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Answer Legal Basis Analysis:Application Conclusion

The document discusses the ALAC method for answering questions on the Bar exam. ALAC stands for Answer, Legal Basis, Analysis/Application, and Conclusion. It provides guidance on each step: for Answer, write yes or no to the question followed by a restatement; for Legal Basis, cite relevant law to support the answer; for Analysis/Application, apply the facts to the law; and for Conclusion, summarize the response. It also discusses KISS (Keep It Short and Simple), emphasizing concise and direct answers. A sample answer using ALAC is provided as an example.

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Answer Legal Basis Analysis:Application Conclusion

The document discusses the ALAC method for answering questions on the Bar exam. ALAC stands for Answer, Legal Basis, Analysis/Application, and Conclusion. It provides guidance on each step: for Answer, write yes or no to the question followed by a restatement; for Legal Basis, cite relevant law to support the answer; for Analysis/Application, apply the facts to the law; and for Conclusion, summarize the response. It also discusses KISS (Keep It Short and Simple), emphasizing concise and direct answers. A sample answer using ALAC is provided as an example.

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Remembering ALAC and KISS

The ALAC method strikes as the most familiar and most useful to all bar exam takers out there.
To those having a hard time on how to come up with a well-crafted answer in the Bar, let us
revisit the said method.

 ANSWER

Before stretching out one’s knowledge when it comes to the pertinent jurisprudence or codal
provisions, one must first answer. Most questions will ask whether or not the contention of a
party is correct. Takers must first answer by jotting down a YES or a NO followed by the
question asked (e.g. YES, the contention of the petitioner is correct.)

 LEGAL BASIS

After answering and establishing a point of reference, takers must now lay down the related
jurisprudence or codal provision to defend the answer. One must take note however that while
there may be a lot of possible answers considering the exceptions and the exceptions to the latter
as well, remember that there is only one issue in the legal question in which the examiner would
like to be answered. In short, do not complicate the answers and simplify them as much as
possible.

 ANALYSIS/APPLICATION

Now that the legal basis is established, an analysis must then be made towards the facts of the
legal problem. Here, correlation and cross-referencing to the facts as well as the question comes
to play. This is the portion in which takers can further expound on their answer aside from the
given legal basis.

At times, the ANALYSIS is also referred to as the APPLICATION wherein a taker must apply
the legal basis he or she has given to the set of facts and problems in the exam.

 CONCLUSION

For the last paragraph of the answer, one must sum up all of the factors already stated in the
preceding sentences. It serves as the point referring to the end of your answer.

Sample Answer:

NO, the contention of X is incorrect.

According to the Revised Penal Code, the elements of self-defense as a justifying circumstance
are as follows: unlawful aggression; the reasonable necessity of the means employed to prevent
or repel it, and; lack of sufficient provocation on the part of the person defending himself.
In this case, the second element is lacking. Shooting an aggressor multiple times at the back,
according to jurisprudence, is not within reasonable means to prevent or repel an attack.

Hence, X cannot use self-defense to be exculpated of the crime charged.

As shown in the given example, the KISS method was also applied. The acronym stands for
“Keep It Short and Simple.” Bar takers are expected to go directly to the point and avoid beating
around the bush. Given the number of Bar takers in the country, examiners only have a very
limited time in checking every booklet. Bar takers should know how to answer shortly yet so
concise that all the issues in the legal problem are answered with just a couple of sentences.

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