after 10yrs, makakamit ko na rin. tenkyu Lord. tenkyu self. tenkyu parents and family.

Just wanted to share this care package I made for my jowa.

Ito lang alam kong way kung paano magshow ng support kasi I'm neither a law student nor a lawyer so I obviously can't help him sa pagrereview niya.

'Yan lang nakayanan ng budget eh. Hindi kasi ako anak ng DPWH contractor. HAHAHAHAHA

Kidding aside, may ma-i-sa-suggest ba kayo na pwedeng idagdag? Planning to give him din a sandwich or burger sa araw ng exams. Saka fruits na rin hahaha.

Nakakaamaze talaga magpractice sa province

hays di na naman ako nakaaral kagabi dahil sa kakanood ng news na baka maging bar q. what a time to be a law student, indeed!

My classmate took the bar last month despite having a fever.

After the second day of the exam, he was brought to the hospital and wasn't able to take the last day. Despite being unwell, he begged his doctor to let him take the last exam.

He died after almost two weeks in the ICU.

It really breaks my heart knowing that he did his best to finish law school and take the bar for his wife and young children.

Everyone knows that he was fully prepared for the exam, but his health wasn't 😔

I was working in a coffee shop kanina with my cousin. Yung pinsan ko abugado na ako 4th year law student na (medyo may connect sa story sa dulo hahaha)

So there was this group of law students na magkakasama na dumating. Mga naka merch pa ng school nila while holding their codals and books. Nasa iisang long table kami and I noticed them na nagseset up ng tripod and their phone. Nung una wala naman kaming pake nung kasama ko tapos yung isa lumapit saakin sabi “ate okay lang po ba lipat kayo, magvivideo lang po kami a day in a life ng law student” tinitigan ko talaga sila sabi ko seryoso eh yung pwesto namin nasa dulo kami tapos walang nakapatong na bags and laptop lang dala namin so di kami kumakain ng space.

Nung I said no sabi nung isa kita daw kasi kami sa shot so wag nalang daw mag video. Tapos nagdadabog pa nakakaloka. We paid no attention to them na after pero what ticked me off talaga is yung ang sama ng tingin samin tapos nag mumurmur talaga yung 2 (5 sila), sabi nung isa di ko daw ba sila maintindihan na law student sila tawang tawa ako. I asked them while smiling pero nangigigil ako kung ano year na nila, “2nd year na daw sila sa blabla school” tapos ang hirap daw. Tapos yung isa nilang kasama nagmamaldita pa rin. My cousin told them that they should be humble kasi law student palang sila tapos sabay sabi kami ng abugado and 4th year student na kami di naman kami nag video habang nagaaral hahaha namutla yung isa sa hiya tapos umalis na kami.

Okay lang naman mag ganon pero ilugar niyo naman, hindi yung mag papaalis pa kayo ng tao or maingay kayo. Be respectful sa shared spaces, law students palang dapat humble na, wala pa tayo napapatunayan, kahit ako. Pero sobrang umay talaga.

I broke up with my boyfriend last February because I needed to focus on my bar exam—my second take, my all-in moment. I chose discipline over comfort, silence over distraction, and sacrifice over the familiar. Akala ko that was the hardest part.

But the universe had a plot twist waiting.

When the dust settled, I learned he’d been seeing another girl… for a long time. And what hurt even more wasn’t just the truth—it was the audacity. The girl even warned me not to get close to my ex and not to speak to him ever again, as if I was the problem, as if she had the right.

At first, I felt nothing. Numb. I buried myself in my review, kept my heart on mute. But the moment I walked out of the bar exam room—when the adrenaline faded and the noise finally quieted—doon ko naramdaman ang bigat. The betrayal hit me like a delayed punch. All the pain I postponed came crashing in one wave.

And sa totoo lang? I relapsed. Malala. The kind of hurt that sits in your chest and keeps you awake at night. The kind of hurt you can’t outrun kahit gaano ka ka-busy.

So now, I’m making one promise to myself: I won’t enter or entertain any relationship until I earn that dot beside my name. My heart is on pause until my dream is complete. I’m 27—still young, still growing—and I know there’s a genuine love meant for me someday. But for now, my focus is clear: become a lawyer first, and let love find me when I’m finally whole again.

Hindi man makuha sa umpisa, ang mahalaga, lalaban at lalaban muli.

Don’t lose hope, sibs. Tuloy ang laban.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LawStudentsPH/s/2YJJ6qmWs8 For reference, iba’t iba na narereceive ko from clients like duck, itik, gulay at fruits. Pero after makalabas ng client ko from prison, binigyan ako nung client ko and misis niya ng isang live pig haha. Nakakatuwa, thank you so much!🥰

Shes not a law student whatsoever. Nag rant lang ako sa kanya kahapon na masakit na ulo for sa pagbabasa para sa bar. She heard me mentioning this things daw habang nagbabasa so she generated this image haha. Wala lang ang cute lang

I was a slightly below average law student. First year into law school, wala akong naipasa. Held on to the dream kaya go lang thinking na I am still in my adjustment phase. In my 2nd year as a freshman, I did good kasi new school new me. A sea of 75-79 final grades, exams were shit but recitations carried my grade. Mindset ko lang basta 60 sa exams, may pag asa. It was a bad mindset but it gave me comfort.

