AKO BICOL Rep. Rodel M. Batocabe returns to his alma mater, the University of the Philippines, to welcome a new generation of aspiring lawyers during the UP College of Law Freshman Orientation. His best advice to the freshmen? Learn how to relax despite the adjustment and the hardships in the journey to becoming an officer of the judiciary.
Rep. Batocabe graduated from the UP College of Law in 1991 and has been in the legal profession ever since. He is currently on his third term in Congress and has held the chairmanship for the Special Committee on Climate Change. He is now a member of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on his last term and has authored numerous bills for the welfare of Bicolanos and Filipinos alike.