DAYEdalera

I call myself an "Amateur Lawyer" since I haven't really plunge into the traditional definition of practice of law - before Cayetano v. Monsod was decided by the Supreme Court.

Yes, I am thinking of really going into practice in the months ahead after I comply with the requisites for court practice. (Refer to previous blog post:Daye on the Private Practice of Law)

Yes, I envy my law school classmates who actually have tried litigation and proudly can say they have been scolded by the judge for being an amateur.

Yes, like some who didn't have yet the passion for litigation, I also fear that my passion to litigate is not yet enough. Yes, lawyers can be coward too. Who wouldn't be if you know that "justice" is the game you are playing with? Who wouldn't fear getting an acquittal for the guilty and a conviction for an innocent client? Who wouldn't caution from the fact that the outcome of your one case could mean the everything to your client?

Yes, I am an amateur lawyer. I never have appeared in court as a counsel of record. I've done pleadings and other legal documents but I can never claim they are mine as "superiors" was the one who signed them for me.

I am an Amateur Lawyer and I am proud of being one.

Quoting from June 28 of the Our Daily Bread:

"The word amateur has been redefined over the years and has lost the luster of its original meaning. The English word comes from the Latin word "Amore", which means "to love." An amateur is someone who does something simply for the love of it.

In today's way of thinking, receiving payment moves you into a "higher" category - that of a professional. The reasoning is that if someone is willing to pay for your service, you must be really good. An amateur, therefore, is considered to have less skill or talent."

How can an analogy be made from doing something for the love of it yet doing it because you have less skill or talent?

I am Daye, an Amateur lawyer. I am soon leaving a financially rewarding job for the "love of the practice of law" and I could be less skilled than those who have been in the practice for years but I am certain I want to remain an Amateur lawyer, who does the practice of law for the love of it, even after several years I become more skilled and talented in court.

Labels: law, Law is Love, Lawyer, litigation

And since we are not meeting tomorrow, for whatever reasons PUP is cancelling classes, I've decided to give you an additional assignment.

"CONFESSIONS"

I want you to find a law student or a lawyer who would confess to you his or her most unforgettable experience in Law School on the following matters:

(a) A terror professor

(b) Written examinations / Revalida (orals)

(c) Daily recitations

(d) Cases

(e) Bar Operations / Bar Exam

Purpose: So that you may stop complaining about the 200 pages or so of assigned readings I gave your class, and after accomplishing this assignment for sure you will realize how I made your life easier in my Intro to Law class.

Think like a lawyer when doing this assignment. Ok?

Happy Weekend!

Please refer to my previous post, June 15, 2008.

http://anneclaudette.blogspot.com/2008/06/introduction-to-law-and-jurisprudence.html

Happy Reading! :D

I rewarded myself a book last night entitled "OUTLIERS", I hope it could help me find the way to success and happiness in career.

I will read it tonight.