LEGAL PROFESSION

Atty. Tanya Lat

ATENEO DE MANILA LAW SCHOOL
Section 1-F, SY 2016-2017
ASSIGNMENT FOR WEEK 4
(August 30, 2016)
Background Readings on Havrutah and Group Discussion
Jaime C. Bulatao, S.J., The Technique of Group Discussion
Barbara Blumenfeld, Engaging Students with Havruta Style Learning
(2011) (see Google Drive)
J. Kim Wright, Communication and Conflict Resolution Skills in LAWYERS
PEACEMAKERS: PRACTICING HOLISTIC, PROBLEM-SOLVING LAW, pp. 221-245
(2010). (Copy can be borrowed from Atty. Lat)

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Readings
Howard Lesnick (2008), The Practice of Teaching, the Practice of Law:
What Does It Mean to Practice Responsibly? 29 Pace Law Review 29-41.
(See Google Drive)
Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes P.A. Sereno (2013), Commencement Speech to
the Graduate School of Philippine Christian University. (See Google Drive)
Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes P.A. Sereno (2013), Keynote Address to the New
Lawyers of 2013. (See Google Drive)
Justice Pompeyo Diaz (1981), Passion for Justice, 27 Ateneo Law Journal 81 (1983).
http://www.mostlawfirm.net/resources/insights/passion-for-justice/
Patrick J. Schiltz (1999), On Being a Happy, Healthy, and Ethical Member
of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and Unethical Profession. (See Google Drive)
Additional Reflection Questions for Weeks 2-3:
(1)What did Shakespeare mean when he said first, lets kill all the
lawyers? If President Duterte were to quote that now in relation to his
war on drugs, what would be your response?
(2)Can we serve God and neighbor as lawyers?
(3)Must lawyers draw a line between their professional and personal lives?

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Reflection Questions for Week 4:

(1)There is a view that lawyers must be professional, that is, dispassionate
in dealing with the law, setting aside their faith and moral considerations.
How does that square with Timothy Floyds view that the professional life
should not be separated from ones personal life, and Justice Pompeyo
Diazs view that a lawyer must have a conscience?
(2)Patrick Schiltz warns you that you are entering an unhappy, unhealthy,
and unethical profession.
o What accounts for the unhappiness, unhealthiness, and unethicalness that Mr. Schiltz describes?
o How do you feel about entering the profession after having read
this article?
(3)Based on the readings, what are the challenges that lawyers face in their
practice of the profession?

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