Dura Lex Sed Lex

Remind me again why I took up law. To say that this [law] is not just any other course I can take for granted will be an understatement. More often than not, I will be spending so much time figuring out a good strategy to keep me interested in reading as much law books I can get my hands on, notwithstanding comprehension apart from speed reading. Let me take this oppurtunity to write down the [technical] skills a law student should/must have. A good english grammar skill in writing is tantamount especially when you start digesting court cases, make pleadings and the like. I thought I'd use some fancy words on it, but i would rather not take that risk of failing because the professor cant find cohesiveness and rather just a bunch of unrelated facts and opinions [which is not recommended].

For law students, the civil and criminal books would be the bible. This figure of speech is exactly what it is, "res ipsa loquitor", speaks for itself. I feel the slightest twinge and an air of desperation everytime the professors gives us a multitude of topics and related cases on citations to research and familiarize. They say, the human mind can be manipulated and that is an interesting fact indeed. Think about memorizing the [class a]legal provisions, statutes, law, presidential decrees and some governing laws. Memorizing all of these is immaterial, which is why I make it a point that I have something to memorize each day. All the facts on the books are conditio sine qua non to an effective understanding of the law and how it is applied.

I can do this, like what the texts say, "dura lex sed lex", the law may be hard but it is still the law. Freshman law is austere and it never failed to meet my expectations. I want to get the this up on my sleeve until im ready for the BAR examinations.