LEBMO ND. 4 LoGo oF LEB AND SYMBOLISM OF FEATURES AND ICONS TABLE OF CONTENTS. ape - SHIELI stiape-SHEtD PART I - POLICIES AND STANDARDS OF LEGAL EDUCATION 1 Law is the child againsi _poltical ‘oppression and bigotry and the evi deeds Article |~ Basie Concepts and Definitions men ae Section 1. Nature of LEBMO NO. 1 2 seckground calor -PURPLE Section 2. Nomenclature of Issuances of the Board 2 Baskoret Section 3. Observance of Academic Freedom, the Rule of Law Purple is the color of law and justice. ‘and Due Process : 2 Section 4, Paravlegals Training and Degree Program 2 TORCH Section 5. Definition of Terms 24 It signifies learning or education. It brings Section 6. Assistance of LEB to Law Schools 45 forth ight whieh illumines the minds of men and dispels the darkness of ignorance, Article Il The Legal Education Board Section 7. General and Specific Objectives of Legal Education Section 8, Creation and Composition of LEB Section 9. Term of Office and Compensation SCALE si ‘ditional Section 10. Office and Staff Support of CHED Scale is the traditional emblem of law and justice. ee , Section 11. Powers and Functions of LEB 4993 Section 12. Accreditation of Law Schools Section 13. Withdrawal or Downgrading of Accreditation The law creating the Legal Education Board is called: “The Legal Section +4. Effectivity of Withdrawal or Downgrading of Education Reform Act of 1893, ‘Accreditation 9 Values: LEX EXCELLENTIA VIRTUS Article il - Prerequisites and Program Specification The goal of logal education is the formation cf lawyers who shall not Section 18. Prerequisites to Admission to Law School 2-10 only be leamed (excellentis) in law (Jex} but men and women of Section 16, Board Prerequisites for Admission to Basic Law character (virtus). Program 10 Section 17. Board Prerequisites for Admission to Graduate The entire logo expresses in symbols the main objective of the L Law Prograr io 10-12 Education Board which is to reform the legal education system in orci Section 18. Law Dogree P? fo enhance the quality of legal education in this country.Anigle V ~ instructional Standards Section 20, Section Section 23, ‘Section 24, Section 26. PART I!- MANUAL OF REGULATIONS FOR LAW SCHOOLS: General Instructional Standards of Law Schools, Duty of the Goard to Maintain Qualily Education ident Fails Duty of the Dean and Faculty to Nee! the Rigors of Legal Studies The General Average Grade Requirement of a Student Seeking Admission to Law Schoo! Requirement of a Research Journal Necessity of Authority from the Board to Operate aLaw Program Article ( ~ Basic Principles Sretion 26 Section 27. Section 28. Section 29, Instutions which ean Operate a Law Program and Requirements to Open a Law Schoo! Status or Privilege Conferred by CHED toa Higher Education Institution is not Apalicable to Law Programs Concept of "Law Programs Autoramy of State Universities and Colleges and the Exient Thereof Artiole i! The Opening and Operation of a Law Schoot Section 30, Meaning of “Mandatory and Voluntary Accreditations" Section 31 Two Stages of Mandatory Accreditation Section 31.1. Permit Stage Saction 31.2. Recognition Stage Section 31.3. Recognition of Graduate Law Program Secjion 31.4. Procedures in Opening a Law School in State Universiies and Colleges 14 1415 15 15 16 16 +6 16 16 Section 34. Section 36. Section 26. Section 37. Section 38. Section 39 Section 40. Section 41 Section 42. Procedures to Observe in Opening a Lai Schoo! and Colleges, Nature and Etfect of Permit and Recognition Granted by the Board Application for Permit to Operate a Law Program Section 33.1. Procedures in Applying for a Permit Section 33.2. Required Provision in the Ordinance Authorizing the Opening of a Law Schoo! in a Local or Community University or College Section 33.2. A Beard Resolution Requirement in Opening a Law Schaol ina State University or College Action of the Board on Applications for Permit Procedures in Applying for Recognition Effecis of Recognition Effecis of Denial of Recognition Closure of a Law Program, Kinds and Procedures Requirement in Advertisement of a Law Program’ Duty of the Board when a Permit ar Reengnitinn of the Law Program of a Stale University or College is Granted or Denied Revocation of Permit or Recognition Section 41.1. Observance of Due Process Section 41.2, Grounds for Revocation of Permit or Recognition and Downgrading of Recognition Section 41.3, Remedy of Law School whan Recognition has been Ordered Revoked or Downgraded Transitory Provision Article iit - Administrative and Disciplinary Actions Section 43, Section 44, What the Board can take Cognizance of in the Exercise of is Supervisory and Regulatory Authority Actions on Complaints against a Law Schoo! which the Board may take cognizance of for Privaiz Loca Universities 16 16 7 7 23 23-2 24 24 25ion45, Primary Jurisdiction of the Law Education Institution of which tis Part 25 Section 46. Intiatery Pieading against Law Schools and Required Form ry Section 47. Procedures 25-26 Section 48. Effect of Failure to File an Answer 26 Section 49. Impesition of Sanction Against a Law Schoo! 26 PART lll QUALIFICATIONS AND CURRICULUM Article |~ Faculty Qualifications Section $0, Qualifications of Members of the Faculty 2627 Section 51. Qualifications of the Dean of the Law School for the Basic Law Program ea Section §2. Qualficatians of Dean of a Graduate School of Law 27 Article il ~ Curriculum Section 53, General Description of the Law Curriculum 27 Section 54. Classification of Law Programs 28 Section 85. Model Curricula 28.29 Section 55.1, Bachelor of Laws (LI.,) 29-30 Section 55.2. Juris Doctor (J.D.) 31-32 Section 55.3. Master of Laws (LM) B Section 56.4, Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.0.) or Doctor of Civ Law (0.C.L.) 33-34 Section 55.5. Graduate Law Program Prior ts Offering Needs the Board Aporaval 34 Section 58. Degrees Ad Eundem 34 Section 57. Honorary Degrees 34 Article ill Course Specifications Section 58. Fixing the Course Names, Number of Linits and Contact Number of Haurs, Course Description and Prerequisites 4 Section $8.1 Bachslor of Laws (LIS.) 35-46 Section 56.2 Juris Doctor (1.0,) 47-58 Suggosted Electives Bachelor of Laws [LI.B.j Program Juris Doctor (J.D.) Program Antigle |V ~ Grading System Section 59. Grading System Adticle V ~ Miscellaneous Provisions Section 60, Repealing Clause Section 61. Separabilty Claus= Section 62. Effectivity Clause APPENDICES Cerificate of Publication Batas Pambansa Big, 232 (Education Act of 1982) Republic Act No, 7662 (The Legal Education Reform Act of 1993) Index of LEBMO No. 1 1-82 22 83 83PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT Preface Batas Pambansa Big. 232, otherwise known as the “Education ‘Act of 1982," was enactad by the Batasan Pambansa and signed into faw on September 11, 1982. This Martial Law statute established the Ministry of Educetion, Culture and Sports (MECS) whose primary task was to administer the entire educational system in the country, ine function necessarily included the supervision of all educational institutions in all levels including law schools, After the EDSA Revolution, MECS was replaced by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) which petumed all the powers, functions and duties of the defunct MECS orger BP. Bly, 232, In 1989, DECS promulgated Order No. 27 Shiitied "Policies and Standards of Legal Education,” which set dowin, Smong sthers, the objectives of legal education and specified he functions and qualifications of law deans as well as those of the members of the faculty ‘An important part of DECS Order No, 27 was the Model Law Curriculum for Bachelor of Laws (LLB,). This law eurriculur became the standard law curriculum in all law schools, Bachelor of Laws {LLB} being then the only basic law degree in this country. in 1993, Republic Act No. 7662, otherwise known as the “Legal Education Reform Act of 1993" wes enacted establishing the Legal Education Board (LEB), This law clothes LEB with the mantle of Suionomy in the administration of the legal education system in the couctry, Thus. all issuances of LEB ensuing from its rule-making Guthorty and its adjudications in the exercise of its supervisory and But ales. for 18 yalting to be exuded. However. in the early par of 2008, the Jud rd Bar Council (JBC) fatly published ils call for applications for membership of LEB. This paved the way fo ination and finally, the appointment of the Chaimnaa on September 18 2008 is was followed by the appointment of the othermembers. On June 2010, LEB bacame fully operation: RA 7682 had to be fleshed out. There was a need for implementing Rules and Reguiations (IRR) to operationalize some of ite provisions. Specitic rules and regulations in the supervision of the law program had to be crafted The task of coming up with a comprehensive body of policies. standards and rules which would also constitute the \mplementing Rules and Regulations of R.A, 7662 became the priority project of the [EB Atter several revisiuns of the work, the project was finished and ‘nas titled “Policies, and Standards of Legal Education and Manual of Regulations for Law Schools” This work has three major parts: Part | on Policies and Standards of Legal Education; Part I! on Manual of Regulations for Taw Schools; Part Ill on Qualifications and Curriculum, Some of the Salient features of the paper ate: @ more accurele and Comprehensive definition of "iagal education’; the rules dealing with the graduate schools of law inchiding the degrees thet they may confer. ihe increase in the total number of units of LIB. from 134 {OECS Drder No. 27) t0 182 (LEBMO No, 1) and from 164 to 186 Units forthe J.D. program “The LEB is fully aware that merely increasing the required units to be earned by law students is no guarantee of the improvement © the quailty of legal education. In the real world and in the king of work thal LEB performs, there is hardly anything that could be guaranteed Nonetheless, the increase in the fotal number of units for a law program is intended to widen hopetuly the legal parspecine of the students of law.To enrich the law curriculum and to align it to the concen ciety today, LEBMO No. 1 elevated the taxonomical category of Agrarian Law and Social Legislation, Human Rights, Natonel Resourses and Environmental Law, and Alternative Dispute Resolution from mere electives to regular or prescribed subjects. Other curricular innovations are: increase in the number of units for legal ethics from 4 to 6; Remedial Law Review. from 4 to 7 and to be taken uo in 2 semesiers instead of 1 in the fourth yeer level, and Legal Technique and Logic is now a subject in the basic law courses, Finally, degrees ad eundem may now be conferred by law schools. The pertinent rule provides that when a lav school offers a Juris Doctor degree, it may confer this degree to a member of its faculty who is a LLB. degree holder provided that he meets the conditions prescribed in the rule Acknowledgment LEBMO No.1, which | think is so far the most salutary work of LEB, is now the polestar in the administration of the legal education system. This official issuance wes conceptualized during the sway of the original Board composed of the Chairman, Dean Eulogia M Cueva, Justice Eloy R. Bello, Jr., Dean Venicio S. Flores and CHED Chairmen Emmanuel Y. Angeles (represented in the Board by CHED Director Felizardo Y. Francisco) as ex officio member. The original members of the Board held several brainstorming sessions focusing on the framework of the issuance: its scope anc contents. For thelr participation in the initial phase of the work andl for their praiseworthy motivations, | salute and give my thanks and sincere felicitations to them, ‘As the Chaltman, | assumed the work of preparing the draft of the conternplated issuance. Several persons assisted me in various ways in accomplishing the task. A formal and public acknowledgement of the valuable contributions of those distinguished pression of my gratitude’ to y of recognizing their ladies and gentlemen and 2 genuine them, though utterly inadequate. is my fesble w: meaningful conirioution in this proj {tis said that generally. a sense of modesty should yield to the demands of fairness. At this instance, faimess urges me to aexnowledge with patemal affection and gratitude my son, Fr. Ranhilio C. Aquino, Dean of the Graduate School of Law of San Beda College. for assisting me in 2 profound way in the formulation of th issuance, more particularly in its contents and style | shall also mention Dean Cesar L. Villanueva of the Ateneo de Manila Callege of Law, who gave me valuable pieces of advice in regard to this project and provided me a copy of his own work, the unofficial Policies and Standards of Legal Education and other Televant materials which became the working papers in the preparation of the draft. | thank most warmly Dean Villanueva for his valued assistance, [After finishing the draft of the "Policies and Standards of Legal Education and Manual of Regulations for Law Schools,” | distibuted ‘copies to the remaining members of the Board for thelr review and eveluation. By way of consultation, | sent to the jaw deans copies of the draft with a request that they study it and submit to my office their writen comment, suagestions, corrections or objections. There were ‘six deans who took the pain of preparing written comments of several pages and sending them to my office, These were Deen Ma Soledad Derquito-Mawis of Lyceum of the Phillppines University Dean Joseph A. Games of Leyle Colleges, Judge Bienvenido V. Reyes, the Dean of San Pablo Colleges, Dean Wilard B, Riano of San Sebastian College-Recoleios, Dr. Alicia G. Decano, Dean of PanPacific University North Philippines and Dean Baldomero C Estenzo of the University of Cebu. Their comments were indeed relevant and those which we determined to be appropriate were incorporated in the rules. To the six deans go my heartfelt gratitude and commendation. With minor revisions, the Policies and Standards of Legal Education and Manual of Regulations for Law Schools was submitted to the Board for final consideration. The Board, this time, composedaty. ¢ approved the Policies of Regulations for La it “LEGAL EDUCATION BOARD MEMORANDUM ORDER iLEBMO) NO. 1 Let me convey my prio. nto my distingui colleagues in the pr ‘card! for giving their imprirnatur to LEBMO No.1 Of course, | will not for man Perry |. Amado D, Valdez and rer officers of the Phil of Law Schools (PALS) who helped me personally anc supported Continuously the programs and activities of the Board. In working on what is now LEBMO No. 1, | received the encouragement of these leaders of PALS. |, thersfore acknowledge their support and cooperation and hereby extend to them my fraternal thanks, | also thank once again Dean Eulogia M. Cueva for giving LEBMO No.1 a final “look over", and my Secretary, Mr. Rodrigo C. Sagum who patiently encoded the drafts of LEBMU 7 and re-crouded it a number of times after some carrections were made. He also prepared the Table of Contents and Index of LEBMO Order No. 1. | Elso commend the acting Secretary of the Board, Mr, Ronaldo J Pedrosa who was tasked to supervise the publication and printing of LEBMO No. 1 for a work well done. | also convey my gratitude to HED Director Regina B, Fortes for attending to the funding needs of the Board especially in the printing of LEBMO No. 1 Manila April 4, 2011 oo ieee HILARION L, AQUINO Chairman Republic of the Philippines LEGAL EDUCATION BOARD LEB MEMORANOUM ORDER (LEBMO) No. Series of 2014 Subject: POLICIES AND STANDARDS OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND MANUAL OF REGULATIONS FOR LAW SCHOOLS Republic Act No. 7662 sets forth the general and specific objectives of legal education in the Republic of the Philippines. Section 4 thereof provides: ‘To carry aut the purposes of this Act, there is hereby created the Legal Eduvation Doard 10%” Its the legal obligation then of the Board to supervise end administer legal education in the Philippines (Section 7) in all law schools, except the University of the Philippines, whether these be in private higher education institutions (PHEIs), state universities and colleges (SUCS), orlocal or community universities or collages (LUCs), Pursuant to its mandate, the Legal Education Board (hereinafter, “the Board") hereby adopis and promulgates “the following Policies and Standards of Legal Education and the Manual of Regulations for Law Schools. Herewith acknowedged as antecedenis 10 this present issuance are (a) the unpromulgated “Revised Policies and Standards for Legal Education” prepared by CHED's Technical Panel for Legal Education, some parts of which, including the Suggested Electives (Description, are incorporated herein; (b) the Manual of Regulations for Private Higher Education of 2008 (MORPHE); (c) DECS Order No. 27 of 1988, No further acknowedgments wil be madePARTI ICIES AND STANDARDS OF LEGAL EDUCATION Article | Basic Concepts and Definitions Section 4. This Memorandum Order shall be deemed as ihe Implementing Rules and Reguiations that the Board Is empowered io prescribe under Section 7 (l) of R.A. 7662, hereinafter callad “the Section 2. In this Memorandum Order, “the Board” shall refer to the Legal Education Board. In issuances and communications of this Board, the acronym "LEB" shall be taken to mean the “Legal Education Board.” Official communications from this office shall be captioned "LEBMO" for “Legal Education Board Memorandum Order’ LEBMC' for Legal Education Board Memorandum Circular, and Resolution, without prejudice to other forms of communication provided for in the Administrative Code of 1987. ‘Section 3. In the implemeniation of this Memorandum Order, as well as in the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers under the law, this Board shall respect the academic freedom that vests in higher education institutions, public or private, faithfully observe the Rule of Law and be guided in the exercise of its disciplinary authority by the requirements of due process: Section 4. The training and preparation of para-legals under whatever deares or certificale program a higher education institution may make available shall not be subject to the regulatory authority of the Board. Section 5, For purposes of