Foot and Fire

A pose with our PAO Chief Persida Acosta during the 2009 PAO Convention 1. First of all, you have the opportunity to serve the poor. 2. If you don’t know how to handle the commercial side of private practice, then this is your nest. 3. If you want confrontations all the time, here, you are inside the courtroom most of the time. 4. If you love the RPC, then you are in the right place. 5. If you are a true blue public servant, you are at home. 6. But here, unlike its counterpart, you may handle a civil case. 7. If you are a psychiatrist in your past life, you can summon such talent from time to time in handling ‘special’ clients. 8. If you avoid ‘toxic’ partners, you will enjoy serving this firm ran according to MC-18. 9. If you can deal with 8 to 5 work clock, then stay here. 10. If you have the patience to understand and remember over a hundred cases, come here. 11. If you value peace of mind over money vis-a-vis corruption, then here is the place to be. 12...

Two weeks ago, we had our mandatory continuing legal education in Manila and aside from our chief at the Public Attorney's Office, two top government officials were invited: the DOJ chief and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. And what they have in common is that they are all women. It was a rare ocassion, listening to the three women manning the top agencies of the branches of our government. Of course, I was all so pleased just by knowing that women are now accepting the highest ranks in their respective league. However, a hindsight struck me: Will their being women enough for them to become maternal, productive and cooperative kind of of leaders? Will they perpetuate the patriarchal leadership? In generations that passed, patriarchal society has been proven to be destructive for having leaders who are thirsty for power and controlling by use of power. Thus, the crafting of the book,  " 48 Laws of Power, " which were all based on male-dominated societi...