About Me

"Kulot at Law", previously named as "Winding the Path of Law", is a personal web journal which talks about the law school experiences and life adventures of lawyer, Atty. Ian dela Cruz Encarnacion, commonly known to his family, classmates and friends as Ian, but is more affectionately named as Kulot by his intimates, perhaps as an allusion to his now famous or notorious curly hair and attitude.

He took up his undergraduate degree of Bachelor of Arts, Major in Political Science at Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Manila. He was a consistent Dean's Lister during his college days, but he is more active in extra-curricular activities. Thereafter, he obtained his Bachelor of Laws on the 19th day of April 2012 at the Far Eastern University at the crossroad of public assemblies, Morayta, Manila. He took and passed the 2012 Bar Examination, the Bar Examination with the second lowest passing percentage in history of 17.76%.

Born of parents and grandparents hailing from the Historical Capital of the Philippines, the Province of Cavite, Atty. Ian grew up in the City of Cavite. He finished his 5-year term (July 2002 - November 2007) as SK Chairman in his barangay of residence, and was elected as Treasurer of the Sangguniang Kabataan City Federation. Despite his busy schedule, he still maintains active participation in barangay and city governance activities. Most of his advocacies are centered on poverty alleviation and land reform, improving the standards of living in the Philippines, reforming the justice system, and the increasing the standards of education in the country. Dreams of becoming the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by 2050 and of occupying the Highest Office of the Land (Dream lang naman eh, but if it shall happen, so be it! Hehe) someday.


Although he does not engage in sports as much as he must, once in a while he enjoy sports like basketball, badminton, table tennis, cycling and swimming. He jogs almost every morning during semestral and summer breaks. He intends to join a triathlon and run the Ironman, the most difficult race on earth. But most of the time, he spends the days reading a lot of books and cases to prepare for a gruelling recitation at school.

Because of the seriousness of his purpose of being a lawyer, many mistake his silent personality as being suplado or serioso, but whenever he is happy, he exudes this huge amount of energy that infects those near him. He laughs kind of funny, which makes him funny too. A simple person with simple joys, one can see him wearing just a short and sando during usual days, eating fish ball and kwek-kwek at the kanto or at the kalsada. He is asleep at times and loves to stay at home. But he does enjoy visiting new places - both for recreation and discovery. He hopes to tour the entire Philippines some day and have a picture at the Welcome Arch of every province, city and municipality in the country. He also intends to tour all European countries and around Asia. He has already started with England and others are to follow.

He has always been involved in campus politics. As early as his elementary days at Atheneum School in Noveleta, Cavite, he was elected as President of the Graduating Class. During his High School years, he served as the High School Student Council President in SY 2002-2003 of San Sebastian College-Recoletos de Cavite, and was subsequently elected as the Alumni Association President. In his college days, he founded the Letran POLITICVS, a Recognized Student Organization for Political Science Majors, and the grand slam political party ALYANSA LETRANISTA (We have won the Presidency of the Letran Student Council, from SY 2005-2006 until the present school year, or 4 years in a row, YAHOO!). He served as the 2nd Year Representative of the Institute of Law Student Council in the S.Y. 2008-2009. He is the Immediate Past Grand Chancellor for Fraternity Year 2010-2011 of the Exclusive Law Fraternal Order, TAU KAPPA PHI, Far Eastern University. He was previously the Philippine Permanent Representative to the ASIAN LAW STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION International Board. He is currently a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines - Cavite Chapter. 


Atty. Ian has been a working student during his law school days. Professionally, he has been employed as a Technical Assistant of the Presidential Political Adviser, Office of the President, at the Malacañang Palace, Manila. He was concurrently assigned at the Department of Justice, as Executive Assistant to Undersecretary Ian Norman E. Dato until September 2010. He was later employed as a Contracts Analyst (Commercial Contracts Department) at Johnson Controls, Inc., an American multinational firm engaged in facilities management services. In 2012, he ventured into the academe as a Lecturer of the College of Arts and Sciences (Philosophy, Economics and Social Sciences) at San Sebastian College-Recoletos de Cavite. He served as the Public Relations Officer, a non-academic lay administrator, of the same institution. He is currently engaged in the private practice of law as a Junior Associate of Fortun Narvasa & Salazar Law Office, a prominent law firm in Makati City.

When he want to relax, he listens to the radio, watches TV, converses with friends and cleans the house, the garden and his room, and keeps musing himself with busy thoughts to save the world. He loves the beach. Repairing broken objects is also a fave when the mood is good. This days, he prays a lot, have fun a lot, and works a lot.

This profile was written 17 October 2008.

2nd Edition : 18 October 2009.
3rd Edition :  04 August 2011.
4th Edition :  09 April 2013.
5th Edition : 08 January 2014.