Isagani Cruz tried to fool us all inbto believing that the issue was all about the retention policy. Now they have shifted gears and is questioning not the reconsidertaion fo the flunkers, per se but the procedure which, according to them, was not followed by the Dean and the Rector.

The retention policy has exceptions as demonstrated several times already. That's the fact. Now, whose interested in destroying the Dean and Fr. Rector?

Someone's hungry for power.

San Beda Law is in its self-destruct mode, as how this poster in the San Beda forum bedista.com said:
"the San Beda College of Law has been in crisis and self-destruct mode for quite some time now. the already tense situation was further aggravated when the issue regarding those flunkers who were retained through the pressure of the Benedictine monk president came out in the open. it brought condemnation from members of the faculty and even retired Supreme Court Justice Isagani Cruz, who got engaged in a "shootout" with San Beda Law officials on the Philippine Daily Inquirer. just recently, the Benedictine monk and his spineless Law School Dean sacked 26 law professors, some of whom have formed the "pillars" of the institution that is the San Beda College of Law.

aside from the issue aforementioned, there was the existence of the "system" which has run within the San Beda College of Law. that same system was patronized by most of the College of Law faculty members (including those who have just resigned from their posts), condoned by the Benedictine monk president, his spineless College of Law dean and the school's administration, and practiced by a bunch of demigods in campus composed of some school employees and bratty Law students.
San Beda Law's crisis will not end because it has just started. its self-destructive ways began to catch up with it and sooner or later, the institution that was San Beda Law would crumble unless GENUINE REFORMS THROUGH A MASSIVE OVERHAUL OF THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION WILL BE DONE."

Isagani Cruz is the dean of a so so Law School somewhere in the South. Probably threatened by the opening of the Law School in San Beda -Alabang. Why would he care about SBC Law when he has to contend with the problems of hsi own Law School.. I smelll something rotten.hmmmm

as a bedan on my first year after the storm of resignations, i cannot help but fear that the greatness of san beda may be gone or will soon be gone in a few years. Those who resigned, no matter how “terrifying” these profs are,were indeed the great pillars of the college. Fortunately,some of the new ones are good, they have their own briliant ways,but some are just “hilaw”. There are profs that need more “actual courtroom time”, you would “feel” this lack of experience. One teacher would teach only based on the textbook, verbatim. (with nothing taught outside the book, i might as well read it alone at starbucks at saved gasoline going to mendiola)

And I rememeber one asking us to recite statutes verbatim all day for 3 weeks and not going deeper into the application of the law. And there was one who would just sit down and ask for 3 lines on her assigned cases no matter how long it was and not discuss the “essence of the case”. (i might as well read the digests of previous batches)

On my first year, i am not in a position to criticize and yet alone “compare”, for i am a small hyena in the presence of lions,but my experience with the college and its so called “greatness” has been wanting. We just hope things get better, for law school is serious business and involves serious time.
One would not want to waste it on profs who lack the greatness and awe that we all want.

The dean did his best to fill up the 26 or so resignations but one dean , overnite, cannot replenish the “great minds” that went away. The 2006 bar results showed no Bedans at the top ten. Indeed it has started…..the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Matapang Dont complain, your profs now are lenient compare to what old school bedans underwent. If you dont want to memorize codal provisions and read cases in their original text you might as well go to arellano or other schools. you dont belong in san beda. You are lucky you did not experience how it is like to be under Arcilla, albay, jumamil, navarro and aquino. all of them are good and most feared professors im proud to say i pass them all with flying colors. So stop complaining like a brat who has lost a toy. I just hope you got retained i bet if you were under my profs and your attitude is like that Im sure you are now in baste or arre.

