BAR REVIEW PLANNER

BAR REVIEW PLANNER

My first reading was supposed to be for Seventy Nine (79) days more or less and the second reading of the review would take a mere forty two (42) days. Then after the two sets of readings Ill have a Pre-Week reading for only Fifteen (15) days after taking a breather of two days.

REMEDIAL LAW (15 Days)

Herrera, Civil Procedure Annotated Vol. I

Regalado, Civil Procedure Annotated Vol. I and II

Lecture notes from Justice Feria and Carlos Ortega

(March 14-31, 2011)

COMMERCIAL LAW (14 Days)

Vitug, Pandect of Commercial Law

Villanueva- Commercial Law Reviewer

I was supposed to listen to Balbastros lecture but opted just to read instead.

CRIMINAL LAW (12 Days)

Ortega Notes- which UP students prepared during the Advanced Review

Revised Penal Code, Reyes- Volume 1 and 2

Lecture notes from Carlos Ortega

Plus the short text prepared by Justice Sandoval

CIVIL LAW (12 Days)

Jurado, Civil Law Reviewer

Albano, Civil Law Review

I no longer listened to Judge Ed Albano but got to know from my review mates what he said since our review room was adjacent to the UP Bar Review Center

TAXATION (8 Days)

Domondon- Reviewer (yellow)

Domondon- Reviewer (brown)

Notes from Francisco Sababan

Answers to Questions by Abella

Lecture: Edwin Abella and Abelardo Domondon

LABOR LAW REVIEW (8 days)

Chito Claudio, Labor and Social Legislation (recommended by my brother)

Alcantara- Labor Law Reviewer

POLITICAL LAW REVIEW (6 days probably 5 cause I need a breather)

Bernas- Political Law Reviewer

Nachura- Political Law Reviewer

LEGAL ETHICS (4 days)

Pano- Legal Ethics

Pineda- Legal Ethics and Exercises

I practiced writing a form each day a contract, an affidavit-

By July 4 - I was supposed to be in my second reading but during the actual review- I started my second reading on July 6- which meant Ill cut two days-

POLITICAL LAW (5 days)

RAM Notes- RAM is the acronym of the person who made the notes

Actually its V.V. Mendozas and Nachuras Lecture combined

Questions and Answers in Political Law

Cruz- Political Law

Cruz- Constitutional Law

Codal- Election Law and Local Government-

I finished RAM for two days, took a day for the Questions and Answer and Cruz- I compressed for a day and a half so I had some time to look at the Codals

LABOR LAW (4 days I chopped it to three)

Manalac- Labor Standards and Labor Relations

Question and Answer in Labor Law

Disini Notes

(I finished Manalac for a day- and Q and A for a second day- plus Disini notes for a day- so it meant a rest day for one day)

CIVIL LAW (7 days- I chopped it to five)

Albano, Reviewer in Civil Law

Question and Answer in Civil Law

Casanova-Land, Titles and Deeds

Property- Notes from Ateneo

Note: By June- we have already traded review materials with UP, San Beda and Ateneo-

TAXATION (5 days)

Domondon- yellow text

Domondon- brown text

Codal Provisions

1997 and 1996 bar Questions and Answer

(the complete Question and Answers to Bar Questions was not then available)

COMMERCIAL LAW- (7 days)

Commecial Law Reviewer- Balbastro (I wonder why I read this book)

Question and Answer in Commercial/Mercantile Law

Cantindig Notes

Pandect of Vitug- which I enjoyed reading

CRIMINAL LAW (5 days I chopped to four)

Ortega Notes

Codal Provisions

Questions and Answers to Criminal Law

REMEDIAL LAW (7 days I chopped to 6)

Regalado, Civil Procedure- Francisco Notes

Albano, Reviewer

Evidence notes from Benipayos lecture

Note: I got sick during this time- so the actual reading only consisted of 5 days)

LEGAL ETHICS (2 days- I chopped to 1 and a half)

Pano Legal Ethics

Question and Answer Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises

I was supposed to start my pre-week on August 18 but started it on August 20-by then the bar was near- I was only poring over Memory Aids some made by me, tapes, handouts, digests, labor case, and notes from UP and Ateneo plus UST- I call it my stay at Castle Wolfenstein in preparation for----

Death Ride of the Panzers- the days during the bar-

For Political Law I was only reading the Outline Reviewer of Nachura- and my notes

Labor Law- I re-read only Manalac and Claudio

Civil Law- Memory Aids, Codals and Jurados Pre-Week

Taxation- my notes, Sababans notes and the Codal

Commercial Law- my notes, Villanuevas Commercial Law ReviewRemedial Law- Feria s notes, the Rules of Court and Albano s reviewerLegal Ehtics- Pano and Bautista-plus some notes and my prepared forms