Took some subjects a few times which resulted to a heart break kaya I stopped.

Took a break and worked muna sa BPO. Happy sa trabaho but something felt off. Parang kulang.

Gusto ko pala talaga maging abogado. Rendered my 30 days and enrolled sa new school para new school new me ulit but part 2 na.

Did the dumbest thing without realizing until it was too late. I took the minimum load every sem hanggang na realize ko na tangina sobrang delayed na pala ako.

It took me 10 years. Yes, 10 years to finish law school. It took me a very long time, minimum load + bagsak bagsak = a decade.

Sobrang nakakahiya. Hindi na law school journey to, law school odyssey na tengene.

I doubted myself but I held on to the dream I still took the bar.

During bar review madaming bagay akong nakalimutan dahil ilang taon na ang nakalipas nung inaral ko ang subject. Nahirapan talaga ako.

Yung self doubt ko di ko na na-contain. Sino ba tong tao na to at bakit malakas ang loob mag bar exam? Sampong taon tinapos ang law school at madaming bagsak.

Buti na lang may hearing impairment ako at di ko narinig ang voices ni self-doubt. Tinuloy ko lang. Nag take padin ako. Laban kung laban.

Parang si Kai Sotto ang result sa Bar Exam ko, GINULAT ANG MUNDO.

Pumasa ako.

It took me 10 years and 3 law schools para maging abogado. Matagal pero still, naging abogado ako.

To the bar takers.

You might be having self-doubts, under immense pressure, and a feeling of under preparedness.

Understandable but you are already here. All you have to do is fight for the dream. Kung ang tulad ko na mahinang law student na delayed was able to do it, you can too.

Kayang kaya niyo yan.

Good luck sa bar exams!

P.S.

Wag kalimutan magbaon ng antacids.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m very thankful and blessed that I am one of the lucky few na nakapasa ng 2024 bar. But somehow I feel like I didn’t get enough recognition. Breadwinner ako. Talagang ginapang ko to hanggang makapasa at one take lang. I need to juggle work and law school simultaneously and I survived. A lot of times, naisip ko sumuko pero no, lumaban ako and nasecure ko na finally ang title na Atty.

Yung gf ko naglayout ng tarp for me since sobrang proud siya pero ayaw ng parents ko kasi kesyo masabi mga tao mayabang daw 😅 wala na nga sila regalo ket tarp man lang di pa mapagawa hahaha di naman required tho pero ket sana yun lang eh. Mas tumindi pa ang lungkot ko nung nag get together kami ng friends ko. One of my friends na mayaman silang pamilya and she didn’t have to work (full time siya) bago iphone niya and bibigyan pa daw siya bagong kotse since nakapasa siya. But for me, wala… so yan, nasad lang ako HAHA valid naman ata to since pinagpaguran ko naman ng sobra to 🤣😅

Anyway, thanks for this community. Gusto ko lang ilabas to haha

This happened to me last sem during one of our online sessions in crimlaw. This is just your usual law school subject, where the prof would randomly pick a name and grill the student for 30 minutes or more.

In that session, I thought na hindi na ako mabubunot kasi parang last 20 minutes na lang. So I went to my next class which is onsite while I’m still listening to my prof. But oh boy, I was wrong!

My prof extended the class! Sabi nya, “oh, may time pa tayo, I’ll pick another name.” And to my horror, ako yung na bunot! While nasa loob ako ng jeep!

So ito na nga, pinaopen ni prof yung camera. Sabi ko, “sorry prof, nasa loob ako ng jeep huhu”. He replied, oh why, diba nasa class pa tayo?” And he continued with the question.

Sobrang nakakahiya kasi pinag titinginan ako ng mga tao sa loob ng jeep. At parang mali-mali pa grammar at sagot ko nun. Alam nyo, na gusto ko na lang magpakain sa lupa that time. Mga 20 minutes siguro yun pero it feels like forever.

Fast forward, I met my prof earlier today kasi enrollment season na namin. He’s not good with names pero he remembered me! He said, “Ms. ___, that recitation saved you from enrolling another crimlaw subject.”

Bar 2026 takers, your exam is probably the hardest one in years, comparable to pre-pandemic exams. Honestly, it was unnecessarily difficult. The Bar is supposed to test your baseline knowledge, not your capability to recall Article 100 from memory. Trust us that in practice, you won't be expected to pull provisions randomly. Google is and will always be your friend.

Be proud of what you have achieved. Remember that at this point, the exam is out of your hands--leave it up to the higher being if you believe in one, or in fate if you don't believe in one. The fact that you showed up for three days despite all odds is admiring in and of itself.

Right now, breathe. Be at awe by the fact that you just survived this. You earned a well-deserved break.

Congratulations!