the present issuance as well as of subsequent issuances, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned them hereunder: 2) Legal education refers to @ professional educational program that cultivates and imparts an understanding of the law, its articulation in jurisprudence and the administration af justice. !t is a post-baccalaureate degree program and includes bath the basic law course as well as gracuate courses in law. The basic law course shal either + ba Bachelor of Laws LLB.) or Juris Doctor J.D. The b) 2 gracuate degree programs include: Master of Laws (LI.M.), Master of Comparative Law (M.C.L.), Master of Juridical Science (MJ.S.j; and the doctoral dagrees, Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D. or $.4.D.) or Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) or any other equivalent or synonymous degree or degrees. The Doctor of Laws (LLD.) degree shall be conferred only honoris cause by authority of the Board as shall be provided hereunder. Reference in this, Memorandurn Order to “law schoo!” shall, unless otherwise indicated, refer also to “legal education Not included within the ambit of “lagal education” for purposes of the Board’s competence as wall as for the purpose of this Memorandum Order are the programs for members of the Shar’a Bar as governed by Presidential Decree 1073 and the degrees Licentiate and Doctor of Canon Law (11 and J.C.D.) or Doctor Utrusque Juris (J.U.D.), or Doctor of Both Laws, that are ecclesiastical degrees conferred by ecclesiastical or pontifical universities or institutes. Law school refers to any body of students and faculty members presided over by a dean or a head that is engaged in legal education, whether it be part of @ public or 2 private higher education institution, and whether denominated department, school, faculty. colege or institute. Graduate Schoo! of Law refers to any body of students and facully members presided over either by a dean or a department chair or a coordinator, whether part of a public or a private higher education institution, that offers courses of study leading to graduate dearees mentioned in sub- paragraph a" hereof.4) Higher Education Institutions refer to institutions of iggraing including colleges and universities duly authorizes by general or by special law to confer acaciemic filles, requiring for admission into such degree programs the completion of secondary school, including insiitutions leading to master’s and doctor's degrees. The following are the classifications af Higher Education Institutions (1)Private Higher Education Institutions are those incorporated as stock or non-stock corporations ané Supervised and regulated by the Commission on Higher Education, except in respect to law schools: (2) State Universities and Colleges are tnose created by special laws or charters, governed by their respective governing boards, usually called board of regents or Board of trustees, chaired by the CHED Chairperson: and (3) Local or Community Universities or Colleges are higher education institution oreaied by subordinate legislation or by a Local Government Unit (LGU) and {ally subject to the policies, standards and regulations of the Commission on Higher Education, except in respect to law schools. fe) Thesis refers to an extended, research work, written under the guidance of an adviser or moderator upon Completion of the academic units as may be required by an institution, in legal education it is @ requirement for the J.0. degree as well as for most master's degrees. {). Dissertation refers to a formal researched work required af all doctorate degree programs that must consist in a7 riginal contribution to the discipline end that should be more extensive and expansive than 2 J.D. or a masters thesis Section 6. The Board shall principally assist law schools in making legal education available 10 qualified. properly motivated jiified candidates. preparing them to be ind the rights of all ners, dependable wercise admirisirative and supervisory authority over I law schools whether in government or in private higher education institutions It shail have cisciplinary authority insofar as it imposes sanctions, observing due process at all times, on law schools that fail to meet siandards or tnat violate directives issuing from the Board Article Ht ‘The Legal Education Board Republic Act 7862 In part provides (parenthetical insertions supplied): Section 7. (Section 3 of the law) General and Specific Objectives of Legal Education. a) Legal education in the Philippines is geared to attain the following objectives: [1) to prepare students for the practice of law, (2) to increase awareness among members of the legal profession of the needs of the poor, deprived and oppressed sectors of society; (3) {0 train persons for leadership; and tribute towards the promotion and advancement Gf justice and the improvernent of its administration, the legal system and legal institutions in the light of the historical and contemporary development of law in the Philippines and in other countries. (4) 4 jon shall aim to accomplish the following(1) toimpart among law students 2 broad knowledge of Ie ‘and its various fields and of legal institutions: (2) to enhance their legal research ablities to enable them to analyze, articulate and apply the law effectively. 2s nell as to allow them to have a holistic approach ic legal problems and issues: (3) to prepare law students for advocacy. counseling problem-solving and decision-making, and to develop their ablity to deal with recognized legal problems of the present and the future: td) to develop competence in any field of law as Is necessary for gainful employment or sufficient as @ foundation for future training beyond the basic professional degree, and to develop in them the dese ‘nd capacity for cantinuing study and self-improvement: (6) to inculcate in them the ethics and responsibilities of the ogal profession; and {6) to produce lawyers who conscientiously pursue the lofty goals of their profession and fo fully adhere to its ethical norms. Section 8. (Section 4 of the law) Legal Education Board; Creation and Composition. — To carry out the purpose of this Act. there is hereby created the Legal Education Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, altached solely for budgetary purposes and administrative support to the Department of Education, Culture and Sports [now Commission on Higher Education) The Board shall be composed of a Chairman, who shal preferably be a former justice of the Supreme Court or Court of ‘Appeals, and the following as regular members: a representative of the integrated Bar of the Philippines (IEP). @ representative of the Philippine Association of Law Schools (PALS); a representative from the ranks of active law practitioners: and, 2 representative from the jaw students’ sector. The Secretary of the Department of Education. ¥ Commission on Higher Education), or his oulture and Spor 17 ax officic rrembar of the Boal with the exception of the representaiive of the law ctor, the Chaimman and regular members of the Board must be ieal-horn citizens of the Philippines and members of the Philippine ino have been engaged for at least ten (10) years in the sraotice Of law, as well as in the teaching of law in a duly authorized Sr recognized law school. Section 9, (Section 5 of the law) Term of Office: ‘ompensation, — The Chairman and regular members of the Board hall be appointed by the President for a term of five (5) years without reappointment from a list of at least three (3) nominees prepared Wir prior authorzation from the Supreme Court, by the Judicial and ‘Bar Council, for every postion or vacancy, and no such appointment Ghali need confirmation by the Commission on Appoinimenis. Of those fitst appointed, the Chairman and the representative of the IBP. Shall hold office for five (5) years, the representatives of the PALS hd the PALP, for three (3) years: and the representative from the fanks of active law practtioners. and the representative of the law Gigerts’ sucior, for one (1) year, without reappointment ‘Appoinimants to any vacancy shall be only for the unexpired portion of the term of the predecessor. The Chairman and regular members of the Board shall have the same salary and rank as the Chairman and members, respectively, of the Constitutional Commissions: Provided That ther Salaries shall not be diminished during their term of office Section 10. (Section 6 of the law) Office and Staff Support _ The Department of Education, Culture and Sports (now Commission ‘on Higher ECucation) shall provide the necessary office and staff Support to the Board, with 2 principal office to be located in Metropaiitan Manila. The Board may appoint such other officers end employees it may deem necessary in the performance of its, powers and functions,ection 7 of the law) Powers and Functlor the ogjactives of this Act. the Boa and funstions: 1 aciministe* the legal education system i conaistent with the provisions of this Act: to supervise the law schools in the country, powers and functians as herein enumerated 6) to set the standards of accreditation for jaw schools taking into account, among others, the size of enroliment. t {qualifications of the members cf the faculty, the library and Sther feclities, without encroaching upon the academic freedom of institutions of higher leaming: to aceredit law schools that meet the standards of accreditation; gi fe) to prescribe minimum standards for law admission and minimum qualifications and compensation of faculty members; 1) 0 prescribe the basic curricula for the course of study aligned to the requirements for admission to the Bar, law practice and social consciousness, and such other courses of study as may be prescribed by the law schools and Collages under the different levels of accreditation status; to establish a law practice intemship as @ requirement for taking the Bar which @ law student shall undergo with any duly accredited private or public law office or fitm oF legal assistance group anytime during the law course for a specific period that the Board may decide, but not to exceed 2 total of twelve (12) months. For this purpose, the Board shal prescribe the necessary guidelines for such accraditalion and the specifications of such internship which Shall include the actual work of a new member of the Bar: 9 h) to adopt 2 system of continuing legal education. For this purpose. the Board may provide for ihe mandatory form such other function and regulations necessary for the attainment of the policies and objectives of this Act. Section 12, (Section 8 of the law) Accreditation of Li Schools. — Educational institutions may not operate 2 law school Unless accredited by the Board. Accreditation of law schaals may be granted only to educational insiitutio grized by the Government. Section 13. (Section 9 of the Jaw) Withdrawal or Downgrading of Accreditation. — The Board may withdraw or Gowngrade the accreditaion status of a law schoo! if it falls to raintain the standards set for its accreditation stetus. Section 14. (Section 10 of the law) Effectivity of Withdra wat or Downgrading of Accreditation. —The withdrawal or downgrading 2 gecreditation status shall be effective after the lapse of the Simester of trimeeter following the receipt by the school of the notice ef withdrawal or downgrading unless, in the meantime, the school Greets andior upgrades the standards or corrects the deficiencies tipon which the withdrawal or downgrading of the accreditation status is based Article il Prerequisites and Program Specification Section 15. Prerequisites to admission fo Law School. — Section 6. Rule 138 of the Rules of Court prescribes: ‘No applicant jor admission to the Bar Examination shall be admitted uniess he presents a cerificate that he has satisfied the Secretary of Education crerehefore he began the siudy of law, he had pursued and satisfactorily completed in an authorized and recognizes university or Siege, requiring Tor admission thereto the completion of 2 four-year high school course. the couse of study prescribed therein for a bachelors degree in arts or sciences with any of the followingmejor of field of concentration: poi yy ann) eeonamigs ent Memorandum Order. the at: ‘on the requirement of a certification of satisfaction sh med ful admission of the student by the Dean of ehoel, come ier be provided a forth in t I a ihe applicant for admission info a law school is & greduaie of a foreign institution or school following @ different course aid progression of studies, the matter shall be referred to the Board that shall determine the eligioility of the candidate for admission to raw school. Section 16. Board Prerequisites for Admission to the LIB. or J.d. Program. —The Board shall apply Section 6 of Rule 138 in the following wise: An applicant for admission to the LIB. or J.D. program of studies must be a graduate of a bachelor's degree and must have gamed at least eighteen (18) units in English, six (6) units in Mathematics, ana eighteen (18) urils of social science subjects. Section 17. Board Prerequisites for Admission to Graduate Programs in Law. — Without prejudice to other requirements that graduate schocls may lay down, no applicant shall be admitted for sihe Master of Laws (LLM,) or equivalent masters degree in law or juridical science, without an LL.B. or a J.D. degree. Admission of non Members of the Philippine Bar to the master’s degree shall be @ matier of academic freedom vested in the graduate school of law. The candidate for the doctorate degree in juridical science, or doctorate in civil law or equivalent doctorate degree must nave mpleted a Master of Laws LLM.) or equivalent degree. Graduate degise programs in law shall have no bearing on membership or non-membership in the Philippine Bar Sectlon 18, Law Degree Programs — at course that may is the basic degree Bachelor of Laws (LLB): [tis a fou taken in semesters or trimesters. 10 3 )) Doctor of Juridical Science or Doctor of Si urriculum must be taken modular fashion,” thatis. completing the subj hele continuously jor a number ¢ days.-although satisiying the required number of by Neither shall distance allowed unl otherwise provided for by a basic law sur (2.D.): It is like program thet may fun through fcur or five years. at tne option of the college oF 1 y. Although classified a: ‘afessional doctorate’ dagree, like the Wv.0i. degree, i ghall not however entitle in the Phippines the holder of the Gegree to be addressed as “Di.” the latter being reserved for holders of academic or research doctorate degrees. Aside from all the subjects of the LI.B. curriculum the J.D. curriculum shall prescribe additional subjects that may be takon as electives and require besides the writing of a J.D. thesis, Master of Laws (LIM): It is a graduate program requiring no less than thirty-six (38) units including @ master’s thesis that shall be given a credit of six (6) units when succassfully defended before a Panel of Oral Examiners. Whenever the ‘graduate schoo! of law opts to offer @ non-thesis master’s program, the number of units shall not be less than forty: five (45) and tha student shall be required to submit 2 mejor research paper in three subjects in the curriculum of his or her choice. This descriation applies mutatis mutandis te comparable degrees such as Master of Comparative Law and Master of Juridical Science, i Laws This ig the highest academic degree in law and is, unlike the JD., a research or an academic doctorate. it entiles the holder of the degree to be addressed as “Dr.” Itequires no less than sixty (60) academic units. aside from the compulsory writing of 2 doctoral dissertation that should not "4be shorter than two hundred (209) pages, suecessitily deiendad before @ Panel of Examiner 8 than five members. and publishing substantial part thereof in a scholarly journal of researct Should constitute an original contribution to the discipline of law or juridical science, Article IV Competency Standards Section 19. Graduates of a jegal education program must possess the following competencies: a) b) *) a e} i) adequate knowledge of law end its various fields, and of legal institutions, enhanced legal research abilities that enable them to analyze, arcuate and apply the law effectively, as well as to provide them with a halisic approach 10 legal problems land iccues; adequate preparedness for legal advocacy, counseling, problem-soving and decision-making, with the abily to deal shith legal problems af the present and the future; specialized ability in the field of law as may be necessary for gainful employment or as a sufficient foundation for future training beyond the basic professional degree; predisposed to the highest ethical standards and sense of Fesponsibilty required of members of the legal profession and passion to conscientiously pursue the ideals of the legal profession, or to exercise roles of leadership in Philippine Eociety, as well as to occupy places of distinction in academe. 