Bedan Lawyer

by the way no one made it in the top 10 last time around but my batch had a batting average of 91.5 percent only 11 failed out of 132. res ipsa loquitor. I doubt if you will be able to reach 4th year in beda even if the terror profs are no longer around, i bet you cannot even pass jara in civ pro. wish you the best of luck, i know people like you needs a lot of luck to reach 4th year and pass the bar. true bedans are hardworking and God loving they do not need luck. One more thing. UP Ateneo law students belong to the creamest of the crop they are genuisses, thats why they are constantly in top ten those who are beda are those who failed to hurdle lae. in contrast those who are in San beda are average students only, but despite of that we manage to hold our own we are in the 3rd spot in terms of number of topnotchers and 2nd in terms of passing averages because indeed beda law makes ordinary students with average intelligence extraordinary. thats what san beda is all about. now, if you do not like san beda. then GET THE HELL OUT OF MY SCHOOL.

this is a much-delayed comment, but ill say it anyway:

the old observation about SBC Law remains - the lowerclassmen subsidize the bar exam preparation of the graduating class.

weeding out students, flunking them on purpose? only one section come 4th year, no matter what? tsk tsk tsk tsk

i belong to the batch that was discriminated against, in fact, i was one of the 5 students San Beda did not allow to graduate last 2006 because of the “tempest” but wat the heck, I topped the bar exams 2007, ano kayo ngayon?!

I think San Beda’s training is exceptional. I can see the difference between schools. Bad thing in San Beda, they don’t have executive classes available on saturdays and sundays. THerein, I switched to AUSL, so sad.. damn it…I love SBC despite that I’m currently in AUSL… hehe

I am from San Beda. Tempest??? Somebody should explain this to me. Actually, they should also explain the virtue of introducing statements such as “back with a vengeance” or “average students only”. You don’t invoke vengeance when there is no injury. You don’t use the word “average” without entertaining the idea that there are those who are better and, more importantly, less than you.

If there is such a person that may be considered qualified in using the slogan “back with a vengeance” and be justified in so doing, he is the one that was discriminated against but end up topping the bar exams (congrats to lex88). But, in any case, there is no person sufficiently qualified in branding students (and laypersons alike) as genius, average and less than average.

Grades matter, of course. However, let those in the institutions which are primarily involved in grading exams, ranking students and admission in the practice of law matter with the same. As for the students and lawyers, let us bother ourselves with giving credit to whom credit is due. Honor for honor, respect for respect.

Perhaps the words of Justice Cruz is approriate in this matter –not what he wrote about San Beda, rather, his dissenting in the Marcos case: tempest in a tea cup.

hahahah nakakatawa.
greatness ba?
ano ba pinaguusapan ninyo dito?
eh beda LANG naman kayo eh.
walang logic pagusapan pa!!! hahaha

Ateneo and UP law ang magandang law school dito. un lang!!!
kung mag beda, eh might as well mag arellano law na nga lang ako.

congratulations lex888 but quite frankly, topping the bar is not enough vengeance. there are those who topped the bar but nevertheless led a lackluster career and those who did not but went on to become known and great in the profession. indeed you have redeemed yourself but whether you have actually taken your revenge remains to be seen, after 10-20 years maybe. this is the same feeling shared by many of the bedans toward one of our own when he couldn’t stop talking about how he proved this certain professor wrong after he topped the bar.

JOB inggit ka lang,

why in the world would you say topping the bar is not enough? i bet u did not top the bar, sour grappings. we are talking here of life in law school and not career because thats another story. I personally know this guy since 2nd year lawschool, and i know what he went thru and i must give it to him, he earned the right to say what he wants to say. to his detractors, top the bar first before saying anything against him otherwise you have no moral authority to do so. As to his career I believe he will be a bedan great someday.

JOB be man enough and reveal your identity instead of hiding behind your nickname.

-Atty. James Ronquillo, CPA

why are you people arguing this far? is this still an issue kung sino pinakamagaling na law school at kung bar ba ang sukatan ng pagiging magaling na law school?c’mon lets face it.students go to beda because they didnt pass UP or Ateneo.i dont think there’s a bedan student who would choose to stay there if he could turn back time and pass UP or Ateneo.

