Lopoz, a registered nurse, supported himself through law school as a legal staffer and as consultant of a city councilor. AdDU College of Law dean, Hildegardo I igo, had spotted Lopoz as a bright student who was valedictorian of Batch 2000. Note that Dexter is only a point away from the UP bar topnotcher. Lopoz was offered by the Accra Law Davao office an associate position in February which he readily took. But Lopoz said he plans to go back to his hometown in Montevista, Compostela Valley, after five years in Accra Law because there are no lawyers in our town and the people there badly need lawyers.
Largo is a case study of how sheer determination succeeds.
Before leaving for the bar examinations in Manila in September last year, Largo s wife, Joy, gave birth on Aug. 9. I only had P10,000 in my pocket when I went to Manila, recalled Largo, who now works as the legal officer of the Cooperative Development Authority. Davao-based bar examinees need an average of P50,000 to be able to stay in a decent place conducive for studying. Fund drive With meager resources, Largo decided to stay with a relative in a congested and dengue-infested urban poor community in Malibay, Pasay City. Five days before the last Sunday of the bar for the exam on Remedial Law, one of the most complicated and hardest subjects in the bar, Largo caught dengue.