12 programs are expected to be change Graduates of graduate deg) novators and rolfic zu Instrustionat Standards sectiomizgiiimtne law school shall be headed by @ properly qualified dean, maintain a corps of professors drawn from the ¢ Gf leading and acknowledged practitioners as well as acedemic Tegal scholars or experts in juridical science, properly eauipped with the necessities of "legal education, particuerly Tibrany. facilities “including reliable internet access as well as suitable classroorns andy ideo a faculty lounge r the convenience of members of the faculty Section 24. The Board shall maintain quality education in al law schools through sustained supervision and assistance, and shal sieo azure accessibility of legal education by seeing to the proportional distribution of law schoo's throughout the country. Section 22, When the Dean and the members af the faculty discam that a student is unable to meet the rigors of law study, the Student shall be advised to discontinue legal studies in order to avotd further expense. But the student shall be left free to determine whether to heed the advice or nol, as long as he or she meets retention requirements. Section 23. No student who has obtained a general average pelow 2. or 80 in the college course required for admission to legal Studies may be admitted 10 law school. Exceptions may be mace by the Dean in exceplionally meftorious cases, afler having informed the Board, Section 24, Every law schoo! shall publish a research ournel and the delivery of instruction shall be such as to foster a culture of 13res suse ‘section 28. Graduates of 2 lavr school lacking tne authosty & the Bond to operate do not meet the requirement of paragraph 2 of fide 5. Rule 138 of the Rules of Court tnat allows only those Hie have iy completed the following courses if a law school or ra rsity duly recognized by the goverment.” For this purboss serstion of 9 university of 2 college does nat carry wil, eeeariton of the law school of such 2 collage ar university, wheter rapt or private, unless the Board has so authorized it to operate PART Il MANUAL OF REGULATIONS FOR LAW SCHOOLS Article | Basic Principles Section 26. A law school may be opened in any higher education Institution, public or private. A law school may also be theorporated separately without forming a component of any higher eoeretion institution. in the latter case aside from the requremerts Hace around prescribed, such an insttulion must comply wilt tha requirements of the corporation law and those of the Secures we Techange Commission. Whether in private higher educator anc ons, stale universities and colleges, oF local universities and colleges, law schools must comply with the requremenis and prescriptions herein set forth Section 27. Whatever status, exemption or privilege may have been or be conferred by the Commission on Higher Education on 2 higher education insiluion such as “insitulonal aulonony (eregulated status" whether or not resulting from vojehlery seerea cton or ather analogous procedures shail not be applicable fe ew echools of such higher education institutions that shall remain 14 Notwithstanding institutions! # ted status or any other similar exemption oF sri education as othe: choo! any of the programs 1 in connection with rat enable a Section 28, A law program mentioned In Section 5, “a” of Artic Section 18, Article Ili of Part | o graduate to sil for the Bar Exam Court Likewise included within the oe ms” shai be al’ graduate courses in law, juridical sclencs, end uisprudenca, Ghaever ther nomenclature, whether on the mastaral or doctoral levels. Section 29. The autonomy of state universities and colleges Ie herewith recognized. The governing boards of state universities and colleges may decide to opan a law school; the initial and continued Gperation thereof, however, must be compliant with these regulations Article {8 i oo! Every law school, to exist ard to operate legitimately, must be accredited. “A Yuin these rules shall refer either to 3¥ which @ law school is Guthorized and recognized by the Board to operale a lav’ sch fo endorse ts graduates for the Bar Examinations or vel acereditation which refers to the processes that may be Private accrediting agencies, recognized dy this Boar, th vrarks. of distinction on law schools that surpass the rsinimum Fequirements and standards laid cown by these 1 Section 31, The mandatory accreditation of @ law school consists of two stages: the Permit Stage and the Recegnition Stage 18Section 31.1. A PERMIT entitles @ law school offer the ar of the ia school 10 a Section $1.2. A RECOGNITION accreditation. ‘it allows the law school to graduate its stude Zenfer upon ther tneit degrees and tiles and fo endorse them to the Oifice of the Bar Confidant for the Bar Exariinalions. Section 21.3, For graduate programs, the Board may immediately grant Recognition, oF full acoreditation status. section 31.4, For state universities and colleges, after the governing board shal have passed a resolution fo offer 2 law grngram, raving ascertained antecedenty that the state universy oF Pioge meets the requiremenis herein prescribed, such governing Soest chal formally request the Board for Permit to operate and, in {he fourth year of operation, Recognition, provided that. every year, the governing board of the state university or college must request the Board for a permit until the fourth year of operation. Section 31.8, For local universities and colleges, the processes and procedures for all other higher education ineifutions frat are not state universities or colleges must be complied with. section 32, Permits and recognitions are non-transferrable. Permits snd recognitions given to a law school do rit entitle a higher EGusation institution to open a law school in another branch, or in Smother unit of the same system, where a university-system exists; provided thai, in state universities and colleges with multi-campuses, fnero shall be only one law school, provided further, that the classes in taw may be offered: in the different campuses subject to the supervision and control of the same dean. When the higher education institution is the subject of an enterprse-transter, the Board must be requested by the new owners of the enterprise fora CONFIRMATION of permit or recognition. 16 Section 33. Applicsiton for Permit Status Section ‘rated, may intend: folowing (a) 2) (3) (4) (5) ‘dan application for @ permit to open its law Gof the preceding acadernic year that the institution ce operation, setting forth in such application the its intention to open a law its legal authority to exist a5 & higher education institution, including relevant documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission snd the ‘Commission on Higher Education; copies of its academic, administrative end student manuals; ‘a copy of the roster of its administrative officials, including the members of the Board of Trustees or Directors: ‘a roster of its facully members for the proposed law School, together with a swom certification on the part of the proposed facully member to be on the {Instructional corps of the applicant law school included “must be the academic credentials and personal data sheets of the dean and of the faculty members tthe law schoo! will follow: the curriculum t the present library holdings for taw as well as the name and qualifications of the law librarian; and ) pictures of the classrooms, moot court, brary, dean's bffice, and faculty lounge of the law school. 7When the requiren university or college may file with the Board for a permil to operate a lew school under the sar ton 93.3, A state uriversiy of college may operate @ iew resolution passed by its governing board. ‘liege applies for a permit to open a law ‘Schoo! in conformity with Section 33, it shall attach to its application a copy of the resolution of its governing board autharizing ft 10 operate a law school school anly by virtue of a When the state university or 6 Section 34, Action of the Board. a) The Board shall assess ihe completeness of the documentary requirements in the application and shall inform the applicant institution of the deficiencies noted. if any, not later than September 30 of the same year that the application was filed. The institution has until October 31 of the same year to correct the deficienclas and to perfect its application. b) When all documentary requirements are corapiete Board shall conduct an ocular inspection and evaluation of the applicant institution's compliance with the minimum Standards prescribed for a law program not ister than November 20 of the same year of the filing of the application «) After inspection and evaluation, the applicant institution shall be officially informed by tite Boaid of the deficiencies, if any, hot later than December 19 of the same year of the filng of the application and shail be given until January 31 of the following year to correct the same After having receiv ly servers the legal education needs of the ‘Gammunities therein, an application to open another law School within the area may, in the exercise of the Board's sound discretion, deny the same. similarly, if the Board determines on the bases of the records of the higher education institution applying te operate a law program that is substandard in te quality of fe operation or when surrounding circumstances make: it very dificult for i to form a suitable faculty, oF for any valid and weighty reasons, the proposed law school could not possibly deliver quality legal ecucation, the Board may deny ssid application 2) The permit shell be issued not later than February 28 of the year that the insttution intends to open its Iew school Permits not disapproved within the period aforementioned are deemed approved 1) When the institution does not open the law schoo! in the year the permit is issued, it must go through the application process again when it decides to open is law school Section 35, Application for Recognition .s before the commencement ofits fourth year of operation, 2 law school under permit status ‘must apply for ‘ecognition, certifying that iis students are pregared for the last vear of the faw curriculum, ancl that the professors who fre to teach review sunjects are prepared for the lest year ie COUISE! (4) Two mont (2) Any law school on jiermit status that the Board finds to be deficient in any manner whatsoever must correct the Gefciencies and catify 2s to the conection af deficiences, upon applying for reacgnition: 19withdrawn for cause, upon written Shserved the requirements of due process. an application for recognition following effects: ia) The Board shall, upon receipt of the applic recognition, conduct an inspaction and an intervie’ ot Geen and of faculty members within four (4) weeks o ‘of such application; and the 14) The Board shall likewise entertain any objection rant of Recognition 12 any law schoo), provided Has He asition or objection 1S under oath and found by The Buiard to be sufficient in form and substance. section 96. Recognition shall have the following effects: hoal to graduate its students anc a) it authorizes the law sch : degree and title indicated in the confer upon them the permit and recognition; b) it authorizes the law school to continue in aperstcn subject to periodic visitation, inspection and monitoring by the Board; and 4) oonfore upon the law school the status of few ‘school oF niversty, aficially approves and recognized by the Lede) sMhesten Board as required in Section 5, Rule 198 of the Rules of Court. remains valid unless revoked oF Recognition, ones grantee, ‘e o ‘order of the Board after having section 37. Effects of denial of recognition: The denial of fof @ fav schoo! shall have the closure of the law school, uniess athenwise provided by the GOSMT’ upon showing of @ reasonable expectation of rehabilitation: al permit to operate the fourth or lest b)_ in exceptional cases. 2 anh or ies the Board to enable students '¢ year may be issued by graduate, but the thereafter, or oe direct: cagrition: 2 lew schoo! from conferring @ law ©}. disqualification o gree; and, d} disqualification of the same law school from applying for authority or permit fo operate @ new law program A law school that is phased out or ceases to operate may, after at toast three years, apply for @ permit to operate subject to the requirements provided for above. Section 38. The closure of a law program or a law school offered by a private higher education institution may be either voluntary of involuntary. In all cases of closure, the law schoo) shall he obliged to issua all credentials and records to students as would enable them to transfer to olher law schools. No closure may take place within an academic year. fa) When the higher education institution decides to close its law schoo! of law program, it may do so only on a phase- out basis: in the coming academic year, it shall cease to accept new students, but must see to the completion by its present students of their law programe within a period of three (3) years, provided that: no phase-out shall commence uniess the Board has been notified one Semester in advance of the proposed phase-out, and the Board has given its consent thereto; bj involuntary closure of @ law school or a law progrem shall be by order or decision of the Board, it may take the form of firsi, an order of closure; second. revocation of a permit third, revocation of recognition, In the jatter two cases. the Board may in meritorious cases. grant concessions short of Closure. Involuntary closure shall be effective at the end of the academic year following the order of closure or the revocation of parmit or recognition mn‘The falure of a law school to operate at the beginning of Tre BiMemio year immediately folowing the grant of ai shal disallow it to operate at a later time, unless jes aren ils application for a perm Section 39. No higher education institution shall include in caralogecs, brochures or advertisements the offening of & IS cetsraim before the grat of permit by the Board, Every schoo! rested permit or recognition by the Board must nciesis At its ararted Poon, brochures and catalogues ihe: ‘LEB Permit No or LEB Recognition No. _. Section 40. State universities and colleges 2) In the case of state universities and colleges, Me Board Yiaittumien the goveming board through the CHED Chat. Spy af the permit or recognition of a law school, ar the denial thereof; ) A copy stall Ukewise be furnished both chambers of Gungess, through the chainpersons of theit respective eenutittees on Education so that decisions of the Board respect 10 law schools in state universities ard colleges may be legislatively enforesd, as well as to the Deparment Te get Management so that ft can be duly reflected in the budget of such state universities and colleges: @ copy wh ikenise be furnished the Supreme Court through the Office of the Bar Confidant: ‘The foregeing provisions apply to any and all decisions Te aeard relating to law schools in state Universities ané colleges: c Decisions of the governing boards of siaie universities and Coleyes to phase out colleges of lew shall folow the provisions prescribed above. ai Section 41, Revocation of permit or recognition - Mott prop nora vetfied peiton of any interested party, the Beare fray revoks a permit or recognition granted to 6 law schoo ‘or just ” udert wellare, the Board may issue to the nd desist order, cause. In the interest of respondent lawv school & Section 41.1. In all cages the requirements of due notic an opportunity to be heard shall be complied with. Section 41.2, Permits or recognitions may be revoked. or rscognitons revered to permit status for just causes including but not limited to: a) fraud or deceit committed by the institution in connection with its application to the Board, b) the unauthorized operation of a schoo! of law or 8 branch or an‘extension of a law school; ¢) mismanagement or gross inefficlency in the operation of a law school, d) gross incompetence on the pari of the dean and the corps of professors or instructors: e) violation of approved standards governing institutional operations, announcements and advertisements; f) transfer of the school of law to @ site or location detrimental fo the interests of the students and inimical to the ‘uittul and promising study of lave 4) repeated failure of discipline on the part of the student body; and hy other grounds for the closure of schools and academic institutions as provided for in the rules and regulations of the Commission on Higher Education. Section 41.3. Within ten (10) days fram receipt of the notice or order of revocation of reversion, the law school may file a mation to Suspend the implementation of said notice oF order with the ‘orritment that the law school would intraduce corrective measures to address the grounds cited by the Board in its order 23to deny the squire the jaw sures within ha The Board has wo (2) courses of action: either motion for lack of merit; or, to grant the motion ar ‘schoo! t0 finish the adoption of reforms or correct 2 reasonabie time 10 be determined by the Board from receip latter's order, ixed by the Board. the law school ‘of the closure or reversion order ent stated in its Upon expiration of the period fi mey file a motion for reconsideration dttaching thereto proot of compliance of fis commit motion fo suspend enforcement of said order Upon receipt of the motion for reconsideration, the Board or & team authorzed by it, shall conduct an ocular inspection to datertane rear ar ine remedial measures have indeed been introduced and are already in place. Section 42. Transitory Provision. — Ail law schools presently existing By legal authority from the Commission on Higher Education Sl to given full faith and credit By the Board, provided that, he Bad aiay impose Sanctions on such law schools on the basis of he fules herein laid down, including the dovingrading of status. Article tH ‘Administrative and Disciplinary Actions Section 43. In the exercise of reasonable administrative supervisory, 2nd regulatory authority over law schools and ite sepettion of law programs, the Board shall ake cognizance of 3 coeere involving acts or omissions in relation to Republic Act No viet ond related statutes, this Memorandum Order and other orders, cee cranda and circulars issued by the Board, It may impose Saministraiive sanctions as herein provided This authority shall be exercised by the Board with the objective of improving the quality of legal education and protecting students gaint law schools tha fail to measure up to required standards. 