Through the Looking Glass

The Bar Operations Commission has recently added a link to its pictures. Clicking the link on the left margin will bring you to the site where the pictures are posted. Hosted by Multiply.com, the pictures currently for viewing were taken during the first Sunday of the bar operations and the serenade fund raising activity of the Commission.

Feel free to email us your comments, and your pictures if you have one. Thank you.

34 UNC Law Graduates Become New Lawyers

THIRTY-FOUR (34) graduates of the University of Nueva Caceres College of Law successfully hurdle the 2006 Bar Examinations out of seventy-nine (79) who took the exam last September.

Higher than the national passing rate of 30.6%, the UNC College of Law managed to obtain a 43% passing rate. The UNC College of Law has consistently ranked first in terms of passing rate among the law schools in the Bicol Region.

The following are the names of the successful bar examinees:

ABANTE, JOSEPH S.
AGUIRRE, REAH M.
ASIS, ROSELLE L.
BAYLON, PAUL KHRISTAN J.
BELLEZA, JOSEPH
BENAVIDEZ, BENJO SANTOS M.
BENOSA, MARJORIE E.
CADAG, CHARO Z.
CARMONA, EDGAR N.
CUNANAN-ESTRELLADO, IRENE C.
DIAZ, MARILUZ O.
DIÑO, FERDINAND
DRIZ-AZCARAGA, MARIBEL
ESCUDERO, KRUNIMAR ANTONIO III
ESPIRITU, RYAN N.
FERRERAS, CINDERELLA F.
FRANCIA, OBETTE R.
GADOS, FATIMA O.
GAMINDE-SAN JOAQUIN, JEANETH C.
GOMEZ, OSCAR S.
JAMER, DINAH Z.
LAUTA, CELESTE D.
MAGPANTAY, CARMELA G.
MANZANO, ROGER GERARD K.
OBRERO, OLIVIA
PAPARES, NOEL R.
PEÑAFLOR-PURCIL, JANEL I.
PUNTANAL, SHARMAINE
ROJAS, HAZEL R.
SERGIO, MARIA ROSE S.
SIMANDO, AMADOR JR. L.
TOLDANES, LOUIE
TOLENTINO, RODEL
TUY, RUEL B.

The oath-taking ceremony is temporarily slated on April 25, 2007.

The Bar Operations congratulates the new lawyers of the law school. (Updated on 4 April 2007, 9:21pm)

The Bar Ops Web Page Launch

Last 24 February 2007, the Bar Operations Commission, with the support of the Law College Board, successfully launched the Bar Operations Web Page at the Naga Regent Hotel.

The Bar Operations web page has been in the works since November 2006 through the auspices and support of the 2006 Commission. The web page now boasts of links to the College of Law web site, the Pre-Bar Review web page, the Team Research web page and working links to known online sources of laws and jurisprudence. It also has in the works pages still waiting full operation like the Friends of Bar Ops page (which will carry the ads and names of the patrons, sponsors and donors of the Commission), and the links to the pages of each committees for their corresponding updates.

The Commission would like to extend its gratitude to the Law College Board headed by Gov. Percival Tordilla for supporting the launch of this web page during the Law Night Celebration. We would also like to thank the 2006 Commission headed by Chairman Noriel Bernales. The Vice Chairman of the 2006 Commission, Ms. Gerlie Admana, who envisioned this web site, and the Research Heads, Sheila Panganiban and Bernice Catherine Santayana, whose support to the 2007 Commission made this web page come to fruition, are also acknowledged and thanked.

For questions and suggestions, please email the Commission at baroperations@gmail.com.

Thank you.

2006 Case Digests Now Available

Good news!

The 2006 Case Digests Compendium provided by the 2006 Bar Operations Commission to its barristers has already been uploaded. Case digests in all the Bar Subjects had already been added into the Case Digest Compendium Page and is already available for reading.

The Bar Operations Commission 2007, through the help of the 2006 Commission and its Research Team, has uploaded the case digests for the following Bar Subjects:

1. Political Law
2. Labor Law
3. Mercantile Law
4. Civil Law
5. Criminal Law
6. Taxation
7. Remedial Law, and
8. Legal Ethics

It includes cases chosen by the Research Team which are considered relevant and are usual Bar Exam favorites.

Soon the 2007 Bar Ops will also be uploading the frequently-asked-questions compiled by the 2006 Research Team.

To get to the Case Digest Compendium, just visit the Team Research Page and click on the Case Digest Compendium link on the left sidebar of that page.

Thank you!