Technical English 2: Legal Forms

This course focuses on the study of legal forms used in judicial processes and law enforcement, and students of criminology should be conversant with them. It is intended to familiarize students with the parts and contents of these legally binding and enforceable documents while also emphasizing their importance in sustaining the rule of law and promoting justice.

Course description as found in the course syllabus

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Course Content

Topics

• Use and create different legal forms
• Use and design parts of an affidavit
• Legal responsibilities, obligations, and liabilities of making or executing affidavits and petitions
• Requirements in the certification and verification of statements

Specifically:

• Parts of an Affidavit
• Rules on Legal Forms, including:
  • Supreme Court Amendments on the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure and the Revised Rules on Evidence Relevant to Legal Forms
  • Judicial Affidavit Rule (A.M. No. 12-8-8-SC, 4 September 2012)
• Certification of Non-Forum Shopping
• Various Legal Forms
  • Judicial Affidavit
  • Complaint Affidavit
  • Counter Affidavit
  • Reply or Answer Affidavit
  • Rejoinder
  • Affidavit of Witness
  • Deposition of Witness
  • Affidavit of Desistance
  • Motion for Reconsideration
  • Memo for Preliminary Investigation
  • Affidavit of Arresting Officer
  • Application for Search Warrant
  • Affidavit After Execution of Search Warrant Issued
  • Application/Petition to Wire Tap
  • Affidavit of Denial for NBI Clearance
  • Affidavit of Undertaking
  • Affidavit of Loss
  • Affidavit of Two Disinterested Persons
  • Petition/Application for Compulsory Confinement for Drug Dependent
  • Petition/Application for Voluntary Confinement for Drug Dependent Through Representation

Final Project: Case Portfolio

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Reference: Course modules available in the VSUEE