Confessions of an (unsuspecting) OLA junkie
I miss OLA now that its over and I thank my Team, my SLs. my OLA staff, my OLA Director and the clients for the opportunity to learn. It was quite an experience. :) I don’t regret spending my summer elbow deep in cases because you know what? God has been really good to me with this time. Imagine, I got to object, do a cross examination, participate in a pre-trial conference, write a Comment to the Formal Offer of Evidence and express my displeasure in court that the opposing counsel was not present and that he should be fined at the least! I also got to travel to different exotic places like the QC Jail, the Caloocan Hall of Justice, Pasig Hall of Justice and even to the San Mateo MTC (which is kinda tricky to go to since its way in the back of San Mateo, you need to ride a trike still)! I also got a glimpse of what litigation was really like and you know what? It’s not so bad! I was scared of criminal cases before but now I actually regret not being in OLA long enough not to handle the last RRAF I did, which was a Korean homicide. *sigh* I didn’t know I’be having withdrawal symptoms like this considering I said I didn’t like litigation. I will definitely miss that court room high I always get. I can’t wait for second sem! ;P
