The Philippine Association of Law Schools (PALS) has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to allow new lawyers to sign the Roll of Attorneys in their areas because of the threat posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Earlier, the SC had announced that the signing of the Roll of Attorneys, the last step to becoming a full-fledged lawyer, would be done from July 6 to Aug. 3 at the SC offices on Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila.Last June 25, a total of 2,103 new lawyers, who passed the 2019 Bar Examinations, took their oaths online via video conferencing, the first in the history of the country’s process of admitting new lawyers into the practice of law.
In a letter to Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, the PALS said the signing of the roll that was ordered by the SC to be done in Manila “would pose additional burden and risks to the new lawyers.”
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