[ governance ]
Governing AI
- AI policy and regulation
- Copyright and IP in AI training and outputs
- Fintech and data rules
[ AI & the law ]
Two codes.
One counsel.
I deal with codes — the law's and the machine's. I'm a Philippine lawyer working on AI, technology, and intellectual property law. I teach AI to lawyers, and I build the tools I write about.
[ this and that }.This site began in 2020 as this and that — dev, law, and everything in between. The brackets stayed and became the mark.
[ 01 / two codes ]
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Civil Code · Art. 19
Every person must, in the exercise of his rights and in the performance of his duties, act with justice, give everyone his due, and observe honesty and good faith.
abuse_of_rights.ts
// the same rule, read as code function exercise(right, duty) { return act({ justice: true, giveEveryoneTheirDue: true, honesty: true, goodFaith: true, }); }
Two codes. One counsel.
The stem is the law. The brace is the code. The full stop is the counsel: advice you can act on.
[ 02 / what I work on ]
Where the law's codes meet the machine's.
Three threads run through everything I write, teach, and build.
[ build ]
The lawyer-builder
- Building AI workflows for legal practice
- Lumilex, a legal-practice platform built solo
- What it costs, and what breaks
[ teach ]
Teaching the profession
- AI for Modern Legal Practice, MLQU School of Law
- Workshops for law professors and practitioners
- Plain-language AI literacy for lawyers
[ 03 / before the codes ]
All grown-ups were once children… but only few of them remember it.— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Kept from the 2020 site.
[ 04 / writing ]
Two Codes
No. 01 · Coming soon
Civil Code Art. 19 × guardrails
One codal provision beside one idea from software, ending with the short answer.
Sept 2020 · IP
The Right Place of the Fair Use Doctrine: Infringement and Fair Use
How copyright works, how infringement compares with fair use, and the rights, violations, and exceptions under the Intellectual Property Code.
Sept 2020 · IP
The Right Place of the Fair Use Doctrine: An Introduction
Fair use is usually pleaded as a defense. It may belong somewhere else entirely.
Aug 2020 · AI & liability
A Game of Torts
When there is no driver, who pays for the accident? Tort liability regimes compared through game theory.
[ 05 / teaching & speaking ]
Teaching lawyers to read the machine.
Courses, workshops, and talks on using AI in legal practice, and on how the law should treat it.
Invite me to speakMLQU School of Law · Certification
AI for Modern Legal Practice — Building Your Own AI Workflows; AI in Compliance and Regulatory Work
Workshop · Aug 2026 · Quezon City
Syllabus-Making Using AI — LEB Capacity-Building Workshop
Advocacy · PAFLA
Senate advocacy on open budget legislation
[ 06 / building ]
The other kind of code.
Product · Ongoing
Lumilex
Practice management for Philippine law firms: matters, drafts, deadlines, billing, and a client portal. Built solo.
Next.js
Web · Law firm
TTFC Law
Website for Tungol Tan Fordan Campos Law, the full-service Makati firm where I am a partner.
Astro
Web · Association
PAFLA
Website for the Philippine Association of Fintech Lawyers, where I serve as President.
Astro · Netlify