Legal Forms
A course which trains students in the drafting of various legal documents and
deeds, as well as judicial pleading and briefs.
Legal Research
The course will introduce structures to the methodology of legal research and
the preparation of legal opinions, memoranda, or expository or critical paper
on any subject approved by the faculty member teaching it.
Legal Writing
An introduction of legal writing techniques; it involves applied legal
bibliography, case digesting and reporting analysis, legal reasoning and
preparation of legal opinions or memoranda
Advanced Legal Writing
A supervised writing course involving the preparation of legal materials
including opinions or memoranda, and pleadings.
Contract Drafting
Training on practical skills of drafting commonly use contracts; how to avoid
litigation as well as how to fully express and protect the true intent of the
parties.
Appellate Practice and Brief Making
The course is designed to provide students with the skills necessary to
successfully litigate appeals before the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.
Emphasis will be placed on practical training including appellate procedure,
oral and written presentation and methodology. Brief writing and other aspects
of modern appellate practice are also covered.
Corporate Practice
This is intended for the student who intends to apply the knowledge of
corporation law to actual corporate organizations, problems, strategies,
meetings, preparation of minutes and dissolutions. It also focuses on the
functions of a house or internal counsel of corporations.
Due Dilligence Process in Mergers and Acquisitions
The course provides the students with an understanding of the provisions in
the Corporation Code on the requirements and procedures that must be
complied with for mergers and acquisitions, and the various types of sales
involving company enterprises and the implication in terms of the extent of
liabilities attendant thereto. The course seeks to develop the skills of students
in approximating the risks involved for the acquirer in mergers and
acquisitions, by guiding them in the proper conduct of due diligence as the
means to provide the acquirer a better appreciation of the financial condition
of a company, providing emphasis on the fact that due diligence process is the
most important exercise that can be relied upon by the seller and buyer in
determining the value, as well as the potential problem that the target company
is faced with. The course is divided into four main divisions: review of the
provisions of the Corporation Code on mergers and acquisitions; overview of
the conduct of due diligence; legal compliances; and forms and documents
useful in the conduct of due diligence.
Modes of Discovery
A detailed and in-depth study of the Rules of Court provisions on depositions,
written interrogatories, inspection of documents, things, lands, or other
properties, physical and mental examination of persons and admission by
adverse party. It focuses on the practical application of the Rules of Court
provisions, the methods employed, the pleadings and forms to be filed, the
manner in which discovery is obtained, and the propriety of obtaining
discoveries.