24 rd may complainis. objections applicant law schoo! lai sta jaw sehook: and gainst laws within the jurisdiction of the Departmer ools, except those that fall of Labor and ¢) other actions bor FRelatior lutions, iversities and col mployment and for private higher edi Sarvica Commission for state u’ ocal universities and colieges. Section 45, Disciplinary and administrative cases against students of law schools or against members of ihe facuty of the Saministration shall lie within the primary jurisdiction of the law school itself, or of the higher education institution of which the law school is part. Section 46. Any complaint, objection, apposition or initiatory, pleading tiled against any law schoo! must be verified | Fatiyre to Comply with this requirement may lead to the dismissal of the action Honever, the Board may, motu propria, commence the investigation of any law school, whether in @ private higher education institution, State university or college of locel university or college, for any Niolation or non-compliance with Republic Act No. 7662, other elovant statutes, provisions of the Rules of Court on legal education the present Tules and reguletions and others thet the LEE may subsequently issue Section 47. The Board shall cause notice to be served o9 the respondent Iaw schoo! that shalt nave fifleen (18) days from recsiol of rete to file its answer, reply or counter-memorandum. ations to amiss wil not be enteriained, and whatever may be the ground Sdvanced for dismissal should be set forth as @ defense in the ‘newer. reply or counter-memoranduraif the Board datermines that issues af further clarification of, upon motion by- any party an parties and their counsel may apoeat The patticipaion of counsel shalt be limited to pro ppnesring belore the Board with advice. ‘They do not have the ear © propound quastions nor to cross-examine, neither shall argument with members of the Board be entertained. Section 48. Failure of the respondent law school to file ts ‘answer, reply or countar memorandum shall be deemed by the Board aergn admission of all allegations made against il. This shall not preclude the Board, howaver, from conducting @ hearag is the interests of faliness and justice, Section 49. When the Board decides to impose a sanction, it shall give the respondent law school a period it deems sufficient Srinin which fo cure the defect, remedy a deficiency, correct an etror ee herwige recity a situation, provided that, if the respondent law Sohoal fails to take the required action within the specified perted, the Board shall proceed forthwith to impose the sanction. PART Il QUALIFICATIONS AND CURRICULUM Article Faculty Quali ' ications Section 50. The members of the faculty of a law schoo! should, ot the very least, possess 2 LLB. or @ J.D. degree and should be mombers of the Philippine Bar. In the exercise of academic Peeciar the law school may also ask specialists In various fields of iow with otrer qualifications, provided that they possess relevant doctoral degrees, to teach specific subjects. years of the promulgation of the faculty of schools of law shall of lew Within a period of five present order. members of th Gommence their studles in graduate schoo! 26 Where a law schoo! t! tho is @ mambar of the and tion 58 hereof. reach ir granted und Section 81. The dean should have, aside from complyir the requirements above, at least a Master of Laws (LLM.) degree or a mnasters dagree ina related field, and should have been a Member of the Bar for ai least 5 years prior to his appointment as dean. Section 52. The dean of a graduate ‘school of law should possess ai least a doctorate cegr law and should be an eekromiedged authority in law, 46 evidenced by publications and frombership in learned societies and organizations; members of the Saouty of a graduate school of law should possess at least @ Maier oF Laws (LLIM.) degree or the relevant master's or doctors degiaes in related fields. ‘ [Aside from the foregoing, rated justices of the Susreme Court the Court of Appeals, the Sandiganbayan and the Court of Tax Appeals may serve as deans of schools of taw, provided that, they tees had teaching experience as professors of law and provided Pavker that, with. tho approval af the Legal Education Boartl, a graduate schoo! of law may accredit their exparience in the cokeg te Sppelats courts and the judgments they have pennsd towards (he degree ad eundem of Master of Laws. Articie il Curriculum Section 53, Description. — Subject to the approval of the Board, a law school may design its own law curriculum fox each of the Gegrees offered, provided that each curriculum complies wih his Memorandum Order and must be in accord with required subjects in the Bar Examination in case of the LL.B. and J.D. degrees, Delivery of instruction shall, as far as practicable, use the inter-disciplirary pproach, interrelating with the behavioral sciences and shall reflect the objectives of the legal education. ar) Bachelor of Laws (1.8.1 ~ 152 units Jective Courses — Subjects that provide the ith a comprehensive approach to the lave nat ere considered Knowledge of the Ie, (2) Gore Subjects - Supjects sable to a lay inaisp= {a} Elective Courses toptional) — Subjects that ers lest the choles oF the student or the institution. (4) Practicum (optione!) — Subjects that introduce the student to the practice of law. {6) Legal Research Paper — A legal research paper ay be assigned in the LIB. curriculum to train students 10 vwnte effectively and to research proficiently. bb) Juris Doctor (J.D.) — 168 units, (1) Perspective Courses 2} Core Subjects (3) Elective Courses (4) Apprenticeship {) J.D. Thesis 2) Master of Laws (LLM,) 36 units atleast 4) Doctor of Juridical Science (8.s.0.)/ Doctor of Givit Law (D.C.L.) 60 units at least section 58, Mocie! Curricula, ~The law schoo! may enrich the Mode! Curricium depending on the needs of the tes. societal Modehds and olher relevant considerations provided that all Greserieed courses in the curticulum outline are offered and prerequisites are observed, 28 Te avoid confusion, law schools shall rot, change the nomenclature of t t and the number of uniis prescribed for cated Section 55.1. Bachelor of Laws (1 First Year 7 SEMESTER _ course —CouRsE. Parsons end Family *Spigerons and Peete agentes eetetanalawi——|——Conetutional t riminal Law 13 —cGaiinal Lawl Legal Writing 2 Legal Technique and 2 ieee [togic [eaat Research 2 Basic Legal Ethics — ET 146 Total zis ie (Total _ Second Year arse eeeae eee 7 SEMESTER 2° SEMESTER = L COURSE UN COURSE _ fropety Ci Procedure 14 Eas 2 TNegotiebie instants Ts “Criminal Procedur ~—Gredit Transactions 3 igbortaw! 13 Labor Law tl =a ‘Agrarian Law and 2 Administraiive and gra Social Legislation _|___, Election Laws, “Land Tiles and Deeds__2—"P onaltaw “3 Human Rights Lew Alternative Dispule 2 Resolution 29‘Third Year J SEMESTER agency, Trestand Partnership Taxation | 4 Ais [ransportation ‘Special Proceedings — Torts and Damages — Section 55.2. Juris Doctor (J.D.), 168 units ~ obligations and Gant Triroduc Persons and Family 4 Gonstitutional Law II Relations “Constitutional Caw [Statutory Construcion Se Sa (Siosehy atin + Legal Medicine 77 Problem Areas in gal Rosoarch and “Legal ethics "Thasie Wein [Reese al rotession “Tora TOTAL Second Year Fourth Year * SEMESTER — 7° SEMESTER] Ee eee Has aeeE EEE ee COURSE COURSE I —F"SEnESTER—— SEMESTER [Propet 4 Gh Procedure COUR [ONT [course UNIT | oe ie Tstaimeai 3 Corporalion Law Tarsituional tw —~*# | Raedal Law + Hondinal Procedure Taxation Law! - |Revew ai eect Agency, Trust and 3 Aaministrative Law, ‘Review! 4 aw Review | meet Partnershij Law on Public Officers Guna! Caw Review 4 Commercial Law . ‘and Review Bg Pe irternaional Rares Law Review! Tegel Counseling and 2 Sales aac 3 Special zs ___ Social Responsibility _ LaborLaw® ~ Practice Cour I “HeciverPraciam 12. Eectve Bractioe Court 2 (Practicum V)__ 30 _ international Law _ “Tegal Medicine 7 Human Rights Law “flatural Resources and 2 ~—~—~«Land Tities and Deeds Environmental Law “Agrarian Law and Seviel Legislation _ TOTAL 31‘Third Veo Sutzession ae ~FContiet of Lav Legal Forms ~~ Biectives er Asprantioaship — | summer Aparentioeshio | {L120 Hrs) — so TC [24 a] Tota 2 Review Fea Gril taw Review! 4 ___ Civitas femedial Law Review! 3 Commercial Law Section 58.3, Master of Laws (LIMA) faduate School up its own The freedom. dt requirements are met a) When-a thesis and its public defense are required, the tote number of unit requirement shall not be less than 36 unils of thase, 5 units shall be credited to the thesis, b) When na thesis Is required, the total number of unit requirement shall noi be less than 48 unis; besides, the Student shall be required to submit @ major research paper on three (3) subjects of the student's choosing. Section 55.4. Doctor of Juridical Scfence (S.J.D,) or Doctor of Civil Law The Graduate Schoo! of Law shall, as above, draw up the curriculum for its doctorate courses in law. ‘The following options are offered 2) The student cams a (ols! uf 60_academic unite through vatious subjects offered by the Graduate School of Law Suitable for the doctoral levet that do not repeat the subjects Of the masters degree. In no case should students of the doctorate and master’s degrees take the same subjects. b) OR: The Gracuiate Schoal may combine @ requirement of course-work (attendance at classes) with individual research and publications, the latter consisting of not less than 10 (ten) research papers, peer-reviewed end publshable in legal journals of intemational circulation Consisting of not less than 20 pages for each paper. c) OR: The Graduate School of Law may credit attendance in specialized law programs of at least two (2) weeks duraton in foreign institutions where not only a certificate of ‘completion but also a grace is given. and combine this with course-wark (attendance at classes). 33is Section 88.1. Bachelor o §) The ned public dis in all ca chool of Law appro submit to th \o offering COURSE NAME/NUMBER OF UNITSIGONTACT Z eel HOURS! Section 56, Dagrees ad eundem, — When the J offers the Juris Doctor degree, R may confer this de PReSeauIeHES Ofte bere who deserve that degree because oF renown, a7 tae rege evidenced ey their authorship of law books, tog Sere oarapha or treatises published in reputable one) anecr foreign law journals. In the case of a masterel of doctoral degree in First Year = First foreion iekaltion to the requirements mentioned above. jhe faculty ompeler va tar ol the graduate school of law, must be an authori, meme Oy acknowledged nationally and internationally, Heer ERSONS AND FAMILY A basic course on the law of Oran ot ool does 0, the approval of the Board must be oblzined RELATIONS persons and the family which first | Cases, recitations and views the effect and application of section 57. Honorary degrees. - Henceforth. the, deares lectures; laws, to examine the legal norms | -poctds at Laws" (LLD.) shall not be conferred except by authonty of 4 hours @ vieek; affecting civil personality, marriage, root Ot eon resoluliun of the Board of Taustess, of Ine units property relations between husband (governing board of a stato university or colege, oF local university or and wife, legal separation, the Slege. the honorary degree “Doctor of Laws? may be ‘conferred only | matrimonial regimes of absolute pon parsons of integrity and whose service to society OF outstanding | community, conjugal partnership of Sem Pee ors rolled to lav, jusice administration, °° "game, and compete separalion of | wofemence.. it shail not be conferred unless he Heres has |property; paternity and lation, Siatinguished himself or herself in any of the af rementioned areas, |adaption, guardianship, support, She degree shell be designated thus: "LD. (hee | parental’ authority, surnames, absence and _—_ emancipation, including the rules of procedure Asticie Il a _relative to the foregoin Course Specifications CONSTITUTIONAL LAW! urvey and evaluation of basic : Gases, racitations end principles desling-with the structure Section 58. The folowing are the course names, prescribed ee Ere aiipene Government mumbo of uns and contact number of hours. course description ane Shoes eae proroguisites, irany. Where not provided, the aw sched! Tey provide fi ise as fis own course description in conformity with the subject tile provided CRIMINAL L/ —A~ detailed examination into the. in the model curricula. Cases. recitations and characteristics of criminal law. the lectures, ature_of felonies. . stages _of 34 35Skecution. circun criminal liabilty liable: the =xte criminal lability 2s well 36 undersianding of penalties In criminal “law, their nature and theories, classes, crimes. habitual quasi and estoppel, ‘A comprehensive Constitution, the bill of rights and lectures judicial review of the acts affecting hours a week: them. delinquency, juvenile delinquenc tinea este eeceecuecaeseeme ces the indeterminale ce Law ‘CRIMINAL LAW I AT cainprenencive aperaial of and the Probation Law. The course Cases, reckations and specific felonies penalized in Book covers articles 1-113. of the lectures Il of the Revised Penal Code, as Revised Penal Code and related 4 hours a week: amended, thelr nature, elenants oe awe, dunts___and corresponding penates. “LEGAL WRITING ‘An introduction of legal wnting | [LEGAL TECHNIQUE AND = |A course on the methods of Lectures, reading and techniquas: it involves applied! legal | ‘Losi reasoning, syllogisms, arguments practical work; bibliography, case digesting and | Recitations and lectures; and expositions, deductions, the | 2hours a week: Feporting analysis, legal reasoning | | 2 hours a week; truth table demanstrating invalidity tnd preparation of legal opinions or 2 units and inconsistency of arguments. Ie | memoranda jalso includes the gical | ‘TEGAL RESEARCH The course wil inadice actus | organization of legal language and Lectures, reading and ‘to. the methodology of legal Peeseecse logical testing of jucicial reascnin practical work: \iesearcs and the proparation of | [BASIC LEGAL ETHICS A course that focuses on Eel | Dhours a week: Vlegal opinions, memoranda, of) Gases, recitations wind teanone of legal ethics involving the expositary or ctitical paper on any lectures) duties and responsiblities of the | \subject approved by the faculty | |S hours @ weeks | memberteachingit, __| |B units “STATUTORY ——Paburse that exploree the use and |anadatenaagiuci CONSTRUCTION |force of statutes and the principles t CONSTRUCTION gan methods of ther construction | second Yeat= First lectures. and interpretation. ‘Semester i | 2hours @ week: See esos eCeeceee e cee puis ace ROPERTY “The Study of the diferent kinds of aa Cases, recitations and |property, the elements and First Year - Second lectures, Characteristics of ownership. Semester 4 hours a week; possession, usuftuct, easements or oe units Servitudes, nuisance, and the “OBLIGATIONS AND ‘An indepth study of the nature. different modes of acquiring CONTRACTS kands and effect of obiigations and ownership. ‘an in-depth conideration of the Cases. recitations and their extinguishment; contracts in lectures, ___ general, their requis and BA 7Code ont ‘Cases, recitations provisions of the Civil lectures fontract of sale, its nature enc 2 hours 8 form, the obligations of the vendor 2units and the vende. ties, of remedies again contract. and conventional and fegal redemption. The course includes assignment of credits and incorporeal fights. the Bulk Sales ‘Law, and the Nationalization Lav CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ‘siudy of the procedural rules Cases, recitations ang governing the trial anc disposition Of criminal cases in court including iectures 3 ours @ week: fiseition of courts im rminal 3 es. Ha i Suni scawT YA ivoduaton to Paiippine be) | Cases, recitations and jLaws and covers the Preliminary ectures; Title, Pre-Employment {Book I) and | 3 hours a week; ‘Migrant Workers and Overseas! | S-units Filipino Act (R.A. 8042); Book I! on) Human Resources Develonment,| land ine TESDA Law (PA. 7796) | and the Magna Carta for Disabled’ \Bersons (RA. 7277); Book Ill on} Conditions of Employment, ! including the special laws on 13th month pay, paternity leave, protection and welfare of women workers, sexual harassment, and child abuse; Book 1V on Health, Safety and Social Welfare Benefits including the law on the Social Security System, the Government Service Insurance System, and Phit Health. —___ Beast ‘A study of Presidential Decree No. 27, the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program and related laws and regulations, and Security Act and the G "AGRARIAN LAW AN SOCIAL LEGISLATION Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours awe aR Z units Cases. recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week ———saniea insurance Rat LANDS TITLES AND DEEDS The — sysiem ‘and mehod of registration of real propery under ‘Act 496 as amended by P.D. No. 1529 otherwise known as The Land 2units Registration Decree including registration under Cadastral Lew. It also includes registration of deeds ____ involving registered propery. HUMAN RIGHTS LAW Study focused on the aspects of Cases, recitations and protecting, defending and seeking lectures; redress for violations of numan | 2 hours a week rights in the Philippines, 2 units i [NATURAL RESOURCE: AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Cases, recitations and lectures; 3 hours a week 3 units ‘Second Year — Second ‘Semester TCIVILPROCEDURE Cases, recitations and lectures; 4 hours a week units NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS Cases, recitations and ‘ectures: 3 hours a week SA study of the constiutional provisions and spatial laws governing natural resources their | se and. disposition. The study | includes exising laws protecting the environment and the ecosystem and prevailing rules against | despolation of the environment. B study of the law on jufsdicton of “courts in civil actions and Rules 1 to l71 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure. These rules cover ‘ordinary Civil Actions, Provisional Remedies and Special Civ Actions. The study of the rules is supplemented by 2 study of ____| applicable jurisprudence. __ The course is a study of the statutory provisions governing negotiable insiruments which is mainly the Negotiable instruments Law, 2s well as_the applicable 39Sunits “GREDIT TRANSACTIONS “A std Gases, rectations and end deposits, including mortgag lectures: pledge, antichresis. guaranty, 3 hous @ week Sureties and other securities or Bunts _eolaterals, LABOR CAW tt Study of the general prvcples of Cases. recitations and the Labor Code. Book V of the lectures {bor Code on Labor Relations 3 hours @ week governing areas on government 3 units mhacrinery, labor organizations, | unfair labor practices, representation issue; collective bargaining and administration ‘agreements, grievance machinery i and voluntary arbitration, lockouts, ; |stikes and other concerted | activities; Book VI on Post | | Employment, covering areas such | jas classes of employees. | | termination of employment and retiement;, Book Vil on penal ] | provisions of the Labor Code and | ___| prescription of actions and claims TROMINISTRATIVELAW, |The course wil frst cover’ LAW ON PUBLIC development and application of OFFICERS, AND ELECTION | principles and doctrines goveming | LAW administrative agencies with rule-| Cases, recitations and making and adjudicative functions: lectures; then it will consider the laws and 2 hours a week: principles applicable to public 2 units officers; and finally, it will examine the law regulating the conduct of elections and the law on pre- proclamation contests and election eee ee protestiis ee veer econo eee PUBLICINTERNATIONAL A study of the basic principles of LAW international law and an overview of Gases. rectations and _the _legal_prineiples __governing 40 3 units ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Cases, recitations and lectures; 2 hours a week: ‘Third Year ~ Firs! ‘Semester | SUCCESSI | Cases, recitations and lectures; 4 hours a week: units [AGENGY, TRUST AND | PARTNERSHIP Cases, reciaions and “lectures: S hours a week: Sunits__ TAXATION Cases, rections and icctures S hours a week pate ee TRANSPORTATION Cases, recitations and lations based, amon: on the United Natio ine doovines of wellknown and recegnized publicists, and the decisions of international tribunals and bodies, ‘A study of Republic Aci No. 9288, the Alternative Dispute Resolu Act of 2004 including its Implement Rules and Regulations; rules in Mediation, _Conoiliation and Arbitration TA —tealedoraminaion and |Bnayse of the law on teste and Timestate succession, including wills, institution offs, | amputation of leiimes”of| compulsory heirs, disinheritance, |Seokpantion sr tistouton of he | Sate The cource als takes uP rules of procedure on the fellement and axmiiscetion of the _| estate of deceased persons. ‘A course combining the laws on Agency (Tite X}, Partnership (Title Ix) and Trusts (Title ¥) of the Civi Code, The general principles of taxation and statutory provisions on income fexation, Including —_perlinent revenue regulations, a2ynits s IWSURANCE Gases, recitations and lectures; 2 hours a week 2 units ‘CONFLI | Cages, recitations and laciures: 2 hours a week; NE | Recitations and lectures; hour a week; | unit | ‘Third Year - Second Semester “EVIDENCE Cases, recitations and lectures; 4 hours @ week 4units “CORPORATION LAW Gases, recitations and lectures: 4 hours a week: 4 units | medical expert wittess: | ars land, ai yersons and goods A study of the insurance related laws, including the concept and function of insurance, nature of the insurance contract insurable interest, special forms of insurance and government regulations ofthe insurance _business.