Practice question
A domestic applicant completed many substantive courses but admittedly omitted the mandatory Legal and Judicial Ethics course. The applicant says a law degree label alone overrides Section3(a)’s course list. Which is correct?
- Bar payment automatically cures academic requirements
- The degree label eliminates every listed course
- Only the school’s popularity matters
- An employer may waive the missing course
- The specified academic course requirements must be satisfied
Legal references
- A.M.24-10-05-SC, August12,2025, effective November3,2025, amended Rule138 Sections1–3: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/pdf/am_24-10-05-sc_2025.pdf
- Republic Act7662, Sections7(c)–(d),8–10, read with Pimentel’s invalidation of Sections7(g)–(h): https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1993/ra_7662_1993.html
- Pimentel v. Legal Education Board, G.R.230642/242954, November9,2021, MAIN resolution: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/nov2021/gr_230642_2021.html
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