ATTY.

RRSQ
Assistant Special Prosecutor, Office of the Ombudsman
Former Chief Legislative Officer, Director II, Office of Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III
Former Associate Dean for Student Affairs, San Sebastian College-Recoletos de Manila, College of Law
Special Lecturer and Former Bar Review Director, Recoletos Review Center-Manila
Law Professor, San Sebastian College-Recoletos and Supervising Lawyer, Sebastinian Office of Legal Aid
Bar Review Lecturer, Jurists Bar Review, Legal Advantage, Luminous, PCU Law, DVOREF Law
MCLE Lecturer, University of the East Law Center, Inc., University of Batangas, Jurists Center, OGCC-ICPG, IBP-Makati, IBP-Quezon City, NEU MCLE, & UP Law Center
Lecturer, National Bureau of Investigation Academy (Manila and Baguio City)
Author, “An Overview of the Philippine Electoral System” (Rex Bookstore)

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TO REFER TO A RULE:
- In this jurisdiction, our settled rule is ---
- The established rule is that ---
- It is elementary in (_________) that ---
- In resolving the case at the bench, the undersigned respectfully
refer to the well-entrenched doctrine ---

TO REFER TO A PROVISION OF LAW:

- On this point, the law provides ---
- A reading of [cite law] immediately shows that ---
- It is the rule that under the (*law) ---
- Squarely in point is (*cite law) ---

TO INTERPRET A RULE:
- The rule would have been different if ---
- Otherwise stated ---
- A cursory reading of said rule reveals that ---
- The plain import of this clause is that ---
- There is nothing in this clause which indicates that ---
- These provision have no relevance to this case ---

TO REFER TO JURISPRUDENCE:
- Jurisprudence is replete with the rule that ---
- Time and again the Supreme Court have stressed that ---
- The High Court have repeatedly ruled that ---
- It is a well entrenched jurisprudential rule that ---
- Consistent with the decisions of the Supreme Court,---
- In a long-line of cases, the Supreme Court have consistently
held that ---
- Well-settled is the rule in our jurisdiction that ---
- In several notables decisions by the Supreme Court ---
- As the Supreme Court have pronounced in the case of [*cite
case law ONLY if landmark case and/or 100% sure] ---

TO CITE EXCEPTIONS:
- But there are settled exceptions to this general rule, such as
when ---
- This rule admits of certain exceptions, which the undersigned
finds absent/present in this case, to wit:

TO CONCLUDE:
- Accordingly/ It follows then that ---
- It is beyond dispute that ---
ATTY. RRSQ
Assistant Special Prosecutor, Office of the Ombudsman
Former Chief Legislative Officer, Director II, Office of Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III
Former Associate Dean for Student Affairs, San Sebastian College-Recoletos de Manila, College of Law
Special Lecturer and Former Bar Review Director, Recoletos Review Center-Manila
Law Professor, San Sebastian College-Recoletos and Supervising Lawyer, Sebastinian Office of Legal Aid
Bar Review Lecturer, Jurists Bar Review, Legal Advantage, Luminous, PCU Law, DVOREF Law
MCLE Lecturer, University of the East Law Center, Inc., University of Batangas, Jurists Center, OGCC-ICPG, IBP-Makati, IBP-Quezon City, NEU MCLE, & UP Law Center
Lecturer, National Bureau of Investigation Academy (Manila and Baguio City)
Author, “An Overview of the Philippine Electoral System” (Rex Bookstore)

- In light/ view of the foregoing, it is inarguable that ---

- This claim is now moot and academic inasmuch as ---
- Based on the foregoing, the examinee respectfully hold that ---
- Be that is it may, it is respectfully submitted that ---

TO REFER TO THE CONSTITUTION IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

- (*The right of the accused) cannot imprudently be undermined
for it is constitutionally enshrined.

TO DEFINE THE UNDEFINABLE:

- Although the term eludes exact definition, (*public trust) may be
defined as ---

ADDENDUM:

1. Be original. Avoid triteness. Avoid being a “rubber stamp”.

2. Be concrete, concise and persuasive. Since you only have limited time,
make sure that you address the important issues immediately. Focus on what
are MATERIAL, RELEVANT and COMPETENT evidence/facts.

Make it short and powerful. No need for flowery words. In one sentence,
tell the examiner what you want it to do and why it should do it.

3. Always start your argument with an overview statement. It may be a

paraphrase of the overview statement from your case. Do not assume the
examiner have memorized the facts.

4. Use simple language. AVOID FANCY, LONG AND NEEDLESS WORDS.

Even Latin phrases!!!

5. Use LEGALESE but avoid LAWYERISM.

6. Write for your reader not for yourself.

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