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Underbar Associate

For law graduates awaiting bar results or preparing for the bar who want to begin practice in a working firm.

About the firm

Tungol Tan Fordan Campos Law Firm is a full-service firm in Makati City, founded in 2021. We handle litigation, corporate, and advisory work for Philippine businesses, foreign investors, and private clients.

The role

You will work on live matters under the supervision of the firm's lawyers — legal research, drafting memoranda and pleadings, and supporting litigation and corporate work — while you prepare for, or await the results of, the bar.

What you’ll do

  • Research Philippine law and jurisprudence for pleadings, opinions, and memoranda
  • Draft internal and legal memoranda, correspondence, and first drafts of pleadings
  • Prepare corporate compliance documents and filings
  • Attend client meetings and court hearings with the handling lawyer

Who you are

  • A Juris Doctor graduate awaiting Bar results or preparing for the Bar
  • Strong legal research and writing
  • Attention to detail and ownership of your work
  • Sound logical ability and critical thinking
  • Openness to legal technology and AI tools
  • A genuine willingness to learn
  • Able to work on-site at our Makati office

What we offer

  • 13th-month pay
  • Quarterly performance-based bonus
  • Discretionary Christmas bonus
  • HMO coverage upon regularization
  • Flexible leave, as long as your work gets done
  • Hybrid work, earned through performance
  • Meal allowance
  • Work laptop

The application takes a few minutes. Attach your CV as a PDF or Word file — we can use it to fill in the form for you.

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