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2024 Remedial Law and Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises Bar Exam Syllabus
2024 Remedial Law and Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises Bar Exam Syllabus
I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
II. JURISDICTION
A. Aspects of Jurisdiction
1. Over the Subject Mater
2. Over the Parties
3. Over the Issues
B. Classification of Jurisdiction
1. Original vs. Appellate
2. General vs. Special
3. Exclusive vs. Concurrent
3. Second-Level Courts – B.P. Blg. 129 as amended by R.A. No. 7691, R.A.
No. 11576 and R.A. No. 8369; A.M. No. 22-04-06-SC, A.M. No. 03-03-03-
SC, November 9, 2021
4. First-Level Courts – B.P. Blg. 129 as amended by R.A. No. 7691 and R.A.
No. 11576
5. Inherent Powers and Means to Carry Jurisdiction – Rule 135, secs. 5-6
III. CIVIL PROCEDURE (1997 Rules on Civil Procedure as amended by A.M. No. 19-
10-20-SC)
B. Kinds of Action
1. Ordinary and Special
2. Personal and Real
3. Action in personam, in rem, quasi in rem
1. Splitting
2. Joinder and Misjoinder
1. Kinds of parties
2. Joinder of parties
a. Compulsory
b. Permissive
3. Third (Fourth, etc.) Parties
4. Class Suit
5. Death of a Party
6. Transfer of Interest
E. Pleadings
1. Kinds – Rule 6
2. Parts and Contents; Formal Requirements – Rule 7
3. Manner of Making Allegations – Rule 8
4. Effect of Failure to Plead – Rule 9
5. Amended and Supplemental Pleadings – Rule 10
6. Period to File Responsive Pleadings – Rule 11
U. Provisional Remedies
B. Guardianship
1. Venue
2. Appointment of Guardians; Kinds of Guardians
3. General Powers and Duties of Guardians
4. Termination of Guardianship
5. Rule on Guardianship of Minors – A.M. No. 03-02-05-SC
C. Adoption
1. Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act –
R.A. No. 11642
2. Re: Rule on Adoption – A.M. No. 02-6-02-SC, April 19, 2022
H. Cancellation or Correction of Entries in the Civil Registry (Rule 108; R.A. 9048,
as amended by R.A. No. 10172)
A. Criminal Jurisdiction
A. Key Concepts
1. Factum Probandum vs. Factum Probans
2. Proof vs. Evidence
3. Burden of Proof vs. Burden of Evidence
4. Weight and Sufficiency of Evidence – Rule 133
5. Admissibility; Relevance and Competence – Rule 128
6. Judicial Notice; Mandatory and Discretionary – Rule 129, secs. 1-3
7. Judicial Admission – Rule 129, sec. 4
8. Presumptions – Rule 131
B. Kinds
2. Canon 2 – Propriety
a. Proper Conduct; Dignified Conduct – Sections 1 and 2
b. Use of Dignified, Gender-Fair, and Child- and CulturallySensitive Language –
Section 4
c. Duty to correct false or inaccurate statements and information
made in relation to an application for admission to the bar –
Section 11
d. Duty to report dishonest, deceitful, or misleading conduct –
Section 12
e. Duty to disclose relationship or connection – Section 20
f. Duty not to mislead the court, tribunal or other government
agency on the existence or content of any document, argument,
evidence, law, or other legal authority, or pass off as one’s own the
ideas or words of another – Section 8
g. Duty not to solicit or advertise one’s legal service – Section 17
h. Duty not to use any forum or medium to comment or publicize
opinion pertaining to a pending proceeding – Sub-Judice Rule;
Section 19
i. Duty not to give gifts and donations to any court, tribunal or other
government agency – Section 21
j. Duty not to institute multiple cases; Forum Shopping – Section 23
k. Duty not to encroach or interfere in another lawyer’s engagement
– Section 24
l. Responsible Use of Social Media
5. Canon V – Equality
6. Canon VI – Accountability
D. Practical Exercises
1. Judicial Affidavit
2. Special Power of Attorney
3. Petition for Correction of Entries in the Civil Registry
4. Extrajudicial Settlement
5. Petition for Issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus
6. Petition for Enforcement of Foreign Judgment
7. Motion for Execution of Judgment
NOTE: All Bar candidates should be guided that only laws, rules, issuances, and
jurisprudence pertinent to the topics in this syllabus as of June 30, 2023, are within the
coverage of the 2024 Bar Examinations.