He then reunited with his friends and it is revealed that he managed to cut a portion of his grades, allowing all three friends to graduate.ĭuring the bar examinations, Erik drops out when his father succumbs to the ailment and has him cremated, while Toran and Christian carry on. Despite the risk of losing his respect within the fraternity and after a small confrontation with the Lord Master, Toran gathers courage and reports of the hazing to Hernandez, who takes immediate action. Months before graduation, Hernandez reveals the names of those who would graduate or not including on grade cutting to allow a specific number of students who cannot graduate to be allowed to graduate the course.
In one class, Hernandez tells the students on how to succeed and why people who study law take the course seriously before speaking of a pro bono case tackling land titles and oppression of the farmers which she has handled earlier. Erik's father, on the other hand, suffers a stroke and he is forced to balance his time between studying, working, and taking care of him.Īfter years of overcoming challenges with hard work, the trio reach their senior year wherein they tackle the most difficult cases and subjects, the most prominent of which is taught by the college's dean, retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Hernandez, known for her strict and rigid demeanor who would not accept anything other than a precise answer.
However, he faces a moral dilemma when he witnesses one of his fellow fraternity members abuse a neophyte, leaving him torn between reporting the offense to school authorities or preserving his status of respect in the organization. Toran starts a relationship with a popular and beautiful intelligent girl in his class and at the same time, is invited to join an elite and well-known law school fraternity after a small altercation with a member of their rival fraternity. In their first class, the friends meet with a gay lawyer named Victor Cruz, who also fancies his students. The trio begin their days in law school and face different challenges and events.
Christian comes from a wealthy family and has the option to attend an Ivy League university in the United States, but opts to take up law in the Philippines partly because he wants to be in close proximity with the girlfriend (Ana Luna), which his father (Pontri Bernardo), a Filipino-born American lawyer and businessman in the United States, knows little about.
Erik is from a working-class family whose patriarch is an aging retired cop working as a security guard and takes the course to lift them from poverty. Toran is from a middle class family of seven with parents who invite their neighbors to celebrate their children's achievements and takes the course to make a name for the family while they support his education. The families of the three law school passes celebrate the success of their offspring. Joshua, on the other end, does not appear on the list due to his focus on making a career as an actor and model. Of the four, only Erik, Christian, and Toran manage to pass. A quarter of friends consisting of legal management graduates Christian ( Enzo Pineda), Erik Visencio ( Carlo Aquino), Joshua ( Kean Cipriano) and Toran Garcia ( Rocco Nacino), play League of Legends in an internet café and later check the results of their law school entrance examination.