Paralegal Training Program Holds the Closing Ceremony for its 27th Foundation Certificate Course The Paralegal Training Program (PTP) of the UP Law Center has concluded and held its closing ceremony for its 27th Foundation Certificate Course (PTP 27) at the Malcolm Theater of the UP College of Law on August 26, 2023 Two hundred three (203) trainees were awarded certificates of completion for complying with the ninety-four (94) training hours of legal fundamentals, paralegal skills and practical applications over a period of twelve (12) weeks from May 27 to August 26, 2023. Of the 203 certificated trainees, 170 “graduates” attended…

UP GLPP holds Gender Orientation for Law Faculty nationwide The University of the Philippines College of Law – Gender Law and Policy Program (UP GLPP) conducted a webinar entitled, “Gender Orientation for Law Faculty” last September 16, 2023 via Zoom. This is part of GLPP’s continuing effort to provide regular gender sensitivity orientations for law students, law professors, and legal professionals in the country. The event was geared towards promoting and fostering a more inclusive and gender-sensitive legal environment through active discussions regarding gender-issues in the academe and legal profession with legal professionals who also serve as the guides, instructors,…

UP IHR conducts a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) on the legal capacity of Persons with Disabilities As part of its research project entitled “A Research on the Legal Capacity of Persons with Disabilities,” the UP Law Center Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) conducted an in-person focus group discussion (FGD) on the legal capacity of persons with disabilities on 24 August 2023. The FGD brought together an assembly of persons with disabilities along with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that support their cause. The participants included members from Angat PWD, Parent Advocates for Visually Impaired Children (PAVIC), PWD Federation of the Deaf,…

UP GLPP and GOJUST event Justice Leonen’s lecture, On the Politics of Regulating Intimacy The Hon. Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen, Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court delivered his keynote lecture entitled, On the Politics of Regulating Intimacy at the the Ambion Room and Malcolm Hall last 4 August 2023. The event was organized and hosted by the UP Gender Law and Policy Program (UP GLPP) of the University of the Philippines College of Law, in partnership with Governance in Justice (GOJUST). During the event, Prof. E. (Leo) D. Battad, Program Director of UP GLPP, also formally accepted from…

UP IHR conducts a roundtable discussion (RTD) on the Philippine Indigenous Law Curriculum (Law 132) The UP Law Center Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR), in commemoration of the National Indigenous Peoples (IPs) Day in the Philippines and International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples, conducted last 17 August 2023 a roundtable discussion (RTD) on the development of the course offering of Philippine Indigenous Law (Law 132) under the UP College of Law. Attending the event both in person and through Zoom application were representatives from private and public institutions, including the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Commission on Higher…