COLLEGE OF LAW COURSE: The Legal Profession CLASS DAYS AND CLASS TIME: Room Wednesday: G G G G 01 02 04 03 Time

DEPARTMENT: Post Graduate

A1107 1430 1530; 1540 1640; 1700 1800; 1810 1920.

INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Pura Ferrer-Calleja /pura.calleja@yahoo.com; 0917 623 2256 COURSE DESCRIPTION: A short course on the history and nature of the legal profession; the duties and responsibilities of the lawyer to the court, the client, the bar, and the community in general. The course involves the study of the works of people generally known not just for their exemplary work as lawyers, teachers, or justices but more, for their probity. To be effective, the Socratic method will be used. On some occasions, classes may be cancelled in favor of other activities like visits to the library for more readings; to some government/private institutions; video showing; etc., LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO): It may sound ambitious but the students are expected to imbibe the real nature of the legal profession and the basic principles of professional ethics that must guide them in their future endeavor. On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to do/exhibit the following traits: ELGA Critical /creative thinker; Reflective lifelong learner LO 1: Develop the ability to relate the subject to actual situations/current events; be aware of the plight of the lowly, the unlearned and the poorer sectors of society; must be able to find ways and means, using the law, to help them;

FINAL COURSE OUTPUT As evidence of attaining the above learning outcomes, the student is required to do and submit the following during the indicated dates of the term. LEARNING OUTCOME LO 1: Develop the ability to relate the subject to actual situations/current events; be aware of the plight of the poorer sectors of society, especially the poor and the marginalized; must be able to find ways and means, using the law, to help them; RUBRIC FOR ASSESSMENT:
CRITERA EXEMPLARY 4 SATISFACTORY 3 DEVELOPING 2 BEGINNING 1 RATING

REQUIRED OUTPUT An essay on a subject (to be given at the appropriate time) expected to show how much the student has learned from the course;

DUE DATE On the last day of the term in lieu of final exams.

The submitted work manifests qualities which go beyond the requirements.

The submitted work manifests the required qualities.

Category 2 Mastery of the subject.

The submitted work manifests qualities which go beyond the requirements.

The submitted work manifests the required qualities.

Category 3 CompositionLogic; vocabulary; grammar; etc.

The submitted work manifests qualities which go beyond the requirements.

The submitted work manifests the required qualities.

The submitted work partially manifests the required qualities. Certain aspects are either incomplete or incorrect. The submitted work partially manifests the required qualities. Certain aspects are either incomplete or incorrect. The submitted work partially manifests the required qualities. Certain aspects are either incomplete or incorrect.

The submitted work does not manifest any of the requirements.

The submitted work does not manifest any of the requirements

The submitted work does not manifest any of the requirements

TOTAL: OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS: 1. Attendance; class participation; mid-term essay/report; end-of-term essay/report. GRADING SYSTEM: The student will be graded according to the following: Mid-term; End-of-term essay 40% Class Participation 60 % Class attendance 10% LEARNING PLAN: TOPIC The student must learn how to ask the right questions and participate actively in Introduction to the course; organization of the class into learning groups; introduction of the Socratic method. WEEK NO. 1st session. LEARNING ACTIVITIES Class discussion.

the discussion. -ditto-ditto-ditto-ditto-ditto-dittoHistory of the Legal Profession (Chapter II of Coquia). Nature and Meaning of the Legal Profession (chapter III, Coquia Perspective of Legal Education (Chapter IV, Coquia) Responsibilities of the Lawyer, (Chapter V, Coquia) Apostasy in the Legal Profession (Chapter VI, Coquia) Mid-term Exam 2nd session 3rd session 4th session 5th session 6th Session 7th Session Class discussion. Class discussion. Class discussion Class discussion Class discussion. (This may be substituted by another activity in lieu of a mid-term exam.) Class discussion Class discussion Class discussion Class discussion

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Legal Education in the Present Society (Chapter VII, Coquia) How to be a Lawyer (Chapter VIII, Coquia) Ethics of the Legal Profession (Chapter IX, Coquia); cases Survey of the Legal Profession (Chapter X, Coquia) Helping the Client without Court Trial (Chapter XI, Coquia) Developmental Legal Services and the Philippine Legal Community (Chapter XII, Coquia; Developmental Legal Aid, J. W.Diokno). Submission, end of term Essays/Reports

8th Session 9th Session 10th Sessioin 11th Session

12th Session

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13th Session

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14th Sessioon

REFERENCES: The Legal Profession, An Introduction for Law Students and Young Lawyers of the 21st Century, Jorge R. Coquia (2003); Developmental Legal Aid, J. W. Diokno; A Nation for our Children, Human rights, Nationalism, Sovereignty (Selected writings of J. W. Diokno); ONLINE RESOURCES: Practical Moral Philosophy for Lawyers, Socrates and the Socratic Method BY HEATHER COFFEY (www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/4994); History of the Legal Profession http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Some class sessions may be substituted with other activities deemed more beneficial to the students.