Atty. James Ronquillo, would you choose to be in Beda if you passed Ateneo or UP Law?I dont think so.why is law practice different from your life in law school?bakit ibang usapan ang practice sa pagaaral ng abosgasya? can you offer something that you do not have?i dont think so. the only skills that you can offer are the things you learn from your school.i admit, everything is not learned in school alone, but the training and skills it provides you really count a lot once you enter the real world as a lawyer.

i think the discussion in this page simply affirms what kind of law students and lawyers your institution produces. c’mon guys!

I don’t think this discussion should reach the point of bragging about how great my law school is and how your sucks. That is just so immature. The issue here is the rotten system of a law school others have no idea about. So I guess hindi issue yan.

To the_beda:
> Frankly you sound like a kid who haven’t even heard of law school so might as well go to some anime thread where you rightfully belong.

To Matapang:
> Yes tama ka hilaw nga mga pumalit na professors, pero ang tanong ko, do you have any idea what you could have faced if you had the privilege of having the likes of Atty. Arcilla as your professor? If your answer is in the negative, then do not complain here.

To Santo Santito:
> I passed Ateneo Law with no interviews required. But I enrolled in San Beda. Why? because Ateneo was just a third choice for me. So do not generalize.

To James Ronquillo:
> Tol ano balita sayo? Buti pa si lex888 pumunta sa hotel nung barops. hehe

wag niyo naman maliitin ang arellano and other law schools. dahil ba sa madaming lumilipat na kick out ng ibang school? madami sa mga un, nabibigyan ng pag asang maging abogado. dahil ba sa ndi mataas passing percentage? siguro kasi sinasabak na sa bar kahit di pa sing hinog ng “bedans” pero pumapasa pa rin naman. sa beda, talagang naghihigpit sa pagpa graduate and yet, may bumabagsak pa rin??? sa arellano and other law schools, kinick out na ng ibang school, naipapapasa pa rin. sa beda, expected na na dapat pumasa kayo sa bar, mga “magagaling” na nga ang tinira sa 4th yr eh. pero di niyo pa rin nagawa un.

SBC is a greedy law school and over the years, it has been giving false hopes to aspiring lawyers as they are just using the latter as cash cows to sustain their schools expenses.

consider other law schools: AdMU, UP, UST, SSC-R, AULS, etc. etc. etc.

It doesn’t really matter what kind of law school you are attending. It depends solely on the person studying law. There are working students topping the bar like last year. Jose Diokno topped the bar without finishing his degree in Law.

I am an incoming freshman at San Beda Law. I chose San Beda because I want to. As for the other law schools, I didn’t take UP LAE because I don’t want to and it is in Quezon City. I didn’t bother taking up the admission test in Ateneo because I refuse to be an Atenean. DLSU’s College of Law is set to start its class sy 2010-2011. I have already bummed for a year and I cannot afford to waste another. I paid for the law admission test for UST but didn’t go to the exam because I passed SBC LSQT with no interviews required.

Although i got kicked out of San Beda just recently as an incoming fourth year student, i do not feel the any animosity nor bitterness for the school that has been my home for quite some time. The tempest of San Beda is OVER!!! San Beda will dominate the bar exams for years to come. I have the highest respect for the fairness and integrity of its faculty and professors. I truly appreciate everything this school has given me. I could only hope and pray that I will also be a lawyer one day, and I know when the time comes San Beda was a Big part of it.

Ora et Labora

HI, SORRY IF I USE THIS WEBSITE TO MAKE A COMMUNICATION TO MY TWO FRIENDS WHICH IS FE ESCLETO AND SUSAN. IT’S LONG TIME AGO I TRY TO MAKE A EMAIL TO THIS TWO FRIEND OF MINE BUT ITS HARDLESS TO ME TO HAVE A COMMUNICATION. BY THE WAY I’M MR. SIMPLICIO A. MENDOZA JR LIVE IN 6143 WILLOW GLEN DR, HOUSTON,TEXAS TEL. 713.444.2455 / 734.2002. IF SOBY WHO THIS EMAIL OF MIND KINDLY PLEASE GIVE THIS MESSAGE OF MIND TO MY TWO LOVELY FRIENDS SPECIALLY THE ONE I STILL I LOVE THEM “FE” MY FIRST AND LAST ,STILL IN MY HEART AND MY MIND. I WISE SHE IN GOOD HEALTH AND ALL OF HER FAMILY TOO JUST LIKE ALING MEDING, KUYA , EMMA . REMEMBER STILL ALL OF YOU I ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU. BY THE WAY I’M A FORMARLY ROTC SAN BEDA OFFICER BEFORE , AGAIN PLEASE HELP ME TO CONTACT THIS TWO FRIENDS IF POSSIBLE. “GOD” BE WITH YOU ALL.