____ ae —R course dealing with Tegal transactions with emphasis on the choice of law, including problems ‘on jurisdiction and the recognition| land enforcement of _foreign| judaments,_ Ssislneeemiest| ‘An overview of the principles | relalng 10 medico-legal C3808, |inauta the procedure of presenting and examining @ TA course which looks into the ules | ‘of presentation, admissibility, and) weight and sufficiency of evidence, including burden. of proof and presumptions. _ TA stuay of the Corporation Code and other special laws governing piivate corporations, including foreign corporations and the concept of doing business in the Philippines. The course includes in- Gapih analysis of the applicable common law and commercial __pringiples_underying_the various. ‘elationships inthe setting, with emphasis on corporation oging a medium for business enterprise and a means of providing for the equity investment markat. The course includes the study of the pertinent provisions The Securities Regulation Cod TAXATION It A study of the concepts and Cases, recitations and general principles of transfer lectures: (estate and donors), tax, specific, hours a week: business, percentage. amusement, | Sunits and miscellaneous taxes provided | or in the National Internal Revenue | ' Godle, including generat principles | 1 on tariff and customs duties. HePEGIAL PROCEEDINGS [A study of Rules 72-109 of the | Cases, recitations and Revised Rules of Court dealing with | | lectures; the procedural rules on the | 2hours a week settlement of estate, will, letters | 2 units testamentary and acrninistration, | escheats, guerdian-ship. | appointment of trustess, adootinn | change of name, cancellation anc | correction of entries in the Civil | Registry and appeals in. special ____ proceedings a FORTS ANDDAMAGES An analysis of the law on quasi-| | cases, recitations and delicts aswell as the nature, | lectures: ‘classes and extent of damages. | | 2 hours a week: _2units 2, : LEGAL FORMS A course which rains students. in Gases, recitations and the drafting of variaus legal lectures; documents and deeds, as wall, as 2 hours a week’ judicial pleadings and briefs. 2urits Bese PROBLEM AREAS INV LEGAL ETHICS Cases, recitations and —F course aiméd at examining and resolving specific ethical problems and dilemmas which may confront 43,Fourth Year “EONSTITUTIONAL LAW A general survey oF constitutional REVIEW Taw, induding political law. Cases, recitations and administrative law, law on public lectures: Sfficars anc other related subjects 4 hous a week: 4 units aint ance ‘GiViL LAW REVIEW? general Wnegraton ofthe Gases, recitations and principles in civi law covering the lectures: \etfecis and apclication of laws, the | Maw on Human Relations, Persons duns [and Fernily Relations, Property, | | Owmership and its Modification, the 1 | Ditferent. Modes of _ Acquiring Ownership, including Succession: | Pertinent provisiuns of apoctal laws are also reviewo. | ERIMINAL CAW: EVIEW (A ganeral review of the Re Cases, recitations and | Penal Code with te latest : | gmendmen's, as well as the otter A hours a week: “ectures a hours 3 9e8k: sett penal. statutes including “4 units ___| pertinent jurisprudence. —_—__—_—- -A.unis TACTAW REVIEWT A general review of the lave & Gases, rectalions and rGuicion of cours and rules on lectures seen procedure (Rules 1-71) of the 3 hours a week: ‘Rules of Court and pertinent 3. ___jurigprudenes. LABOR LAW REVIEW ‘A general review of all labor ews Gases, recitations ayd ‘and related jurisprudence. lectures 2 hours a week: units “PRACTICE CO! aA jaciiations Trafing oF complaints, pelitons, 2 hours a wet answers and oiher _gleadings, 2umits motions, briefs and other iagal hich are submitted to the court of other (ribunals. It also deals with the art of effective oral advocacy Fourth Year -- Second ‘Semester OREMEDIAL LAW REVIEW I Griminat Procedural, Cases, recitations and |Evidence and Special Proceedings lectures and pertinent cases. |4hours a week; | 4 units A general integration of the principles in civil law relating to CIVIL LAW REVIEW Cases, recitations and lectures; Dbligation and contracts, sales, 4 hours @ week; lease, quasi-contracts, quasi-delicts 4 units and damages, and other related | subjects COMMERCIAL LAW ‘A comprehensive survey and REVIEW | review of the laws on partnership Cases, recitations and agency, trusts, corporations, lectures; ‘securities, secured transactions 4 hours 2 week “negotiable instruments, insurance | 4 units ‘and transportation, and other} related subjects. TEGAL COUNSELING AND An introduction to the ant and! SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY technique of legal counseling as Lectures, reading and well 68 consideration of the: practical work; fesporsibillies of tho Buyer as | 2 hours: counselor. | Bre tae PRACTICE COURT fl Holding of court tals Bhousawesk Regional Trial_ Court, where. the 45Pertinent provisions Of the Rules of Court are strictiy observed. The professor prepares a complaint. an answer and reply. These pleadings shall constitute the records upon which the tial shall be conducted. The lawyers, litigants. and witnesses are all members of the class and the professor acis as judge. It is made obligatory upon the students acting as lawyers, to argue their «cases orally “immediately after the evidence is Closed. This phase of the subject is important, because t cutivates in| the studenis the habit of noting down or remembering the important facts and trains them in the art of arguing cases off-hand on the basis of the evidence presented. The judge renders his. Gecision in wing. The class lassumes that the case tried | previously is brought to the | | Rppeliate Court, The professor in | charge acts es the appelate judge. | ‘Members of the class are | appointed to act as lawyers for the | appellant and eppelee who shall argue their case orally on the basis jof the records prepares previously The judge renders his decision. 46 Section $8.2. Juris Doctor (.D,) COURSE NAME/NUMBER ‘OF UNITS! CONTACT HOURS! PREREQUISITES COURSE DESCRIPTION i First Year —First \ ‘Semester FTRODUCTIONTOLAW — A general course given to Cases, recitations and | freshmen, providing for an overview lof the various aspects of the) lectures; 1 hour a week; concept of law. with emphasis on 4 unit the relationship between lea, | | jurisprudence, — eouity, courts, | | Society and publi policy, presented | through selected provisions of law, i cases and other materials depicting |setied principles and curert developments, both local and | international, including a review of the evolution of the Philippine legal __|system__ ot TA basi course on the law “of “PERSONS AND FAMILY RELATIONS persons and the family which first Cases, recitations and views the effect and application of lectures: laws, to examine the legal norms 4 hours a week affecting civil personality, marriage, 4 units property relations betwesn husband and wife, legal separation, the matrimonial regimes of absolute community, conjugal partnership of gains. and complete separation of 47propertyy paternity and ifation Bdaption, guardianship. suppor parental authority, sumames Besence and emancipation. induding the rules of procedure sa __ relative to the 1 1g. a CONSTITUTIONAL LAWT A survey and ‘evaluation of basic Cases. recitations and principles dealing with the structure lectures Gf the Philippine Government 3 hours a week: irierve eee ‘CRIMINAL LAW | Cases, recitations and “KK detalied examination “into the characteristics of criminal law, the nature of felonies, stages of lectures; 3 hours a week: execution, circumstances affecting | Griminal liability, persons criminally | 13 units ' (eee extent and extinction of) ‘ofiminal lability as well as the [understanding of penaities in| dene pois nature and | theories. classes, crimes, habitual dsiinquency. juvenie delinquency. fhe. indeterminate Sentence Law: | nd the Probation Law. The course , \covers Atticles 1-113 of the \ | Sottoa Pana Code ona rotted L se awe, ae TR course thal explores the use and foree of statutes and the principles and methods of their construction and interpretation CONSTRUCTION | Gases, recitations and lectures; 2 hours a week 2 units ~ aa Sup of re risiviee ots of Taw from Roman times, the schools of Tegal thought that spurred its growth aM Gevelopment. andthe srimordial purpose of law and legal _edusation. fee “PHILOSOPHY OF LAW Zhours @ week’ 2units LEGAL RESEARCH AND IS tures, rea practical work 2 hours a weak 2 units NG Jing and LEGAL PROFESSION Cases, recitations and lectures hour a week 1 unit First Year — Second OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS | Cases, recitations and lectures: S hours a week; | Sunits ' CONSTITUTIONAL LAW It Cases, recitations and lectures; 3 hours a week 3 units . “CRIMINAL LAW it Gases. recitations and lectures, a roure a wosk phn gor ra LEGAL TECHNIQUE AND Logic Reattions anc lectures Dhours a week Dunits and correspor 10 rehoddlegy of lege research andthe preparation of legal opinions, or eostory or evilcal paper on any Subject approved! by the faculty ‘member teaching i The history and develoen [egal profession in the Philippines Iteourrent problems, goals, and role in society Also covered are the Mhethodalogies inthe preparation of BB. th ‘An in-depth study of kinds and effect of obligations and their extinguishment; contracts in general, their requisites, form and interpretation; defective contracts, quasi contracts, natural obligations, and estoppel. ‘A comprehensive Study ofthe | | Constitution, the bill of rights anc | judicial review of the acts affecting | ‘them, | TA comprehensive appraisal of ‘specific felonies penalized in Book of the Revised Penal Code,. as amended, their neture. elements jing penallies. ‘course on the methods of reasoning, syllogisms, arguments and expositions, deductions, ‘the truth table demonstrating invalicity and inconsistency of arguments. It also__includes the __logical 49Diganization of legal language and ee ____ gical testing of usicial reasoning. TEGAL WRITING ‘An inroduetion to. legal wring Lectures, reading and techniques: it involves applied legal practical work bibliography, case digesting and 2 hours a week reporting analysis, legal reasoning 2 units ‘and preperation of legal opinions of _memoranda,_ see ‘A course that focuses on the canons of legal ethics involving the Guties and responsibilities of the “BASIC LEGAL ETHICS Cases, recitations and lectures; Shours a week; lawyer with respect to the public or! units society, the bar or legal profession, tne courts and the client. | Second Year — First | Semester | PROPERTY The siudy of the ferent kinds of Cases, recitations and | property, the elements and lectures: | Characteristics of ownership, | 4 hours a week; | possessivi,, usufruct, casoments ‘ar| 14 units Servitudes, nuisance, and the different. ‘modes of | acquiring (eeeeseeee panera eeseees aesaeeeag ea NEGOTIABLE The course 1 a study of the INSTRUMENTS statutory provisions governing | Cases, recitations and jnegotiable instruments, which is | lectures mainly the Negotiable Instruments | 3 hours a week Law, as well as the pertinent 3 units provisions of the Code of ani __| Commerce. pee CRIMINAL Pi A study of the procedural rules Cases, recitations and governing the trial and disposition of criminal cases in cour, including lectures; 3 hours a week; fuigdleion of courts in ciminal Siig fegeeee eee unseen AGENCY, TRUST AND ‘A course combining the laws on _PARTNERSHIP _Agency (Tile Xi, Partnership (Title Cases, citations and lectures: 3 hours 3units SALES Cases, recitations and lectures: 2hoursa week: 2 units the Chil ‘An in-depih consideration of the provisions of the Civil Code on the contract of sale, its nature and form, the obligations of the vendor and the vendee, warranties, remedies. against breach of contract, and conventional and legal redemption, The course includes assignment of credits and incorporeal rights, the Bulk Sales Law, and the Nationalization Law. “GREDITTRANSACTIONS A sludy of the laws governing loans | Cases, recitations and and deposiis, including mortgages, | lectures, pledge, amtichresis, guaranty, 3 hours a week: [euatee ‘and oiher securities or (Bunits LEGAL MEDICINE Recitations and lectures {hour a week; ‘unit collaterals.____ ‘An overview of the principles felating to medico-legal cases, including tho procedure of presenting and examining @ medical expert witness WATURAL RESOURCES [A study of the _consiiuional |AND ENVIRONMENTAL — | provisions and special lews LAW Cases, recitations and lectures; 2hours 8 week: units AGRARIAN LAW AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION Cases, recitations and leotures: 2hours a week: 2 units {governing natural resources, their use and disposition. The study includes existing laws protecting the environment and the ecosystem and prevailing rules against dospoliation of the environment ‘A study of Presidential Decree No. 27, the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program and related laws and. regulations, and the Social] Security Act and the Government! Service Insurance Act 54ond ‘Semester EWIL PROCEDU! FB atady of the law on jurisdiction of Cases, recitations arc courts in civil actions end Rules 1 10 lectures: 71 of the 1997 Rules of Civil 4 hours 2 week Procedure. These tules cov 4 units ordinary Civil Actions, Provisional Remedies and Special Chil Actions. The study of the rules supplemented by a study of i ~ poplicable jurisprudence. —_._" GORPORATIONLAW A study of the Corporaiion Code Cases, recitations and ‘and other special taws governing | private corporations, including lectures | | hours 2 weeks Giogn corporations and the) 4 units concept of doing business in pe | Philippines. The course includes in- | depth analysis of the applicable | common law and commercial | /principles underlying the various | ¥ [relationships in the corporate ‘setting, with emphasis on the : \ Corporation being a medium for | gusiness enterprise and a means of J providing for the equity investment 1 lInarket. The course includes the) Study of the pertinant provisions of ities Regulation Code. fal principles of taxation ‘AXATION | ~The gi Cases, recitations end and statutory provisions on income lectures: taxation, including pertinent revenue regulations, 3 hours @ week: “the course wilt fst cover LAW ON PUBLIC development and application of OFFICERS, AND ELECTION principles and doctrines governing Law administrative agencies with rule: Cases, recitations and aking and adjudicative funciior then i wil Cordier thé laws end le 10 public Oficers: end finally, it will examine the lew raguiating the conduct of slecions and the law on pre- proclamation contests and election _protess, PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL 1A study of the ganerel pi Law international law and an overview of Gasos. recitations and the legal principles governing lectures: international ralations based 2 hours @ week among others, on the United 2units Nations Charter, the doctrines: of i well-known and recognized | publicists, and the decisions of “international inounals and bodies. This is an elective subject [SPECIAL ISSUES IN” INTERNATIONAL LAW | allows for more concentratad study} 2hours a week: Jon ary of the following possible 2units areas of iniemational law: a. Jinternational Criminal Law: that | should be taken with reference '0/ | ORLA. 0881; B, The Law nf the Sea: | [which should be of special interest | {o the Philippines because we are| Jan archipelagic state; and. Intemational Trade Law particulary [the regme of the World Trace jeueece ____| Organization, : [HUMAN RIGHTS ‘Study focused on the aspects of! Cases. recitations and protecting, cletending and seeking | Tectures; fedress for violations of human Zhours 2 week sights in the Philippines. roils eesgeae eee eect LANDS TITLES AND DEEDS The system and method of Cases, recitations and regjstraton of real property under lectures: ‘Act 496 as amended by P.. No. 2 hours a week: 1529 otherwise known as The Land 2 units Registration Decree including recistration under Cadastral Law. It 53Third Year - First SUCCESSION” Cases, rectations and hours a week; (LABOR LAW | Gases, recitations and 3 hours week; Cases, recttations and 3 hours a week: aso Indudes registration of deeds involving registered property. K delaiied examination of the law on testate and intestate succession including wils, institution of eis. computation of leaitimes of compulsory heirs, disinhertance. aed partion and distibution oF the estate, The course also takes up ties of procedure onthe Settlement and administration of the | estate of deceased persons. [An introduction to Philippine Labor Laws and covers the Preliminary | Title, Pre-Employment (Book |) and | Migrant Workers and Overseas |Flipmo Act (R.A, e042): Beak Ion [Human Resources evelopment and The TESDA Law (R.A. 7796) | |e. the negra Cai or Diatied Persons (RA. 7277); Book Ill on ‘Conditions of Employment, | including the special laws on 13th month pay, patemity leave, Drotection and welfare of women lworkers, sexual harassment, and child abuse; Book IV on Health, Safety and Social Welfare-Benefits, | inelucing the law on the Social Security System, the Governmnent| Sorvice insurance System, and PR __|Heatn. a A study of the concepts and general principles of transfer {estate and donor's}, tax, spect, “business, percentage. amusement v —— and miscellaneous taxes provided in the National internal Revenue Code. including general principles on tariff and customs duties.