UP IHR Partners with Angat Kalikasan Pilipinas (AKaP) for a Documentary Screening and Forum on Indigenous Peoples Rights The University of the Philippines Law Center Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR), in partnership with Angat Kalikasan Pilipinas (AKaP), conducted a documentary screening and forum on indigenous peoples (IPs) held last 8 June 2023. The said screening featured “Tulaog: Sigaw ng mga Nililigaw”, a film about the lived realities of Dumagat-Remontados in General Nakar, Quezon Province. This was followed by a forum that aimed to engage the public in several discussions about IPs Rights and the laws governing them. In particular,…

Law Aptitude Examination 2023 Final List of Qualified for Admission for Academic Year 2023-2024 The Admission Committee of the UP College of Law is pleased to announce that a total of 486 applicants have qualified for admission to the College's Juris Doctor program in Diliman, BGC and Iloilo for the Academic Year 2023-2024. Please be advised that the Admissions Committee will not entertain any request for reconsideration for admission.   Download the list here.

The Institute of International Legal Studies & Parabukas conduct a Validation Workshop on a Case Study on Green Jobs and Industrialization in Philippine Agriculture. The Institute of International Legal Studies (IILS) in partnership with Parabukas, together with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), held a Validation Workshop on Green Jobs and Industrialization in Philippine Agriculture last May 19, 2023 (Friday). The event took place via a hybrid set-up, with some participants attending on-site at Luxent Hotel, Quezon City, while others joined via Zoom. The Philippine study is part of a broader international research…

UP Institute of International Legal Studies & UP Law Debate and Moot Court Union hosts the 2023 Dean Merlin M. Magallona Cup The Merlin M. Magallona Cup began in 2013 as the Justice George Malcolm Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition, the premier intra-college moot court competition open to all UP Law Students without prior competitive moot court experience. It was later named after the late Dean Merlin M. Magallona and issues relating to Public International Law were included in honor of the late Dean. On its 10th year, the UP Law Debate and Moot Court Union (UP-LDMU) partnered with the…

UP IHR Director Professor Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan speaks in international forum on Child’s Right to Identity On 16 May 2023, UP Law Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) Director Professor Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan served as a resource speaker in an international online symposium entitled “Child’s Right to Identity in Family Relations”. The UP IHR joined several institutional partners in the event which was hosted by Switzerland-based international NGO Child Identity Protection (CHIP) on the occasion of the International Family Day. Professor Aguiling-Pangalangan focused on the child’s right to identity in family relations from an Asia Pacific perspective. In her talk, Professor Aguiling-Pangalangan…

Announcement! Philippine Law Journal Volume 97 Student Editorial Board Examination The Chair, Vice-Chair, and the eight (8) other members of the Student Editorial Board of the Philippine Law Journal Volume 97 shall be chosen through competitive examination to be given on July 1, 2023 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon (for on-the-spot legal writing) and from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (for on-the-spot editing). On or before June 9, 2023 (until 5:00 p.m.), all applicants must send to aocrisostomo@up.edu.ph a comprehensive and detailed CV clearly indicating law school academic performance, as well as any relevant past writing, editing, and management…