HI, SORRY IF I USE THIS WEBSITE TO MAKE A COMMUNICATION TO MY TWO FRIENDS WHICH IS FE ESCLETO AND SUSAN. IT’S LONG TIME AGO I TRY TO MAKE A EMAIL TO THIS TWO FRIEND OF MINE BUT ITS HARDLESS TO ME TO HAVE A COMMUNICATION. BY THE WAY I’M MR. SIMPLICIO A. MENDOZA JR LIVE IN 6143 WILLOW GLEN DR, HOUSTON,TEXAS TEL. 713.444.2455 / 734.2002. IF SOBY WHO THIS EMAIL OF MIND KINDLY PLEASE GIVE THIS MESSAGE OF MIND TO MY TWO LOVELY FRIENDS SPECIALLY THE ONE I STILL I LOVE THEM “FE” MY FIRST AND LAST ,STILL IN MY HEART AND MY MIND. I WISE SHE IN GOOD HEALTH AND ALL OF HER FAMILY TOO JUST LIKE ALING MEDING, KUYA , EMMA . REMEMBER STILL ALL OF YOU I ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU. BY THE WAY I’M A FORMARLY ROTC SAN BEDA OFFICER BEFORE , AGAIN PLEASE HELP ME TO CONTACT THIS TWO FRIENDS IF POSSIBLE. “GOD” BE WITH YOU ALL.

Being a former bedan, who had unfortunately failed to meet the required q.p.i. I had no hard feeling towards my former school. The training I had undergone from Dean Sundiang, Atty. Perez, Atty. Albay, Justice Lopez and others exceptional teachers who had unexpectedly left the school before me… had made me a better law student. It had molded me to have better study habits, thick skin and strong brain cells. hahahaha

but I also know what is the impact of the drastic change of law faculty members… some of them, too eager to prove that they are worthy of the title “Professor of Law” had chosen to terrorize the students, not because they are hard to please professors but because the students knew for a fact that one of them will fail in spite of all their endeavors and hardships. Staying at San Beda Law is not only a measure of wit but also of the ability to standout if needed to be and the ability to hide if ought to be. It is a mixture of strategy (
Yes, because since it is a dog-eat-dog society, and the weakest link will be kick-out, most of your classmates - even friends would try to outwit you even in the silliest ways i.e. not informing you that the cases are already available at the lib, selfishly use the ‘mercy’ row even if you desperately begs them to give to you the slot because you are sick, hiding notes and samplex), diligence in studies, good health (you cannot afford to be sick, or else you’ll be on the verge of not making it. Mere one day of missing class is suicide especially if the professor implements a rule that if your absent - your deadmeat!)

but at the end of the day, I can say that those who manage to graduate wearing the Red Toga are those who had survived - its either they are really smart, really lucky, or really ma-strategy. hahaha!

down…

with God all things are possible. Don’t brag..tao lang kayo.

“Sa UP, mahirap makapasok pero madaling pumasa, Sa SAN BEDA, madaling makapasok, MAHIRAP pumasa!!”

What matters is that you pass the bar. Stop talking about which school is better, instead start being a good lawyer.

What’s happening?

San Beda is so 80’s. Panget-panget uniform ng college parang laging amoy putok mga estudyante. yuck!

just one glaring observation on san beda ; madaling makapasok para malaki income ng school. sinasadyang konti lang ititira para malaki ang passing percentage para may maipagmamayabang. look, kung isa lang ang graduate na nagtake at pumasa yun, e di 100% passing na, di ba. pilit na konti lang ang pinapagraduate para mas konti ang bumagsak