San Beda College of Law

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San Beda College of Law

Motto Fides, Scientia, Virtus

Type Private, Benedictine

Established 1948 (College of Law)

2004 (College of Law in Alabang)

2004 (Graduate School of Law)

Dean Marciano G. Delson

Location Mendiola Street, San Miguel

, 

Manila

, 

Philippines

Campus Mendiola, Manila (Main); Taytay, Rizal;

Alabang, Muntinlupa

Red and White   

Colors
 Nickname San Beda Red Lions

Mascot Red Lion

Website San Beda Law webpage

San Beda College of Law is the law school college under the San Beda University, a
private, Roman Catholic university run by the Benedictine monks in the Philippines.[1]
The main campus, educational, and administrative offices are located at Mendiola Street in San
Miguel, Manila.[1]

Contents

 1College of Law
 2Graduate School of Law
 3San Beda College Alabang School of Law
 4Notable alumni
 5References
 6External links

College of Law[edit]

San Beda College Mendiola Campus

The College of Law was founded in 1948. Over the years, it has produced senators, justices of
collegiate courts, trial court judges, active lawyers, law professors, and a president. It has also
achieved one of the highest bar passing rates and largest number of law graduates among law
schools in the country.[2] A famous alumnus, Florenz D. Regalado, is a Retired Justice of the
Supreme Court, an established author, and the holder of the highest bar exam grade in the post-
war[3] history of the bar exams in the Philippines.[4]
In 2004, San Beda College partnered with the Supreme Court of the Philippines and the Philippine
Judicial Academy to establish the Graduate School of Law, an entity that shall offer postgraduate
studies on criminal justice and the judicial system in the country.[5]
In the 2007 Bar Examinations, the College of Law got the highest passing percentage among all
other law schools at 93.27% for all examinees and 93.18% for first takers.
The San Beda College of Law once again got the highest passing percentage in the 2009 Bar
Examination at 94.21%. It also produced two top notchers for the same year; Reinier Paul Yebra and
Charlene Mae Tapic placing first and second respectively.

Graduate School of Law[edit]

The Graduate School of Law offers three postgraduate degree programs: [6]

 Master of Laws (LL.M.)

 Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration (M.Sc.Justice Ad.)
 Doctor of the Science of Jurisprudence (S.J.D.)
Program delivery combines classroom sessions held once a month and guided research. Extensive
use in some subjects is made of on-line chat-sessions and in others, mentoring. Professors are
invited from the senior members of the superior courts of the Philippines as well as from leading
academics in law, criminology and related disciplines. [6][7]
The doctoral program is primarily a research program accrediting work done by the candidate in
research and publication, as well as in participation in high-level conferences and symposia in law
and jurisprudence.[6][7]
Upon prior arrangement, the Law Dean and the Faculty may craft customized programs to suit the
individual needs of foreign law students.[7]
The Master of Laws (LL.M.) and the Doctor of Science in Jurisprudence (S.J.D.) programs do not
require membership in the Philippine Bar. However, as a general rule, students should be members
of the Philippine Bar. Exceptional cases are allowed provided the candidate exhibits the level of
competence demanded of doctoral programs, and is capable of doing research that will contribute
significantly to his chosen field.[6][7]

San Beda College Alabang School of Law[edit]

The San Beda College of Law in Alabang was established in 2004. It serves residents of the
southern part of Metro Manila who want to take up law but are too far away[8]

Notable alumni[edit]
Executive department

 Rodrigo Duterte – 16th president of the Philippines; former Davao City mayor, vice
mayor and congressman
 Salvador Medialdea – executive secretary
 Arthur Tugade – secretary, Department of Transportation
 Vitaliano Aguirre II – former Secretary of Justice, Department of Justice
 Jose Carlitos Z. Licas – former OIC deputy commissioner, Bureau of Immigration
Philippine legislature

 Raul Roco – former senator, former education secretary

 Rene Saguisag – former senator
  Leila de Lima – senator; former secretary, Department of Justice; former
Chairperson, Commission on Human Rights
 Ramon V. Mitra – former Speaker of the House of Representatives and 1992
presidential Candidate
Philippine judiciary

 Noel G. Tijam – associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

 Samuel R. Martires – associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
 Pablito Alhambra Perez – associate justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals
 Jose Catral Mendoza – associate justice of the Philippine Supreme Court
 Bienvenido L. Reyes – associate justice of the Philippine Supreme Court
 Florenz D. Regalado – former justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, obtained the
highest rating in the post-war history of the Philippine Bar Examinations
 Romeo Callejo Sr. – former associate justice of the Philippine Supreme Court
 Antonio Eduardo Nachura – associate justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, former
Representative Samar, former solicitor-general
 Amparo Cabotaje-Tang – presiding justice of the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan
 Gregory S. Ong – former associate justice of the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan
Constitutional Commission

 Sixto Brillantes – election law expert; chairman, Commission on Elections

Local Government

 Edgardo Pamintuan – mayor, Angeles City

 Oscar Moreno – mayor, Cagayan de Oro City; former governor, Misamis Oriental and
former Congressman, 1st District of Misamis Oriental
Academe

 Virgilio B. Jara [9] – Dean of San Beda College of Law, 5th placer in the 1962 Philippine
Bar Examinations
 Ulpiano P. Sarmiento III – Dean of the Alabang campus, Member of the House of
Representatives
representing educators

 Jose R. Sundiang – former Dean, San Beda College of Law, Arellano Law Foundation
Private law practitioners

 Felito S. Ramirez – 7th placer 1972 Philippine Bar Examination, founding and managing
partner of Ramirez Lazaro Bello Rico-Sabado and Associates Law Office, former law
professor, San Beda College of Law and Arellano Law Foundation, former politician
(Province of Cagayan)
 Dennis B. Funa – former government official, Constitutionalist, Law Book Author
 William "Billy" Claver – Martial Law-era freedom fighter; indigenous people's rights
activist and lawyer

References[edit]
 1. ^ Jump up to:    Directory of Higher Education Institutions, Commission on Higher Education,
a b

2006-2007.
2. ^ Official Catalogue, San Beda College of Law, 2006.
3. ^ Justice Jose Hontiveros obtained a grade of 98% in 1911. See "Profiles of Chief Justices
and Associate Justices," p. 146.
4. ^ Regalado attained 96.7% rating during the 1954 Philippine Bar Examinations. Records are
available at the Supreme Court Official Website Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback
Machine.
5. ^ Official Catalogue, San Beda Graduate School of Law, 2006.
6. ^ Jump up to:        Official Website, San Beda Graduate School of Law. Last accessed May 23,
a b c d

2007.
7. ^ Jump up to:a b c d Interview with Faculty and Staff, San Beda Graduate School of Law. May 2007.
8. ^ Official Website, San Beda College of Law. Last accessed May 23, 2007.
9. ^ During the 1962 Philippine Bar Exams, Virgilio B. Jara of San Beda placed 5th, Haydee
Yorac of the University of the Philippines placed 8th, and Joaquin G. Bernas of Ateneo Law
School placed 9th. Many years later, Jara became San Beda Law Dean, Bernas became
Ateneo Law Dean, and Yorac was appointed Chairwoman of the Presidential Commission on
Good Government (PCGG).

External links[edit]
 San Beda College of Law
 San Beda Graduate School of Law
 San Beda Alumni Beda7882 Alumni Website