telling myself and others na I’m fine and doing well; for most days, I am. Today is not that day.

If you reached this far, thank you. I hope every anxious bar taker like me will see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Pupunta ako ng UP Diliman for a seminar and I want to buy some (law) books as souvenir. Thanks po.

I just need to get this off my chest because I’m losing my mind. There are 6 of us in our circle of friends in law school. I love them, but honestly, it feels like I'm running a one-person review center every time we meet.

Since I'm currently at the top of the class and excel in most subjects, group study sessions have completely devolved. Instead of actual brainstorming, it's just me re-discussing and re-teaching every single topic from scratch. Sila kasi, papasok sa meeting na parang blank slate or sabaw sa readings, so ako na naman ang magbubuhat sa buong usapan—talking, explaining, and breaking everything down.
The worst part is, hindi talaga sila makaka-survive kung wala ako. Alam ko na kung iiwan ko sila, babagsak sila o kaya mapag-iwanan talaga sa recits at exams. That makes it so much harder to just walk away because I actually care about them as friends.

While I know that teaching reinforces what you know, may hangganan din naman ako noh. It feels less like a collaborative study group and more like I'm hosting free office hours. I need to prepare for my own exams and protect my own mental health, hindi yung ako ang laging sumasalo sa kanilang lahat linggo-linggo.

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Anyone here experienced failing to file a pre-trial brief? what did you do for the pre-trial? since failure to file the pre-trial brief has the same effect as failing to appear at the pre-trial conference

Hi! [long read ahead]

Took the 2026 bar and I was down and gloomy mid-week.

Which is kind of different by the end because after I clicked submit, I honestly felt relieved. The feeling was light and my energy was up. Like alam kong I got several items wrong, pero I surrendered everything to God when I hit submit for rem. Tapos feeling ko naman I did my all.

The Wednesday following bar para akong nagkaPTSD, napapanaginipan ko na siya. Kinakabahan na ako. I tried doing estimates of my scores even.

Tapos sobra kong triggered sa kahit anong law related content. I skip agad palagi.

Few weeks after bar, naging episodic nalang yung worry. Di na siya malala. And kinaya ko na tingnan yung suggested answers ulit. Although, triggered pa rin ako sa law related content. Yung trigger siguro nanggagaling sa anxiety sa bar. Na parang ayoko muna na nareremind ako na nagtake ako.

A month after the bar, I feel numb. I mean, triggered pa rin ako sa anything law-related content. I get anxious from time to time. Pero di malala. Like saktong kaba tas let go na. Pero di ako fixated sa bar. Which is so unlike me. Eager ako palagi sa mga pursuits ko kaya di ako magaling sa waiting game. But this time, parang chill lang saken maghintay. Parang okay, darating naman yon.

Different yung feeling nung nagtake ako ng board exam na obssessively thinking ako about the results and I get anxious episodes more frequently.

Ayon. Gusto ko lang ishare. No point. Gusto ko lang ilabas since wala akong nakakausap about my feelings.

Salamat for reaching this point. Di ko sure kung gusto ko makarinig ng messages, pero feeling ko kahit anong message maappreciate ko at this point. Haha. Sobrang bait ko after bar promise. Hyper humbling experience.

[edited minor details. Plus add ko na rin na interested akong marinig how you felt after bar also.]

Aside from the conventional ALAC method or the use of proper english such as grammar punctuations etc. What would be your basis to grade a student a high grade for his answers. Be very specific about your answers I need help.

I’m currently looking for a study buddy or review buddy. Finals na namin the week after next, need to focus sana, I need an accountability partner that’s outside of my circle.

Puro chismis and daldalan lang magagawa ko if circle ko lagi kasama ko.

Can't post in LawPH, so here I am. To lawyers out there, especially CPA-lawyers, can you please advise me on how to proceed with my career?

I took the 2026 Bar, and right now taking my time to rest after working for almost 10 years already while thinking about my next steps. Here are my options:

1. Continue my decade-long career as a CPA specializing in tax accounting and compliance work, leverage my JD and hopefully my Atty title for higher role and pay in corporate. Ideally practice law on the side.
2. Work in a law firm (got invited by a top-tier PH law firm) with a focus on corporate and taxation law (i think this is logical given my CPA background), then move in-house OR put up my own law practice after a year.

I'm in my early 30s and single, I am seeing people but not looking to settle asap (I might settle in 2 years at the earliest) so my priorities are earning decently to prepare for family life, sustain my lifestyle while working on my career at the same time. I know law firms cannot match my previous salary as a CPA, but I am not sure atp if I can pass up on the opportunity to work for a prestigious law firm albeit for a lower pay. That's why I am desperate for an advice.

I am based in a big city outside Metro Manila if that matters.

Thank you!

Any tip/s how to study this subject? Wala rin ako idea if cases rin ba ang questions sa exam or objective type? 🥹

Just making sure lang. Previous taker here. Only submitted my application form, TGMC and ID physical copy as instructed during mandatory period. I didnt send the birth,marriage,clep and tor as deferred docs. Ganun nman dba??? Huhu

hi guys! i sadly recently got dropped from my previous law school.

honestly i've come to terms with it already haha. the feelings of hurt and sadness still come and go, but i always remind myself that i have the power choose to not dwell in the past and move forward :) the end goal is to be a lawyer anyway - kahit anong school pa yan.

having said that, i will enroll (actually already paid the reservation fee) to another school. however, 2nd sem pa ako mag sstart which is on January pa.

do you have any suggestions on what i can do right now while waiting for the sem to start 😭 i feel so bored and unproductive bc i am so used to grinding 24/7 🥹

i'm trying to apply for jobs but i'm not sure if i want to continue that kasi i will be full time when school starts, and i dont wanna just drop a job after 2 months. i just want to keep my brain stimulated so i dont struggle in adjusting sa january.

do you know like lectures, programs i can attend para ma review na rin ako for my upcoming subjects?

thank you so much! 💓

Hello po, meron po ba dito nakapag-avail ng advance bar review in any review center dati? Would just like to solicit some advice or just share their experiences, kung okay ba mag enroll sa advanced review? Kung okay ba sa Villasis at Jurist since sila palang so far nakita kong meron.

Still undecided kung mag-eenroll ba ako for the 2027 Bar. Would appreciate some insights lalo na sa mga 2026 takers.

Thank you po! 🙏🏻