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Friday, October 08, 2004
Lawyers, law students shift to nursing
By Aurea A. Gerundio
* But situation won't result in shortage of lawyers
INTEGRATED Bar of the Philippines (IBP) national executive vice president Leonard S. de Vera Thursday said several lawyers and law students have decided to take up nursing in order to get a job abroad.
But de Vera was quick to add that this situation will neither result to a shortage of lawyers in the Philippines.
De Vera said there are still a number of people who would choose to study Law because a degree in this course can guarantee a postgraduate position.
De Vera said studying Law is also not as tough as studying medical courses, such as nursing, which requires the students much time and attention.
"While studying Law, one can be working at daytime and go to school at nighttime. A degree in Law, even if one does not pass the bar exams, is equivalent to a masters degree already," de Vera said.
De Vera lamented that of the 125 colleges of Law nationwide only 25 colleges and universities have students passing the bar exams.
"The other schools and universities wala talagang pumapasa," he added.
De Vera said it is hard to say that the number of lawyers or law students shifting to nursing is alarming, as he has no statistics to support a statement on the matter.
However, he cited a situation in De La Salle University in Bacolod wherein one-half of the total number of law students shifted to nursing.
"Not all of us have a lucrative practice. The dream now of many people is to go abroad," de Vera said.
De Vera said that, for a neophyte lawyer, one would be lucky enough to be able to work in a big law firm as he or she would get as much as P35,000 as a starting salary.
The salary, de Vera added, is even greater than the salary of a judge who only receives P25,000 monthly salary.
"And take note, it would still take ten years of practicing law before one gets the chance to become a judge," de Vera said.
(October 8, 2004 issue)
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