__ SURANCE ‘A study of the Insurance Code and related laws, including the concept and function of insurance “the nature of the insurance contract, insurable interest, special forms of hours a week; units insurance and government regulations of the insurance 1 eee business, ue | ORTS AND DAMAGES "An analysis of the law on quasi Cases, recitations and delicts as well as the nature, | lectures: classes and extent of damages, | 2 hours a week: 2 units feces epeassstsesais “APPRENTICESHIP | [Asa condilion for graduation, Zo tours during the summer |students are required to undergo | break; apprenticeship for @ minimum 2 units period of 240 hours. Apprenticeship may be undertaken in one or two Sumnmis after a ctudent has | Completed his second year In the | | | Law School. Existing rules of the | | apprenticeship program allow ! Students to perform apprenticeship | work in accredited law firms, government agencies, public or | private legal assistance agencies | and in courts. | The apprenticeship program requires qualified attorneys who shall assist the students in the | lactual practice: of law. The | supervising atiomey evaluates the performance of the students and recommends to the Dean whether be granted on 58the basis of such evaluation tudents must eam a total of four (a) academic credits. from apprenticeship work to D2 eligible for graduation, Students participating in the Human Rights and Legal Aid programs may earn academic credits for apprenticeship, subject {0 fulfilment #eertain conditions. ‘Third Year - Secon ‘Semoster (EVIDENCE TA course which looks into the rules |:Cases, recitations end of presentation, admissibility, and ) lectures: weight and sufficiency of evidence, | | 4 hours a week; \ineluding burden of proof and) (Aunts "___| presumption ae “LABOR LAW tl i Study of the general principles of | Cases, recitations and the Labor Code, Book ¥ ut the | ieciures; Labor Code on Labor Relations. | | 3 hours a week: | governing areas on government units machinery, labor organizations, ! | untair labor practices, | representation issue; collective) “bargaining and administration re agreements, gnevance machinery and voluntary arbitration, lockouts. Strikes and other concerted activities; Book Vi on Post: Employment, covering areas such vas classes of emplayees, termination of employment and retirement: Book Vii on penal provisions of the Labor Code end __prascription of actions and claims._ Rules 72-103 of the ies of Court dealing with ECIAL PROCEEDINGS A study of ses, recitations and _ evised Ri ol iB S TRANSPORTATION Cases, recitations and lectures 2 hours a week; | 2units CONFLICT OF LAWS | Gases, recitations and lectures: | 2hours a week: 2units LEGAL FORMS: Cases, recitations and lectures; 2hours a week; 2 units ane ‘APPRENTICESHIP I the _ proce rules on the settlement of estate, will, letters testamentary and administration escheats, guarcian-ship, appointment of trustees, adaption change of name, cancellation and correction of entries in the Civil Registy and appeals on special proceedings. ant ‘The general principles and basic regulations governing carrier (land, air and sea) of persons and goods. K course dealing with legal transactions with emphasis on the | choice of law, including problems | fon jurisdiction’ and the recognition | and enforcement of foreign iudgments._ TA course which trains students in ‘the drafting of various legal [documents and deeds, as well as judicial pleading and briefs. ‘antinuation of Apprenticeship | 420 hours during the summer | break; _2units____ Fourth Year - First ‘Semester CONSTITUTIONAL LAW A REVIEW Cases, recitations and lectures} 4 hours a week: 4 units general suney of the] constitutional law, including political law, administrative law, law on public officers and related subjects,A general ivi LAW REVIEW! Cases, recitations anc principies in civil law covering the res effects and application of laws, the 4 hours a week law on Human Relations, Persons A units and Family Relations. Property, Ownership and its Modification, the Different Modes of | Acquiring Ownership, including Succession. Pertinent provisions of special laws are also reviewed. ____ ‘CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW 4 general review of the Revised | Cases, recitations and Penal Code and its _ latest jlectures: amendments, and the interpretative 4 hours a week: decisions of the Supreme Court as 4 units wall 2s the other relevant penal] Ro ce ae [REMEDIAL LAWREVIEWT A general review of the laws on! Cases, recitations and jurisdiction of courts and rules on lectures; Chil procedure (Rules 1-71) of the | 3 hours a week; Rules of Court and pertinent | | Bunt jurisprudence. PRACTICE COURT I ta alirical offemng which exposes | Recitations and lectures; {the students tothe _ practical 2 units __ pee = abinisaataaserosmesienas| Fourth Year - Second ‘Semester "REMEDIAL LAW REVIEWII A review of Criminal Procedure, | Cases, recitations and Evidence and Special Proceedings lectures: and pertinent cases. 4 hours a week; 4 units Eee eases eae CIVIL LAW REVIEW I B general integration of the Cases, recitations and principles in civil law relating to lectures: obligation and contracts, sales. 4 hours a week: lease, quasi-contracts, quasi-deiicts units __and damages. and other _related 5a “COMMERCIAL LAW REVIEW review of the laws on partnership, Cases, recitations a agency, trusts, corporations, lectures securities, secured transactions, 4 hours 2 week: negolable insiruments, insurance 4 units and. transporiation, and other | aineeenannnnnaeNn subjects. —_ ™ PRACTICE COURT I inuation of Pracice Court | 2 hours a week, Under faculty supervision, students 2 units will participate in (mock) trial work. including the preparation of tral briefs and methods of presenting __svidence._ SUGGESTED ELECTIVES (DESCRIPTION) BACHELOR OF LAWS (LI.#.) PROGRAM ADMIRALTY Fhe courses cover the History or the genesis of the Cariage of Goods by Sea up to the advent of the contentious Haque Rules of food, Hague Visby Rules of 1968 and Hamburg Rules of 1978, including aspects of Bills Lading, Charter Parties, Colfsion, Salvage, “Towage Pilotage, and Ship Mortgage Act, (2 units) ADVANCED CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SEMINAR This seminar concems a series of interrelated and unresolved problems in consiitutional theory that cut across the usval civisions petween different constitutional rights. Topies to be discussed include the state action doctrine, the problem of unconstitutional conditions, and legislative motive. (2 units) 59ADVANCED LEGAL WRITING ‘& supervised wiring course involving the prep rials including opinions or memoranda, and pleadings. {1 Un! ation of legal ADVANCED TAXATION ‘This seminar is designed for students wha are seriously cons! fax practice. It examines the procedural requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. This includes @ detailed look at the audit process rom the examination of a return, and ending with a consideration of the questions surrounding the choice of a forum when Iitigatlon seams appropriate, It also exposes students to some of ine intellectual rigors of 2 high level tax practice. Each student is dssigned two hypothetical cases on audit. In ons of these cases the Student represents the taxpayer and prepares a full-scale protest: in the other the student represents the Bureau of Internal Revenue. (Prerequisites: Taxation | and Taxation 1) (2 units) APPELLATE PRACTICE AND BRIEF MAKING This ts designed to provide students with skils necessary to successfully Itigate appeals before the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Emphasis wil be placed on practical. training ineluding appellate procedure, oral and writion presentation and mmethodslogy, Brief writing and other aspects of modern appellate practice will also be covered. (2 units) ARBITRATION SEMINAR ‘A seminar on erbitration procedure and techniques, including other odes of alternative dispute resolutions, This will also include Republic Act 876 and the ICC rules on arbitration. (2 units) BANKING LAWS Study on the rules and regulations governing banks and non-bank financial intermediaries including major Bangko Sentral rules and those of the Civil Aeronautics Board. (1 unit) CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION Supervised student practice under Rule 138-A (Law Stucent Practios Rule) of the Rules of Court including conference with clents. preparation of pleadings and motions, appearance in court, handling EF tial, preparation of memorandum. Use of video equipments anc 60 computers will enhance ‘rair I (Total COLLECTIVE BARGAINING An introduction to the colle jation, and arbitatior government sectors, 1 COMPUTERS FOR LAWYERS: Basic knowledge of the cor limitations, and its special application of law and Its practice. (2 unit CONTRACT DRAFTING Fraining on practical skills of drafting commonly use contracts: how to dvoid itigation as well as how to fully express and protect the tue intent of the parties. (2 units) CONSUMER PROTECTION ‘Study of the pertinent laws intended to protect the consuming public Se well as the Various judicial proceedings that may be brought to enforce its rights. (2 units) COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ip study of the Laws on Trademark, Patent, Copyright and intelectual Creation. (2 units) CORPORATE PRACTICE This is intended far the student who intends to apply the knowledge af corporation law to actual corporate organizations, problems, Strategies, meetings. preparation of minutes and dissolutions. It aise focuses on the functions of a house or internal counsel of corporations. (2 units) CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM f atudy of the five pillars in the administration of efminal usice systemnamely. publ police. prosecution, judiciary ant reformation Du 6CUSTOMS AND TARIFF LAWS A study of general principles of ag and the remedies avaiable ral Circular on Importation will also be includ FORENSICS Clinical exercises for advocacy. oral argumentation and persuas (2 units) PROVISIONAL REMEDIES An intensive study of provisional reliefs under Rules 87-61 of the Aulas of Court, including a survey of perinent decisions of the Supreme Court. (2 units) INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW Stutige the major legal issues in international business in the private Shd public sectors. The principal areas of attention are: the a cment of goods, including private techniques of contract and financing, national controls such as tariffs, cuotas, export leensing: ang theinterational trade agreements; the problems of internationa] diostment, Including relations between transnational enterprises anc the local governmenits in developing countries. (2 tints) INVESTMENT LAWS OF THE PHILIPPINES Muay of the invesiment and incentives code, the Board of Tvestment, relevant Bangko Sentral rules and tax regulations covering foreigners doing business in the Philippines. (2 units) JURISDICTION ‘a survey and analysis of the laws, principles and cases of the Gierent jurisdictions ef cours and quasi-judicial agencies of government, (2 units) LAW ON PUBLIC CORPORATION The is a study of the general principles governing municipal domorations: the laws affecting the creation, organization and government of provinces, cities, municipalities, muntcipal dissicts oi barangays: the scope and application af the powers of municipal earporations, including municipal crdinances, contracts, liabilities. 2nd enterprises. (1 unit) 62 LEGAL ACCOUNTING se is designed to ng to enabie hi PRACTICUM | interviews, police and other investigations, out-of-court setemients, s. {2 units) pre-trial negotiations, and plea bargaining in criminal case PRACTICUM II Formulation of theories of the case. legal logic including analysis of t and law. (1 unit) questions of PRACTICUM lil The theory and application of triel techniques, survey of trial techniques. in foreign jurisdiction and court demeanor; appeliste practice, including writing of different petitions and briefs, anc oral Argument before collegiate courts. (2 units) PRACTICUMIV The study of ballistics, questioned documents, forensic chemistry, yoice print identification, polygraph, fingerprints and other related Subjeuls, how to prosont and cross-examine exoerts. (2 units) PRACTICUM V ‘Actual observation of court trials and administrative hearings (related fo labor, corporate and patent practices), integration of rules of procedure and evidence with trial technique for application in moot Pourt andlor legal aid practice. Method of presenting testimonial, documentary and real evidence. (2 units) PRACTICUM VI Continuation of Practicum V. (2 urits) REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS This treats of the legal, financial and operational aspects of Subdivisions and condominiums. The objective of the course is to provide an indepth analysis of the covelopment process as well as eome practical exposure to reel estate develooment practicum. Also 63ari the regulations an the de SECURITIES ACT AND SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION This course covers the Securities A. ¢ SEC, Its jurisclct powers and is role in the regulation of the issuance, sale and tad of securities. (2 units) SPECIAL PENAL LAWS The study includes related of unit) enses provided for in spsciel lav TRIAL TECHNIQUE This is a practical instruction in the preparation of cases and trial briefs belore actual tial of cases, both civil and criminal. It includes practical suggestions on effective methods of gathering the facts of bases, the formulation of the theory of the case, search for legal Guthorities, consiruction of pleadings, interview of witness and examination of witnesses in the course of the trial, with particular emphasis on Sections 1 to 19, Rule 192, of the Rules of Cour. Gutstencing cases illustrating ly effective and officient uilization af procedural rules in enhancing suocesstul litigation are analyzed in Botail and, where appropriate, hypothetical cases are presented for solution by the students, (2 units) ‘The School reserves the right not to offer any of the foregoing elective subjects especially if enrollment in that particular subject is less than 20 students. The Dean may allow cross enrollment for Eleclive subjects offered by other law schools. JURIS DOCTOR (J.D.) PROGRAM ADMIRALTY The course covers the history or the genesis of the Cariage of Goods by Sea Act, up to the advent of the contentious Hague Rules of 1924, Hague Visby Rules of 1988 and Hamourg Rules of 1978. 