100 Best Blogs for Law Students

I am happy to announce that this blog has been included in the Top 100 Best Blogs for Law Students ranked by onlineschools.org. This has been ranked in 2009 when I was still in third year.

From their website:

22. Law School Funk: The chronicles of this law student are hilarious and fun to read. His musings on tests, class competition and summer internships have a lot of information in addition to being entertaining.

I am so happy that this blog has been included as one of the top law student blogs from around the world. Click the image above to go to the list of the Top Best Blogs for Law Students.

Thank you www.onlineschools.org.

Workplace Compensation

Have you been involved in work-related injuries, sickness, or accidents? Or, has your relative or family member been a victim of work-related death?

In our jurisdiction, every worker or employee is covered by the Employees Compensation. In filing for a claim, you don't need to hire a lawyer. You simply need to go to your nearest Social Security System (SSS) or Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Offices, depending on whether you are a private or government employee, to file your claim. These claims are to be filed with the SSS and GSIS and not with the Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) because ECC's jurisdiction only covers appeals in cases where the SSS and GSIS would deny or reject your claim.

In filing an appeal, still, you do not need to hire a lawyer. The claim may be filed by the victim (employee) himself or any of his dependents. In some cases, it is the employer (or company) who does the filing in behalf of the employee.

I have been stressing about the fact that you do not need to hire a lawyer in claiming and processing your workplace compensation. Why? Because hiring one would mean that you will have to pay extra costs which shall most probably be taken from your workplace compensation claims.

In United Kingdom (UK), there are services offered that will assist victims of accidents at work and they will give you 100% of your claims without hidden charges. And, if the victim does not recover any workplace compensation, he does not need to pay any fees, with conditions.

If you think that you may be entitled to workplace compensation, do not delay. A claimant must file his claims within the prescribed period allowed by law and if you sleep on your rights, your claims may be forfeited.

PAO lang?

DON'T ever say PAO lang.

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PAO Mission

The Public Attorney’s Office exists to provide the indigent litigants, the oppressed, marginalized and underprivileged members of the society  free access to courts, judicial and quasi-judicial agencies, by rendering legal services, counselling and assistance in consonance with the Constitutional mandate that “free access to courts shall not be denied to any person by reason of poverty” in order to ensure the rule of law, truth and social justice as components of the country’s sustainable development.

PAO Vision

A government agency that is God-centered and dynamic bureaucracy that is responsive to the ever-growing legal needs of the indigents and oppressed led by highly competent, world- class, development-oriented, honest, dedicated and nationalistic leaders and lawyers.

Our Public Attorney's Office is composed of very capable and hardworking lawyers who are overworked and underpaid and they should be accorded with much respect. I was observing one courtroom last Monday and I heard the accused say, "PAO lang," after being asked if he has a lawyer. Maybe it was not his intention to undermine the abilities of his PAO lawyer but to me, it sounded like he did not feel confident being represented by a lawyer provided to him by the government. No one should ever insult his lawyer like that.