As of this moment, I intend to try the corporate world. Maybe I will find more comfort in mercantile and taxation laws. Good luck to me in finding a new job.
respectfully soliciting your views/reactions to herein posted topic. Thanks.
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admiral thrawn wrote:Hehehe. Dog eat dog ang system ng practice dito. most of the cases are decided not on the merits but on how the a litigant posses money, influence and connection. nakaka suka dahil you'll be working on your pleadings and researches only to find out later that your boss in the law firm had already made a deal with somebody in the prosec office or the courts just to have a favorable reso/decision. pagminsan it's the very lawfirm who will draft the reso/decision tapos pirma na lang si prosec/judge.
fbsensei wrote:Yes, it's an area of commercial law, but i'm dealing with compliance with international trade laws of other jurisdictions, e.g. WTO, US customs, US export administration regulation, US ITAR, Wassennar Arrangement, etc.
Ponente wrote:I am a new lawyer, having passed the 2007 BAR. When I was still a law student, I was very excited and looking forward to bright things and challenges. One week after our signing, I immediately engaged in the private practice in a local law office. I consider myself very lucky to have case/s everyday. My work day starts at around 8:30 in the moring and usually it ends at the same time in the evening. After several months of private practice, it dawned unto me the extent of corruption in this country. I feel disappointed, to be honest. Most of my companeros say that it is still best to engage in the practice of law whether in private or in the govt, but for the moment, I think otherwise. I realized that being a lawyer here is a matter of survival, it is either you go along with the trend of coruption, otherwise you are fighting a lonely and desperate battle. Nakaka awa ang sistema dito sa atin.
As of this moment, I intend to try the corporate world. Maybe I will find more comfort in mercantile and taxation laws. Good luck to me in finding a new job.
respectfully soliciting your views/reactions to herein posted topic. Thanks.
Ponente wrote:I am a new lawyer, having passed the 2007 BAR. When I was still a law student, I was very excited and looking forward to bright things and challenges. One week after our signing, I immediately engaged in the private practice in a local law office. I consider myself very lucky to have case/s everyday. My work day starts at around 8:30 in the moring and usually it ends at the same time in the evening. After several months of private practice, it dawned unto me the extent of corruption in this country. I feel disappointed, to be honest. Most of my companeros say that it is still best to engage in the practice of law whether in private or in the govt, but for the moment, I think otherwise. I realized that being a lawyer here is a matter of survival, it is either you go along with the trend of coruption, otherwise you are fighting a lonely and desperate battle. Nakaka awa ang sistema dito sa atin.
As of this moment, I intend to try the corporate world. Maybe I will find more comfort in mercantile and taxation laws. Good luck to me in finding a new job.
respectfully soliciting your views/reactions to herein posted topic. Thanks.
very inspiring.b_9904 wrote:Ponente wrote:I am a new lawyer, having passed the 2007 BAR. When I was still a law student, I was very excited and looking forward to bright things and challenges. One week after our signing, I immediately engaged in the private practice in a local law office. I consider myself very lucky to have case/s everyday. My work day starts at around 8:30 in the moring and usually it ends at the same time in the evening. After several months of private practice, it dawned unto me the extent of corruption in this country. I feel disappointed, to be honest. Most of my companeros say that it is still best to engage in the practice of law whether in private or in the govt, but for the moment, I think otherwise. I realized that being a lawyer here is a matter of survival, it is either you go along with the trend of coruption, otherwise you are fighting a lonely and desperate battle. Nakaka awa ang sistema dito sa atin.
As of this moment, I intend to try the corporate world. Maybe I will find more comfort in mercantile and taxation laws. Good luck to me in finding a new job.
respectfully soliciting your views/reactions to herein posted topic. Thanks.
Atty. Oposa fought a lot of lonely battles but nonetheless won two landmark cases in environmental law, namely: Oposa v. Factoran, Jr. and MMDA v. Citizen of Manila Bay.
He lost many of the public interest cases he filed but he kept on fighting.
He gave up his commercial law practice so that he could fight for his cause.
He gave up the royalty in one of his book so that people could read about the dire situation of our environment.
He fought against corruption, apathy, and a lot of red tape BS that the Gov't could throw at him.
nonetheless HE WON and now he is well known among the legal circles. He not only gained fame but also prestige and respect from his fellows.
My point is simple: fighting lonely and desperate battles, for the betterment of the public at large, may nonetheless give you fame, fortune, and RESPECT.
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