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Subjec Books Notes & Reviewers The Essentials

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Political  Bernas – Primer  Jimenez – Recent  Bernas – Primer
Law Jurisprudence
 Nachura – Reviewer  Nachura – All non-Consti
portions.

Labor  Azucena – Everybody’s  Manuel – 100 Notes  Azucena – Everybody’s

Law Labor Code [aka Green Labor Code
Book]  Ateneo Bar Ops Reviewer
 Ateneo Bar Ops Reviewer
 Alcantara – Labor Law  Disini – Social Legislation
Reviewer [Just Social Tables
Legislation]

 Codal

Taxation  Mamalateo – Tax Reviewer  Personal Notes from Tax 1  Co-untian – Tax Digest
[1 Reading Only]
st
& Tax 2
 Primus (Domondon) Star
 Co-untian – Tax Digest  Primus (Domondon) Star Notes
Notes
 Codal

o Casasola – Annotated
NIRC

o LGC [Local Taxation

and Real Property
Taxation]

o Tariff & Customs

Code

1 Materials, which: 1) on hindsight, I wish I stuck to from the very start; 2) I believe will suffice when push comes to shove; or 3)
I stuck to even for Pre-week.
Civil  Codal  Balane’s Notes – Property  Codal
Law & ObliCon
 Sempio-Diy – Family Code
 Del Castillo – Class Notes
 Balane – Succession [1st for Property
Reading Only, then switch
to Champ Reyno’s Notes]  San Beda Red Notes –
Sales, Partnership &
 Jurado – Civil Law Reviewer Agency, Lease, Torts &
[1st Reading Only, Damages
excluding Family Code &
Succession]  Reyno – Notes on Atty.
Balane’s Book
 Aquino – Land Titles [1st
Reading Only, only those  Zuñiga – Notes on Credit
parts in the Syllabus] Transactions

 Delos Angeles – Notes on

Land Titles

Mercanti  Catindig – Notes on  Jimenez – Recent  Sundiang – Commercial

le Law Selected Commercial Laws Jurisprudence Law Reviewer
[And the 2007
Supplement/Update]  Catindig – Notes on
Selected Commercial Laws
 Sundiang – Commercial [And the 2007
Law Reviewer Supplement/Update]

 Villanueva – Commercial
Law Reviewer [1st Reading
Only, only Corporation Law
& Insurance]

 Abad – Negotiable
Instruments Made Easy [1st
 Reading Only]

Remedi  Codal  San Beda Red Notes  San Beda Red Notes
al Law
 Riano – Civil Procedure,
Criminal Procedure,
Evidence [1st & 2nd
Readings only]

Legal  Codal  San Beda Red Notes  San Beda Red Notes
Ethics
 Aguirre – Legal Ethics
Reviewer

 Paño – Legal Ethics

Reviewer

 Philippine Judicial Academy

– Annotated Code of
Judicial Conduct

Criminal  Gregorio – Criminal Law  San Beda Red Notes  San Beda Red Notes
Law Review [1 Reading Only]
st

 De Castro – Special Penal

Laws [1st Reading Only]

 Sandoval – Special Penal

Laws [1st Reading Only]

 Boado – Criminal Law

Notes & Cases

General Tips:
 Subject chronology. For 1 reading, I took the subjects in the order I wanted. I took the subjects which
I felt I was weakest at first, then worked my way from there. For my 2stnd & 3rd readings, I took the
subjects in the reverse of the order their exams were scheduled [i.e. Criminal to Political Law].

 Daily Hours. Aim to log at least 8 hours of study every day. Ramp this up to 9, 10, even 12 hours as
the exams approach. While I personally didn’t have the organization to use a stopwatch, it might be
helpful for you.

 Take Breaks. Breaks are necessary and highly encouraged. So long as you’re able to meet your quota
of study hours, be generous with study breaks and breaks for meals. My library study buddies will attest
to my frequent internet breaks, runs to the mall for milk tea, or just taking time to walk around.

 Vacations. Allow yourself vacations! I gave myself 2 during bar review season, though take note we
had 7 months to review.

 Talk it Out. It helped me to take breaks to talk to the people I was studying with. Apart from gossip, we
discussed things in our study materials we were confused with – this was an excellent learning exercise.

 Nap. When you need to, nap. There’s no point studying when you’re sleepy. I usually couldn’t help
myself – I was always dozing off at the library (usually around 15-30 minutes).

 Study Goal Fails. Don’t be hard on yourself when you fail to meet the study goals you’ve set for the
day. I fell short on a lot of days.

Typical Study Day [This is ideal because I tended to be liberal with my days]:

 Wake up at around 6:30 to go to the gym. [Going to the gym was discontinued a month before the
exams.]

 Grab coffee and be at the library around 9-9:30.

 Study until around 11:30 [most likely doze off somewhere in between].

 Head to the mall for lunch [as the exams approached, the mall was replaced with the cafeteria].

 Study until around 5:30 [almost definitely doze off several times in between].

 Head to the cafeteria for dinner.

 Study until the library closes.

 Goof off at home. [As exams approached, I’d continue studying at the AGSB study area at the 2nd floor
or at home]

 Sleep at around 11pm.