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03/06/2026

🚨BAR CANDIDATES, THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 🚨

What do you do when your study schedule falls apart? How do you actually pace your review when you’re staring at thousands of pages and multiple books? And are there unconventional study methods that really work?

In this reel, Atty. Julia gets real about her bar preparation journey and shares the strategies, mindset shifts, and practical techniques that helped her navigate one of the toughest exams of her life. ⚖️🔥

From:
📖 Planning your review based on pages, subjects, and available time
⏰ Recovering when you’re behind schedule
🧠 Study methods that go beyond the usual advice
🎯 Building a system that works for YOU

But wait...there’s more 👀

Because we’re finally revealing something we’ve been working on behind the scenes…

🚀 THE ASKABOGADO BAR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM LAUNCHES THIS FRIDAY. 🚀

A program designed to give bar candidates the guidance, accountability, strategies, and support we wish every aspiring lawyer had access to during bar prep.

The countdown is on.

⏳ 2 DAYS TO GO.
⏳ 2 DAYS TO GO.
⏳ 2 DAYS TO GO.

Who’s ready? ⚖️🔥

01/06/2026

Fast talk, no filter 🎤⚖️

Atty. Julia opens up about the real side of bar prep—feeling the pressure, comparing herself to others, and why having a mentor can change everything.

From late-night review struggles to the quiet doubts no one talks about, this one hits different.

And yes… this is just a teaser 👀
We’re dropping something built exactly for this journey—structured guidance, real support, and mentorship for future barristers on AskAbogado.

Coming soon. Stay locked in.

28/05/2026

27/05/2026

⚖️ Retrenchment ≠ automatic termination without rules

Businesses may close or scale down operations—but under labor law, retrenchment must be legitimate, necessary, and compliant.

📌 Key requirements you shouldn’t miss:
• 30-day prior notice to the employee
• 30-day prior notice to DOLE
• Payment of separation pay (as required by law)
• Proof that substantial losses are real, actual, and documented
• Not just claimed losses or a subterfuge to avoid obligations

💡 Retrenchment is allowed—but it must be in good faith, with due process, and solid evidence.

20/05/2026

🚨Attention bar candidates: Here are some tips for bar exam day.

Let us know if you want us to delve deeper into bar prep tips ✨

Comment your questions 👇

18/05/2026

Ghosting but make it 1964.

If you think getting ghosted after a date is bad, imagine getting ghosted 2 DAYS before your wedding. 💍👻

In Wassmer v. Velez, everything was already set: marriage license secured, invitations sent, dresses and gifts ready, and guests preparing for the big day.

Then the groom drops a note:
“Will have to postpone wedding — My mother opposes it…”

He flies out, sends one last reassuring telegram (“Nothing changed, rest assured returning soon”), and then disappears completely…and when we say telegram, we don’t mean TG but the OG wire telegram of the 60s.

The Supreme Court held: you can’t be forced to marry, BUT “ghosting” someone in this humiliating and public way—after all the preparation and expense—makes you liable for damages. ⚖️

Lesson: ending a relationship is one thing. Disappearing after making major commitments is another.

01/05/2026

"Every Labor Day, conversations about workers’ rights come back into focus. At the center of Philippine labor protection is one principle that has long defined fair employment: security of tenure. In simple terms, it means that once you are a regular employee, you cannot be dismissed without a valid reason and proper process. It is meant to protect workers from sudden loss of income and arbitrary termination.

But the workplace today looks very different from what it did decades ago. More Filipinos are working as freelancers, project-based hires, or platform workers. Job titles have become more fluid, and contracts are often crafted in ways that seem to place workers outside the reach of traditional labor protections. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞?"

Authored by: Atty. Ramon V.

A practical Philippine labor law guide to security of tenure, contractualization, freelancing, the gig economy, and worker misclassification in modern work arrangements.

20/04/2026

How would you say it, attorneys?

Drop your shade in the comments below 👇
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16/04/2026

Na-confine ka na, gumaling na… pero hindi makalabas dahil sa bill? 😟💸

Wait—bawal ‘yan. 🚫

Under the Anti-Hospital Detention Law, hindi ka puwedeng i-detain ng hospital dahil lang sa unpaid balance. 🙅‍♀️🏥

So ano ang pwede mong gawin? 🤔

Watch this video to know your rights and how to stand your ground 💪⚖️

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