Announcement: Philippine Law Journal Editorial Board Volume 97 A.Y. 2023-2024 The Faculty Examination Committee is pleased to announced the students who attained the ten highest scores in the qualifying legal writing and editing examinations of the Philippine Law Journal (Volume 97, A.Y. 2023-2024): Name Position Ramirez, Mika Andrea O. Chair Tutor, Kyle Christian G. Vice-Chair Flores, Kim M. Member Sebastian, Josemaria J. Member Quebrar, Maria Lovelyn Joyce S. Member Lokin, Louise Michiko B. Member Solis, Cesar Tomas T. Member Sasing, Marianne T. Member Yao, Alia Dominique Y. Member Mendiola, Ramon Joaquin A. Member   Under the rules of the Committee,…

Health Workers Support WEP-Proposed Magna Carta of Health Workers The Workers and Employees Program (WEP) of the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law/Law Center conducted via Zoom a series of seven (7) roundtable discussions (RTDs) on the Saturdays of April to June 2023 to further enhance the WEP-Proposed Magna Carta of Health Workers (MCHW) with health workers, their organizations, associations, and unions, other labor organizations, labor law practitioners, and academics. The RTDs had the theme “An Urgent Call for a Strengthened Health Workforce”. The MCHW was initially developed in a series of RTDs with health workers held in…

Prof. Tiu participates in Study Visit to Australia as Legal Consultant of UNODC on Counterterrorism and Human Rights On 19 - 23 June 2023, Prof. Tiu joined delegates in the Study Visit to Australia for the Members of the Philippine Judiciary focusing on the treatment of Terrorism and Terrorism Financing Cases by Australia’s judicial system and court processes. The Study Visit had taken the delegates to the different courts of Australia and its criminal justice agencies to promote comprehensive understanding and wider perspectives on the full criminal justice cycle as it relates to addressing terrorism and violent extremism offences. The…

Call for Scholarship Applications UP College of Law Scholarship Program Applications to the UP College of Law Scholarship Program are now being accepted for Academic Year 2023-2024. For the First Semester of AY 2023-2024, a scholar may receive a full tuition and miscellaneous fees award, an internet & book allowance (set at PhP 10,000.00), and a monthly stipend for three to four months (set at PhP 10,000.00/month). REQUIREMENTS: Accomplished Application Form Letter of Intent detailing ALL the justifiable reasons why the applicant should be granted a scholarship. Justifiable reasons include any existing hardships that affect the applicant’s studies. Diversity (e.g.,…

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,…