Yes! I can breathe a bit now.
The midterm exam weeks are finally
done with a magnificently challenging brain-contorting closing exam on Criminal
Procedure. It was all fun and blood having choices that seemingly looks perfectly
the same and a question that is so unassuming that you can’t believe that this
is all it. Nonetheless, this is law school – a life run by the reading of thick
books and the finding relationships among different concepts of law and life
all fuelled by that hope, that simple hope that someday – lawyering above its
illusive “prestige” would be a powerful medium to make some difference in the
world. This is the choice I made and on its 3rd semester, things are
getting a lot more interesting.
The freshmen are always a source of inspiration in Law School. I really don’t know why. Maybe due to some subconscious fulfilment of sorts but one thing is clear, I just feel inspired to relay what I learned and experienced to a fresh generation whose dreams of becoming a lawyer are taking gentle root.
Also the “event organizing project”
also known as the Testimonial Dinner was finally done last July 28. This event
has pretty much occupied my mind even before the start of the school year and
finally its over. Tradition dictates that every sophomore batch should lead
this yearly dinner and unfortunately for me, I am bound by duty to lead it though
I can confidently declare that events organizing are the least of my talents. I
have to do it and I hope it turned out ok. I am just so thankful for the
dynamic team that made the event possible. Speaking about this, I do think that
the yearly Testimonial Dinner is such powerful venue for what I can say as “inter-generational
inspiration”. More than them thanking or bashing their law professors, their
presence and their insights shared posses such powerful nuggets of inspiration
for all of those who are still in the rugged journey. Their victory in the bar
is our inspiration and challenge.
Now, I am looking forward for the
next half of the semester with some sweet engagements in between. It is time to
gear up also for the consolidation of efforts to produce the first Xavier Law
Journal. This dream is bit by bit transforming into something tangible. Hope to
drive more people to join. In XUCLA, I quite excited to apply some legal
knowledge on property and land title and deeds on our case study on some land
controversies in Dansolihon. Finally for LENTE, it would be a great thing to
organize 2 orientation seminars to at least form a body of volunteers to gear
up for the 2013 Elections.
Legal Education is undoubtedly
very demanding - quite an understatement actually. However, I do not choose to
be in survival mode. That would be so stressful and draining and would actually
compel me to bring weapons in order to survive. I try to choose the engagement
mode. I try all my best to balance application of laws in the social context
and the academic study of the law. It is really getting interesting – and more
importantly it is becoming more meaningful. I just hope that I can sustain
things for the rest of my stay in this life churning school.
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