BAR TIPS

BY: IVANNE D’LAUREIL I. HISOLER

 SUGGESTED READING MATERIALS
(FIRST READING)
Note: Use what you’re comfortable with, preferably those you’ve used already in Law
school. Do not sacrifice quality for quantity. More does not always mean better.
POLITICAL LAW (15%)

• Nachura for Consti

• Largo for LGL
• Bernas for PIL
• Notes for the rest
• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
LABOR LAW (10%)

• Chan
• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
CIVIL LAW (15%)

• Monteclar for Persons

• Jurado for the rest
• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
TAXATION LAW (10%)

• Ingles
• Beda Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
MERCANTILE LAW (15%)

• Sundiang
• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
CRIMINAL LAW (10%)

• Boado
• Judge Inovejas notes
• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
REMEDIAL LAW (20%)

• Riano
• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
LEGAL ETHICS (5%)

• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
 SECOND READING

• Choose (ideally) only one material for each subject from what you read during your first
reading.
• Beda Red Book (syllabus-based) for all subjects
 PRE-WEEK

• Red Book highlights

• Pre-week notes (Beda and UP)
 STUDY SCHEDULE
Note: Know your pace. Take breaks when necessary.
• 1st Reading
• May – Poli (15d), Labor (10d)
• June – Civil (15d), Tax (10d)
• July – Merc (15d), Crim (10d)
• Aug – Rem (20d), Ethics (5d)
• 2nd Reading
• Sept – Ethics, Rem, Crim, Merc
• Oct – Tax, Civil, Labor, Poli
• Around 8 hrs per day (11am-8pm) with breaks for lunch, snacks and dinner
• In condo with roommates (law school classmates)
• Sometimes in coffee shops for a change of scenery
• Review center doesn’t matter (I didn’t attend any classes, read some of their handouts)
• Watched TV series/movies almost every night after finishing daily readings or shopped online
• Went out every weekend
• Eat healthy. Exercise if you can. Don’t pressure yourself too much. Rest when needed.
THE BAR
• Before answering, I checked the number of Qs and divided them into 4 sections so I
could track my progress after every hour.
• If Q calls for categorical A: categorical answer, rule, analysis, conclusion
• Answer as necessary. Do not give what is not asked.