84 including aspects of hills of fading. charter parties, collision. salvage. pilotage, and the Ship Morigage Act. (2 u! ADVANCED TAXATION ‘A seminar designed for students who are seriously considering tax practice. ft examines the procedural requirernents of the Internal Revenue Code, This includes a detailed look at the audit process from the examination of a return, and ending with a consideration oF the questions surrounding the choice of a forum when Iitigation is appropriate. It also exposes students fo some of the intellectual rigors Gra high level tax practice. (Prerequisites: Taxation | and Taxatior (Zunits) APPELLATE PRACTICE AND BRIEF MAKING The course is designed to provide students with the skils necessary to successiully Itigate appeals before the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Emphasis wil be placed on practical training including appellate procedure, oral and written presentation and methodology. Brief writing and other aspects of moder appellate practice are also covered. (2 units) ARBITRATION LAWS ‘A study of the Philippine laws on Arbitration, the ICC Rules on ‘arbitration, the Conventions on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbilral Awards, and the settlement of investment disputes between states end nationals of other states, (2 units) BANKING LAW (GENERAL BANKING) Fhe course covers the study of the rules and regulations governing barks and non-bank financial intermediaries, including the New Central Banke Act, the General Banking Law of 2000, and Bangko Sentral ng Plipinas circulars, rules and regulations. (2 units) BANKING LAWS I! (INVESTMENT BANKING) A study of the Finance Company Act, the Investment House Law and the Investment Company Aci, and related Bangko Sentral ng Pllipinas and Securities and Exchange Commission regulations. (1 unit) 55CHILDREN'S RIGHTS LAW ye course aims t0 introduce the students to the for children and the psycho-social dimensions of handling children’s rights cases. The Con) the Rights of the Child is used 10 provide the background on an intemational level. The course is divided further into specific clusters OF rights of children in felatian to Philippine laws, issuances, tes o Court and jurisprudence. In each cluster the legal and psycho-social tcoues affecting certain groups of children (sexually and physically ‘Sbused children in conflict with the lav, child laborers. children if Siustions of armed conflc, trafficked children, displaced end refugee Shidien, indigenous children, elc..) are discussed in ores fo tnderstend in a holistic manner the plight of chidren within the legal system, The methods used in teaching the course include lectures, atahop exercises and mock trial. Students will also be exposed to actual case handing. (2 units) CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION | AND I! Supervised student practice under Rule 138-A (Law Student Practica Rule} of the Rules of Court inclucing conference with clients, proparation of pleadings and motions, appearance in court, handling Pithal, preparation of memorandum, The eauirse will include the use Of video equipments and computers to enhance training in direct and cross-examination techniques. (4 units) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTIONS ‘An introduetion to the collective bargaining process, negotiations, mediation, and arbitration as experienced in both the private and government sectors, with emphasis on practice. (2 units) CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS A general overview of the pertinent provisions of the Chil Cede on Human Relations as applicable to consumer protection; 3 backgrounder on the law on torts as pertinent to. civil billy in consumer protaction and product liability cases: and @ study of the following special legisiations: Rent Control Law, Price Control Lav. Truth in Lending Act, Generic Drugs Act. Food Drugs and Cosmetics ‘Act, Laws on Fraudulent Advertising, Mislabeling or Misbrending, Price Tag Law. Business Name Lew and the Bik Sales Law: and & 66 jes and Regulations for Advertising jes and Regulations Governing the ‘ods and Services, (2 urits) judy of pertinent ethical rules. Ri and Sales Promotions, and the Ri Conduct and Promotion of Sales of CORPORATE FINANCE The course focuses on the nature of the legal relationships created by corporate finance transactions. Legal aspects of the various methods of financing a corporation will be examined. Subjects sred_ wil include: (2) capital formation, (b) debt security and preferred stack contracts, (c} convertibles, (d) corporate distributions. nd (2) acquisitions. (Prerequisite: Corporation Law) (2 units) CORPORATE GOVERNANCE The course treats of the body of policies, doctrines, statutory Jrovsions, and rules and regulations pertaining to Corporate Governance as they apply to public companies, including banking insitutions, The course is taught in three modules, using @ Combination of conceptual learning and practical application, including 2 study of the relevant provisions of the Corporation Code land Securities Regulation Code, and supporting rules and regulations igoued relevant io corporate governance, with comparison to international best-practice standards and various approaches Employed in other Jurisdictions. With the use of oace studies and examples, the course wil review the philosophical bases uncer which principals of corporate govemance aro rooted and the principles Frolved, an understanding of the hierarchical interests ofthe various ‘Stakeholders vinose interests promoted under corporate governance principles, and delineating the fiduciary dluties, obligations and Fesponsitilties of directors and officers of the corporation under corporate governance principles. The course wil also relate corporate governance principles with corporate social responsibities. (2 units) CORPORATE PRACTICE ‘A special olective course designed for students wha intend to specialize in corporate practice after graduation and admission to the toe The course seeks to give the siudents a prectical approach to the study of corporations and to apply Corporation Law rules and principles to actual practice and procedure in corporete organizations and reorganizations, It includes @ study of the steps and procedure for incorporation. amendment of articles and by-laws, increase ordecrease of capital stock, mergers, consolidations, corporate buy- outs, dissolution anc other mathods of corporate rearganizations. | Siso includes @ study of minutes preparation and corporate recore keeping. (Prerequisite: Corporation Law) (2 units) CORPORATE SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS, REHABILITATION AND INSOLVENCY The course undertakes 2 study of the laws. procedure and practice governing the proceedings for suspension of payments, rehabilitation gad insolvency of corporate and other judicial entities, which would include provisions of the Insolvency Act (Act No. 1956), Pres. Decree No. 902-4, and Subsection 5.2 of the Securities Regulation Code ‘which transferred jurisdiction of such proceedings from the Securities land Exchange Commission to the Regional Trial Courts; the decision Sf the Supreme Court covering doctrinal pronouncement relating thereto, such as those perlaining to the extent and coverage of the automatic stay, the preferences between various types of creditors, and issues relating to the cram down of a rehabilitation plan among the creditors and stockholders. The course will also study the rules that. are promulgated by the Supreme Court governing such proceedings. Throughout the course, @ comparative study with provision of the Uniform Commercial Code and the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 of the United States will be undertaken. (2 units) DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS The course provides the students with an understanding of the provisions in tho Corporation Code on the requirements anc procedures that must be complied with for mergers end acquisitions, aed the various types of sales involving company enterprises and the implication in terms of the extent of ablities attendant thereto, The Course s80ks to develop the skills of students in approximating the fisks involved for the acquirer in mergers and acquisitions, by guiding them in the proper conduct of due diligence as the means to provide the acquirer a better appreciation of the financial candition of @ ‘company, providing emphasis on the fact that due diligence process ie the most Important exercise that can be relied upon by the seller fond buyer in determining the value. as well as the potential problem that the targel company is faced with. The course is divided into four main divisions: review of the provisions of the Corperation Cede on eA mergers arid acquisitions: egal compliances: and forr due diligence. (2 units| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW A study of concepts and principles affecting environmental lavis including constitutonal considerations and eifects of legisiations relating to the environment. Specifically, the course focusas on ‘population and human resources, food security, ecosystems resource for development, energy. industry, land use, end environmental litigation. (2 units) ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS The course aims to analyze how environmental policies are institutionalized through laws, intemational conventions, local ordinances, administrative rules and regulations and even judicial Geclaratians. it seeks to gain an understanding of how the current legal framework promotes or stifles environment policies. Given the wide-ranging impact of varius environmental problems, and since environment violations and infractions cannot adequatey be remedied by imprisonment, payment of damages or imposition of fines (which are traditional remedies relied upon by law}, the course then seeks to develop innovabve regulatory appivacies to avert environmental catastrophes, consistent with protecting. indviduel fights and. consistent with, economic development, amidst the question of scientific uncerlainty. The course will also endeavor to show why environmental regulations and policies work, wrile others do not, under Philippine setting. (2 units) ESTATE PLANNING The course deals with the legal environment laws that affect the process of estate planning which has been defined as creation, Conservation. and ullization of family resources to obtain the maximum support and security for the family during the lifetime and after the death of the planner. The course highlights the interplay of the pertinent rules on persons and family relations, property succession. trusts, corporation law, insurance lav, and the relevant provisions of the income tax, donor's tax, and the estate tex in the National Internal Reverue Code. (Prerequisites: Persons and Family 6Relations. Property. Succession, Corporation GENDER AND THE LAW erase seeks to provide sludents with an understanding of qider equality and nos-ciscrmination. Feminist legal *Heovcs anc Srernational insteuments relating te women’s rights wil B examined sremvalyzed, Focus will also be given 10 institutions thet reeks ane ei and perpetuate gender inequalities. in particular the lege! rata Ac and how it contabutes to the inituionalization of gender rtonves in the ight of the challenges presented by legel plurals Gest issues and concems of women, e.g. violence agains! wore (YAW), sexual harassment, roproductive nights, commedficsten Coa Secuality, feminization of labor and migration, women ih ore cafiet and race and gender intersection, will be hightahted arovide llustrations of how discrimination against women occa" 1 Oreue are. expected 10 assess the effectiveness of national Ruslaton and propose gender-sensiive legal responses (0 the oxisting issues. (2 units) GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Soe ive will undertake a survey of the different iaws and statutes { hee Gonatition, Adminsttative Code, AntrGreft and Corn dices Act, Civ Code, E-Procurement Law, Build-Operate 26 Pract ie, Executive Orders, and the Local Government Code) ser risprudence coneerning government contracts, encompass eS and Juisprate cyelo of government contracts, beginning trom the the cotfon of contacting authors, bidding, ferent modes, of ceeereiing, procurement, niegolation, appeals tram adminisalis contrac: ands and security, disputes, claims and settlements, (2 units} HUMAN RIGHTS: Feary focuses on the aspects of protecting, defending ane a eking redress for violations of human rights in the Philippines @ units) HUMANITARIAN LAW IN ARMED CONFLICTS HUM Aiige studies the rules of international law relating 10 the retecton of non-combaiant groups during armed conficts, 28 (0 ne viduals or groups not taking part in the hostiitles anc slating to large. tions of human rights. It examine: the rules on resort to force, those that govern the conduct of operations end weapons, and the rules designed to protect the Fctims of war, including issues relating to refugees in the con ext of aimed conflicts. The course will end with an examination of the means available under international taw to prevent and to punish Violations of the rules. At all appropriate stages of the course, the Sverlap with the human rights regime is taken into consideration. The emphasis throughout the course is on the practical, with examples taken from eal conflict situations, Since the rules reflect not only humanitarian concems but also political imperatives anc military necessities, the course will also examine and consider now the rules could be improved. (2 units) IMMIGRATION LAW AND PROCEDURE Ih study of the Philippine Immigration Act, immigration rules. anct reguations, powers and functions of the Cornmission on Immigration fand Deportation, issuance of visas and travel documents, and travel and immigration documents; procedure for deportation; the Alien Rodistration Act: eloction and claims for Philippine Citizenship. and intemational laws relating to Immigration. (1 unit) INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND THE LAW [An analysis of the pro-conguest of many colonial states, incuding the Philippines, which shows the existence of customary laws prectiood by native infabitants and indigenous systems of goversment indigenous peoples continue to suffer marginalization and dispacement in different paris of the world, This course intreduces the student (1) in general, to the development of international protection for indigenous peoples and; (2) in particular, to. the Constitutional and domestic framework of protection for indigenous Fiipinos. The course examines more closely Intemational labour Conventions affecting tribal populations, the draft declaration onthe fights af indigenous peoples and relevant intern ational law decsions. Considerable attention is al30 given to the New Indigenous People's Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997, including the landmark decision of Cruz v Sesrelary of DENR. A muti-disciplinary aporoach is applied in the Sourse if order to enlighten the students about the impact of formal fegal eystems on the property rights and relations of indigenous vtdomains, including INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAWS ‘The course focuses on introducing the students to a comprehensive cet of legal problems that will lustrate the clash between existing Tegal regimes and new informetion technologies. An ancillary 90a & {enelp the student bacome comfortable with the information retrieval sad transmission capabilities of the Internet, and to allow a fruitful goussion of the fT Law by having @ basic understanding of the Special characteristics of tie ew domain. The course, wil coves SReetions of ihe Electronic Commerce Law of the Philippines. (2 units) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS The course, which is civided inio three (3) modules, is a study of both international and local intellectual property laws. The frst module, the law on Copyright, covers copyright ownership, exploitation anc! infringement. anc copyright issues related to emerging technologies, 24g, the Internet. The second module, the law on Trademark, covers ESiemarks, gooduil and infringement; domain name issues and iRSmative dispute resolution, [Me third mudule shell bo on Patent civic includes Inventions, utiity models and industrial designs: igouas on Internet and business method patents; and Technology Transfer Arrangements, including compulsory and voluntary licensing. (3 units) INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS Tho course focuses on the most frequent legal oroblems that arise from the sale of goods when the seller and the buyer are based in Siferent countries. The course inciudes discussion on the legel framework underlying international sale wensactions and examines the risk inherent in international trade and the means by which thes can be contained. (2 units) INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW! A seminar-siyle course that provides a general background survey of the history and development of intemational economic law and the interational economic institutions created during the Bretton Woods Conference (Intemational Monetary Fund, Intemational Bank for 79 futons of egal anc demands of developing economic institutions: Reconstruction and Development) and *h GATT 1947 and G other: relajed cou bers within these Internatio: the influence of international economic institutions on national policy making specifically within the context of a ¢ ing couriry. (2 units) INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW it sy celvanced seminer course designed to follow up on sasdalized topics of interest in infemational economic law, finenoe law. an intemationat trade law. (Prerequisite: International Eoororric Lew 1) {2 units) INTERNATIONAL MOOT COURT The course deals with the concepts, principles and theories of public international law, with emphasis on the sources of law, basic Hocuments and current developments and trends in international law. Particular attention is given to analysis of the current problem of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, including the developing of skills in problem analysis, issue identification, case theory formulation and memorial preparation. The course. places impotanes on wring skills and orel orgument, following the prescribed siandards as an interactive seminar, relying more on Panel and group discussions rather than individual rectation, but will Fequire tho students to actively engage in witing exercises. (2 units} INTERNATIONAL TAXATION JA study of taxation of resident aliens, non-resident aliens, and foreign Corporations and the tax treatment of foreign-sourced income of Filipino etizens and domestic corporations, Topics will include ‘Sourbe-ofincame rules, foreign tax credits, tax treaties, branch profits Fomittance tax, comparison of tax treatment of branch and subsidiary Sa foreign corporation, withnalding tax rules, and estate and gift tax $s itaffects aliens. (Prerequisite: Taxation | and Taxation I) (2 units) INVESTMENT AND INCENTIVES LAW ‘A study of Omnibus investment Code of 1987, the Foreign Investment Act of 1997, the pertinent rules and regulations issued by the Board of Investments, the relevant Bangko Sentral rules on 3registration of foreign investments, and tax regulations covering foreigners doing business in the Philippines. (2 units LAW AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ‘The course undertakes to achieve two goals. First, is to examine the traditionel ‘aw and economics approach to the study of law or the application of economic theory to examine the formation, structure, Grocesses, and economic impact of law and legal institutions. Introductory discussions on the dominant schools of thought (i Chicago Law and Economics, Public Choice Theory. Institutional Law znd Economics) in this field will be made to familiarize the students with the concept. Seoond, the course looks into the role of law, including legal and judiciel institutions, in economic development of the country. it nas been posited