Practice question
A candidate who has not signed the Roll performs substantial corporate and taxation legal work, claiming only courtroom litigation counts as practice. What lesson follows Medado?
- The absence of active litigation does not itself make that legal practice authorized before full admission.
- All corporate legal work is categorically outside practice of law.
- Only paid courtroom speeches ever constitute legal practice.
- A company may privately complete Supreme Court admission.
- An employer’s confidence replaces the official Roll requirement.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 24-10-05-SC, August 12, 2025, amended Rule 138, effective November 3, 2025, Sections 2, 11-13 and 16-19 as identified: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/pdf/am_24-10-05-sc_2025.pdf
- In re Petition to Sign in the Roll of Attorneys, Michael A. Medado, B.M. No. 2540, September 24, 2013, EN BANC MAIN resolution, corporate legal practice and incomplete admission (not a universal current sanction tariff): https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2013/sep2013/bm_2540_2013.html
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