To the 1,126 new lawyers

Join us to help seek justice.

Make all motions to raise the bar of service to society.

Enter your appearance as a lawyer for the many. They are waiting, expecting and in need. You can help change things.

Argue and stand your ground amid so much impunity and misery.

Object to temptation, compromise, opportunism and hypocrisy.

Pray that you can proudly wear that much-coveted title that you deserve.

Base every move on truth and justice.

Submit more law to those who have less in life.

Welcome to the bar of reality!

—EDRE U. OLALIA, secretary general, National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, nupl2007@gmail.com