San Beda College of Law

2010 Centralized Bar Operations

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
MANOLO ADEL SANTOS overall chairperson, KRISTINE ANNABELLEE HIPOS chairperson for academics, MINISTER MOISES DU chairperson
for hotel operations, EZEKIEL JOSHUA VILLENA vice-chairperson for operations, RYAN DARYL PINEDA vice-chairperson for secretariat,
DJOANIVIE JOMARE JUNASA vice-chairperson for finance, MARIE MICAELA STA. ANA vice-chairperson for edp, DIOXENOS SULIT vice-
chairperson for logistics

SUBJECT COMMITTEE:
ROSE JENNIFER DE JOYA subject chair, MARY CHRISTINE DABU assistant subject chair, MARLYN BACANI edp, BARWIN SCOTT VILLORDON
legal ethics, JOAN GRACE WILSON legal forms

MEMBERS:
Barbara Jeniffer Bautista, Beverly Castillo, Raoul Benedict Fernandez, Mary Ivy Galang, Anna Katrina Garcia, Ma. Katrina Rivera and Jean
Minneth Salabsab, Ina De Vera, Ajean Tuazon, Kams Lagasca









ANSWERING THE BAR EXAM QUESTIONS
1. Use neutral identifiers like letters X, Y
A, or fictitious names like Juan dela
Cruz for persons and the countrys capital
Manila for the place if required by the
facts. NEVER USE YOUR NAME as name
of a party or notary public.

2. As a rule of thumb, a marking is any
symbol, mark or writing that is uncalled for
which has no place in the notebook or
answer, or which appears to have been
placed by the Bar candidate to identify his
notebook.

Do not actually affix a signature for the
counsel, attesting witness, etc. as this
would constitute as marking. Instead, just
place (Sgd.) before the name of the
counsel or party.

CARDINAL RULES IN DRAFTING LEGAL
DOCUMENTS
1. Commencement of a contract
a. Usually starts with This Agreement or
An Agreement or Articles of
Agreement
b. But it is better to specify, i.e., This
Mortgage or This Contract of Sale or
This Contract of Lease

2. Personal circumstances of parties
a. Full name
Capacities
Civil Status
Residence
b. Logical order in which the parties are
to be named in the document must be
observed.










Example:

Deed of Conveyance
Name of Seller, mortgagor, or grantor
must first be stated

Employment Contract
Name of employer usually comes first

3. Principal or operational clauses
State in separate, numbered
paragraphs

Purpose: to facilitate ready reference
thereto

4. Verbosity should be avoided

5. Specific or technical terms which have
special meanings should be defined

6. Names of parties should be repeated
The use of pronouns might give rise to
ambiguity

7. Keep the document neat
Must be free from erasures, interlineations,
or suspicions of alteration

8. This clause may be inserted at the end
of the agreement:
This contract shall extend and shall
be binding upon the parties thereto,
their executors, administrators and
assigns

9. Place and date of execution
Usually comes last and may be stated thus:



GENERAL GUIDELINES