The Study of Law (Part 1)

Last semester, my professor asked us the most fundamental of all questions, “Why do you want to take up law?” It is basic yes but the answer has a lifelong impact to the person answering the question and to the people that he will serve in the future. You can hear all sorts of answers ranging from funny to more serious ones and all of the answers have but one similarity – helping those who are in need of the protection of the law. For young students of law (me included), they may not yet understand the nobility of the profession and I must admit to most of us passing the law subjects is our primordial goal thus studying is merely used as a means to an immediate end, the immediate end being to finish the semester without any failing marks but really beyond passing there lies the most significant role of us all – helping people in the best way we know.
The first time I went back to Law school I was feeling lost a bit - out of touch. What can you expect after almost five years of absence? I was really in quandary. Good thing I had professors who pushed me hard without them knowing it probably. To name one that would be Professor Ada Abad aka Bostsip, the President/ CEO of AHINI Corporation.* * *Bostsip was one of those who made me realized (again) how interesting the study of law is with all its intricacies and nuances. If there is one thing that I am confident that I learned by heart that would be Labor Relations. And this semester? …
To be continued…
*** Our class functioned not as an ordinary class but as a company and we chose Ahini (named after the infamous Ah1n1). One thing nice about the set up was that the class was made to feel how it’s like to be in a company with each one of us occupying different positions - Managers, bar tenders, waiters/ waitress, valet parker, Finance Officer, HR and so on and so forth. I can still remember the “bickering” within the rank-and-file union during the CBA negotiation and of course the administrative investigation when the witness was asked to start all over again because he was caught lying as manifested by the inconsistencies of his testimony.