that aw fosters economic development, while dysfunctions in the legal sysiem can inhibit economic growth. This course will provide a survey of this emerging field of ‘law and development. Special attention will be devoted to the ‘experience of the Philippines taking into account judicial dysfunctions and Supreme Court pronouncements involving economic policies. No prior knowledge of economics is necessary for the course. (2 units) LAW ON FRANCHISING The course undertakes a study of the nature and implication of business format franchising, its essential requisites an¢ components, as well as the impact of the various provisions of the Intellectual Property Code on the terms of the franchise agreement, and analyzes the legal relationships between and among the various parfies covered by the franchised business, and with skils building on Grafting effective franchise agreements that looks at the protection of the rights of the parties covered by such agreements. (1 unit) LAW ON PUBLIC CORPORATIONS A study of the Local Government Code and general principles governing municipal corporations: the ‘aws affecting the creation, ‘organization and government of provinces, cities, municipalities, municipal istricts, and barangays; the scope and application of the powers of municipal corporations, including municipal ordinances, contracts, liabilities, and enterprises. (2 units) 7a LAW ON SECURITIES, PUBLIC OFFERINGS AND STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING The course deals with the study of the Securities Reguiations Code ne laws and regulatio le to the deot and capital markets in the Philippines. as well as the reguialions affecting publicylisted companies. The course also requires practical exercises in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Offering Prospectus, the contenis thereof and the material information required to be disclosed. It also includes a study of the listing anc trading rules and procedures of the Philippine Stock Exchange. (2 units) LAW ON TRADE UNIONISM A study of the labor situation, the basis of trade unionism, including the applicable constitutional and labor provisions, the ILO ‘Conventions and U.N. Declarations. tt wil trace the history of the Phiipgine Labor Movernent and will deal with the processes and Techniques in organization of workers, as well as tactics used by management. i counter unionism. It also fncludes @ study of Concerted actions and strikes, as well as the political spectrum of the labor movernent. (1 unit) LAWS ON IMPORTATION, TARIFF AND CUSTOMS The course shall study the procedures of importation between a Philippine buyer and a foreign seller, the various shipping terms, Frodes of transporting the goods including multi-modal shiping, pre- Shipment Inspection services of Societe Generale de Surveilance Snd the lawe applicable to the process of the importation af goods including applicable Sangko Sentral rules and regulations. The course will also study classfication of goods for purposes of tariff, the operation of the Tariff Commission, the manner by which revenuos see earned from the importation, and the sensitive role that the Bureau of Customs: plays in the implementation of the Tariff and Customs Code. Finally, rules of pleading, practice and procedure for Guastfudicial cases hearc before the Bureau of Customs such as eoure and detention, abandonment, forfeiture, settlement, Fedemption, protested valuations and assessments, application for Tofunds of excess-payments of duties and taxes, ete. will also be taken, (2 units) 1%LEGAL ACCOUNTING @ course ie designed to te enable tha law student to unders! 3d the financial si principles of accounting principal books used by ‘ausiness organizations. (1 LEGAL COUNSELING {An introduction to the art and technique of legal counseling as wi 2 consideration of the responsibilities ai the lawyer as counselor. (+ unit) LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE The course seeks to instruct students in the specialized field of local government finance, covering power of taxation and other traditional and nontraditional sources of revenues of local government units (LGUs), and. the organizational structure governing fiscal administration. The course will cover relevant constitutional provisions, the Local Government Code, and other related laws, rules and regulations. (2 units) MEDIA, LAW AND ETHICS The course focuses ur the legal and rogultery framework underpinning Philippine media, the role played by mecia in a working democracy, and the ethical issues media practitioners are likely to encounter in the work environment. Constitutional precepts vis-a-vis freedom of spsech and the press and corollary principles on prior restraint and subsequent punishment in relation to the print, movies and elecironic media, right to privacy and analogous issues will be analyzed, including discussions on basic principles on the laws on libel and defamation as they specifically relate to news gathering fights, media and electoral process, commercial "speech, Sbscenitylindecency issues and other constitutionally unprotected Speech, The course will also consider the legal_and ethical ramifications on the latest trends and advancements in information technology affecting the media practitioners. (2 units) MODES OF DISCOVERY A detailed anv in-depth study of the Ruies of Court provisions an depositions, witten interrogatories, inspection of documents, things, lands, or other properties, physical and mental examination of 76 ‘on the practies! persons and admission by adverse party. It focus Epplication of the Rules of Court provisions, the methods emp the pleadings and forms to be fled. the manner in which discov -y of obtaining ciscaveries. (2 units and the proy obial NEGOTIATION SEMINAR The course provides students with an experience-bas to the theory and practice of negotiation. The course considers top! such as the nature of conflict and dispute, integrative and distributive bargaining, barriers agreement and ways to overcome such bertiers, cient relationships, negotiation skills such as _ listening, Communication and persuasion, negotiation power, and the le of Culture, language and gender in negotiation. The course wil largely ttlize simulation and role-playing exercises as well-as critiques and reflections on students’ experiences. (2 units) w PROVISIONAL REMEDIES ‘An intensive study of provisional reliefs under Rules 57-61 of the Rules of Court, including those provided for in codes and other Statutes and olher issuances of the Supreme Court, Pertinent Gecisions of the Supreme Court shall also be surveyed, (Prerequisite: Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure and Corporation Law) (2 units) REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS Re fourse dealing with the legal and operational aspects of Subdivisions and condominiums, and transfers of real estate. The objective of the course is to provide an in-depth analysis of the Govelopment process as well as some practical exposure 10 real Getate develogment oractice, Also examined are the effects of zoning oh environmental laws and regulations on the development process. (2units) REFUGEE LAW Anned conflict within and between states had given rise to the problem of exodus of people of different nationalities in order t avord eevied forms of persecution. International law instruments, such 2s the 1961 Convention on Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, have been aulopted to address this situation. The Philippines as @ signatoy state fo these instruments had promulgated implementing measures by wway of status determination procedure and empiayment standards awith the Convention, This course aims (1) to provide t x af Indo-Chinese sereening compiia students with an averview of the history of the in Refugees in the ‘79s and ‘20s, including the process asylum-seekers during this period; (2) to exarnine the existing status Getermination procedure under Philippine law, and, (3) 10 discuss the current legal issues surrounding the Implementation of other provisions of the Convention. The course will uilize 2 Clinical Legal Education approach which will enable the students to be exposed to actual cases af refugee stalus determination before the Department of Justice and Naturalization proceedings. (2 units) SEMINAR ON CURRENT ISSUES ON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW The course mainly cavers the subject of Global Governance, divided into modules that focus on emerging forms and trends in international tawemaking and regulation, including issues on enforcement and dispute settlement, thal impact on the international economic Sallities and relations of States, particularly developing countries like the Philippines. Spocial attention is given to changing approaches to traditional sources of international law, namely treaties, custom, and general principles of law. A central concern that the seminer SGoresses ure tie effects of those changes in fons and trends on the international legal regime 2s well as on substantive law that could be applied on a global basis. By discussing specific organizations in the later modules, the seminar seeks to give the students a sense of the practical realities and difficulties of global governance, but also to surface issues and lessons that are founded not in theary but in practice. (2 units) SEMINAR ON EUROPEAN BUSINESS LAW This is a two-phase course on advanced topics in intemational ‘economic law, the first of which surveys the rules of the globel trading system and, then, focuses on aspects thereof relating to economic integration and development, endeavoring to compare and contrast the legal framework of various levels of economic integration, as well as evaluates the current spread of regional groupings as modes of pursuing worldwide trace liberalization in ways ané means different from, but complementary to, those of the World Trade Organization (WHO). Il examines, incidentally, aspects of the international Imonetary and financiat system relating to trade, and presents the 78 aitemative institutional arrangemenis developed in the context of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). The second phase Gf tne course concentraies on the European project of economic ‘ation from the perspective of the rapidly evolving European Community Law, as an example of international legal integration in action, with similar efforts being undertaken in parallel, on comparative basis, vis-3-vis the ASEAN Free Trade Ares (AFTA), the North American Free Trade Area { NAFTA). as well as the emerging Free Trade Arzas of the Americas |FTAAS). (2 units) SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY: POLITICAL THEORY OF THE LAW A study of man as a social being, Including aspects of human co- existence, social structures, family. education and man’s relationship with the State. It also inchices a study of social ethics, man’s rights Under the law, and the problem of violence. (2 units) SPECIAL CIVIL ACTION The course studies the provisions of the Rules of Court on spedal ivi actions, such as aclions for interpleader, declaratory relief and Simitar remedies, certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, quo warranto, expropriation, foreciosure of real aslate mortgage, partion, forcible entry or unlawful detainer and contempt with reference to relevant provisions of the Civil Cuue and special lows. (2 urite) SPECIAL PENAL LAWS The study includes related offenses provided for in- special Iams. (1 unit) SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN BUSINESS LAW PRACTICE The course seeks to introduce students into a multi-disciplinery approach to faw in preparation for possible practice in business law. by mainly fosusing on salient issues in business law practioe such as human resouree issues, corpcrate taxes, corporate record keeping and subscription sale of shares, foreign investments issues on Separation of employees, and mergers/consolidations and their ‘effects on omployer-employee relationships. This multi-disciplinary approach seeks to train students in developing their skils of interreiating the various applicable laws in relation to @ single set of facts or set of circumstances. (2 units) 79STREET LAW he course arovid dents '@ unique opperunity to enrich tie: oeeation while contributing wo the education of high sone ee as. Using the clinical metnos. an underhing princes of the ies that the best way to leam is through teaching. The broad Goals of the cirical program sre: to develop in [ave stugents an arereciation for the mull-facotad role and responsibiiies of the Peoyer in the community; to sensitize students to sours and raat jons of community legal problems, The clinical program WT tescctieve these goals through @ pragram of seminar training 2n stigarvision. (2 units) TAX REFORMS AND POLICIES ea erg seek to instruct students on the study of tax reforms ane Tohcles in the Philippines. as Ky factors in meeting the Facet and Heacet problems of the country. The course is divided 11 te ce he frat module wil focus on the study of tax adminisivasoe octet voring the following: rationale of the reform: Key indicate’ refoim Geforms needed; causes of tax adminisiration weaknesse: ar ee etn x administration reforms. The second module wi and trends ay of tax policy reforms, peinpally analyzing 4nd seer cing the present tax system in the Pilippres, its tructere, Bese Fe of taxes imposod, and how the system relates er impacts on tax administration. (2 units) TAXATION LAW REVIEW A general integration of principles of tax laws. including income, A generat us-added and other business taxes. It also include & terew of local and real property taxation, as. well 3s remedies ‘eviiaple to ath taxpayer and taxpaying authorities, and te basic Srincples of the Tariff and Customs Code, (Prerequisks Taxation | ‘and Taxation il) (2 units) TAXATION OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Teakirse is a folow-up to the Merger and Acquisition course the Te Siester, and. wil cover the rules on taxation of sales of Suchanges of property. corporate reorganizations and non- Srspgnition ransactions (.e., taxree exchanges, Ups! er and reeerstream mergers, consolidations and de facto mergers) practical Spoltcations of related substantive rues (i... effects of ‘assurnption of liabilities, requirement of & of intere and other related top », siscussions of 2 fide bi ihe fe has “step transaction’ doctrine, carry- onal value. (1 uri TRIAL TECHNIQUES TReNNouise covers practical instruction In the preparation of cases The conan covers pratt anol cna ena ‘ues practical suggaslions on effective methods of gathering the foots of cases, the formulation of the theory of the case, search for Mae Suitortigs construction of pleadings. interview of wines anh a maton of winasses in the course of the tial, wih particule enohasis on Sections 1 10 19, Rule 132 of the Rules of Cour. Serre ro cases ilustrating the efecive and afcient utilization of Srosedural rules in enhancing successful Itigation ate analyzed in Sfrall and, where appropriate, hypothetical cases are presented for Solation by the students, (Prerequisite: Evidence) (2 units) Article IV Grading System Section 59. Grading System The law school, in the ‘exercise of academic freedom, shail devise its own grading system provided that on the first day of classes, the students are eporised of the grading system and provided further that the following sre observed - a) Participation in class through recitation, exchange of ideas, presentation of reports, and group discussion shall be factored into the final grade that the student receives, b) A student who incurs absences totaling 20% of the total umber of contact hours or required hours (units) for the subject shall b= dropped, and the entry “FA (Failed cue to Absences) shall be made in his official transcript of records. 2) The completion of all requirements that @ professor may reasonably require shall be 9 prerequisite for the issuance ate as to the of a final grade. When ih matter shall 6 Feasonabilty of the requiremer decided by the dean vimen apprenticeship [s required and the student does not comolete the mandated number of apprenticeship hours, OF tho person supervising the apprenticeship prograrn deers the performance of the studant unsatisfactory. ine dean Shall require of the student such number of hours more, Apprenticeship as wit full the purposes of the apprenticeship program. 2) When a thesis Is required, the non-submission thereot, of & faling grade received in the thesis, shal constitie ierpecimant to the compltion by the student of Whe law corona. The ‘student, however, may improve, correct OF Ghange the thesis and present it anew for the evaluavon of FeiSs school, through its dean or tho professor assigned to direct thesis-wrting, gach law schoo! shall submit to the Board within ninety days (90) of ihe present Memorandum Order's effectivity = grading system and a complete explanation thereot Articie V Miscellaneous Provisions Section 60. Repesling Clause. This Memorandum Order repeals or supersedes all provisions of nies, regulations, manuals, policies and standards or similar issuances of any other aces ative agency of goverment perizining {© the operation of Perla program and activities of law schoats which are contrary toor inconsistent with the provisions herect. provisions of DECS Order No. 27, Series of 1989 and tne rena a Recutation for Prwvate Higher Education (MORPLE) portaiing to the aperation af the law program and ahve of law oot Gynich are not inconsistent oF contrary to any provision hereof may be applied complementary Section 61. Seclared invalid or Clause Any aravision hereof whieh nal shail apply only to that provision nd affective: Section 62. Effectivity Clause. This LEB Memoramd a his LEB Memorandum: Order No. 4: Policies and Standards of Legal Education and Manual of Regulations for Law Schools shell take effec: fifteen (15) days after its publication in accordance with law. : Confirmed and ratified by the Legal Education Board in its Regular Meeting on April 28, 2071 in Manila, Philippines. ! HILARION L. AQUINO | ‘Chairman VENICIO S,ALORES: Merfber CARMELITA f /YADAO-SISON Representing GHED Chairperson Patricia 8. Licuanan Ex offfefo Member 83