The 1-Touch Rule: Organize Your Life in 2 Minutes

EASY LAW ADVICE NO. 3
(Productivity)

The 1-Touch Rule:
Organize Your Life in 2 Minutes

If you are a law student or a bar candidate, you need to maximize your time, especially if you are a working student. You cannot afford to waste your time because every minute counts.

How to find the "lost" hours in your daily schedule

You hit 8:00 PM, collapse onto the sofa, and think: "I was busy all day, but what did I actually get done?"

If you don't schedule it, it won't happen

 

Let's talk about getting things done. We all have big goals—whether it's surviving your first year of law school, preparing for a major case, or finally tackling that massive writing project you've been dreaming about. But here is the hard truth about productivity: if a task just lives in your head as a floating "to-do," it will always lose out to the urgent fires and daily distractions.

25 essential points about the Clerical Error Law (RA 9048)

The Story of Maria

Imagine waiting in line for hours at the DFA office, passport application documents in hand, only to be turned away at the window because of a single letter. This is exactly what happened to Maria. For thirty-five years, she lived her life, finished school, paid her taxes, and built a career using the name "Maria Santos." But when she pulled her official security-paper birth certificate from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for her passport application, she was shocked to see she was legally registered as "Marja Santos." A tired clerk on a manual typewriter back in 1991 had hit the "J" key instead of the "I," and just like that, Maria became a legal stranger to her own identity.

Child discipline methods that work

 

Red Tagging and the Writ of Amparo

If a person is a victim of red-tagging, a petition for a writ of Amparo is the proper remedy. I'll discuss this important Supreme Court decision in this blog post.

This is about the case of Siegfred D. Deduro v. Maj. Gen. Eric C. Vinoya (G.R. No. 254753, July 04, 2023).

The Facts:

Siegfred Deduro was an activist, founding member of the Bayan Muna Party-list, and former representative. He filed a petition for a writ of amparo against Maj. Gen. Eric Vinoya (Commanding Officer of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army). Deduro alleged that military officers under Vinoya’s command explicitly red-tagged him during an Iloilo Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting, labeling him as part of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) hierarchy.

Contempt under Rule 71 (ROC): 100 essential lessons

100 Essential Lessons on Contempt of Court

By: Atty. Chato Olivas

Part I: The Nature of the Power (1–10)

1. Inherent Power: The power to punish for contempt is inherent in all courts; it is a "law of self-preservation."