Conversations with Robert Swift UP IHR hosts talk with martial law victims lead counsel The University of the Philippines Law Center - Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) and the Commmission in Human Rights(CHR) hosted on 9 July 2019 a public talk for the lead counsel of a successful class suit of Martial Law victims against the Marcoses. Titled “Conversations with Robert Swift,” the event was held at the Lecture Room of Bocobo Hall. Swift is an American lawyer who first led around 6,000 martial law victims-survivors in winning the class suit against the estate of the late dictator Ferdinand…

NEW BOOK RELEASE The UP Law Center is proud to announce the release of Professor Dante B. Gatmaytan's latest book, Local Government: Law and Jurisprudence (Volumes I and II) The book is part of the Law Center's Centennial Book Writing Project, featuring textbooks written by experts from the UP College of Law Faculty. Copies are now available for sale at the U.P. Law Center Bookroom.  

UP College of Law Sends Academic Delegation to Spain The UP College of Law sent a delegation (from June 14 to 20, 2019) to leading institutions of legal education in Spain, to renew its academic ties and to participate in the 5th International Scientific Congress - Five Centuries Sailing the Legal World. Led by Dean-Fides Cordero-Tan, the delegation visited Malaga to renew its ongoing collaboration with the Universidad de Malaga Facultad de Derecho. This partnership, born of a mutual interest in the links between Philippine and Spanish law, has since flourished to produce scholarship on both contemporary and legal issues,…

A graduating evening student of the College of Law has been awarded the "Gawad Tsanselor Para sa Mga Natatanging Mag-Aaral" by the University of the Philippines.Lee Edson P. Yarcia, M.D., is one of the three outstanding students to receive the award. The award is given annually to honor exemplary members of the UP community. A search committee convenes and rigorously deliberates on the nominees to be awarded. Yarcia entered the UP College of Law in 2013 after earning his Doctor of Medicine from the same University.In law school, he has excelled in both his academic and extra-curricular activities, joining the…

UP Law student wins Gawad Tsanselor A graduating evening student of the College of Law has been awarded the "Gawad Tsanselor Para sa Mga Natatanging Mag-Aaral" by the University of the Philippines.Lee Edson P. Yarcia, M.D., is one of the three outstanding students to receive the award. The award is given annually to honor exemplary members of the UP community. A search committee convenes and rigorously deliberates on the nominees to be awarded. Yarcia entered the UP College of Law in 2013 after earning his Doctor of Medicine from the same University.In law school, he has excelled in both his…

The Master of Laws (LL.M.) program of the UP College of Law seeks to attract candidates from various legal backgrounds and experiences, particularly those who are interested in specializing in Cross-Border and Regional Practice and Government, Public Advocacy and Judging. Candidates of the program must successfully obtain 24 units for a period of at least one academic calendar year. The LL.M. Program operates on a regular calendar of two semesters (August to December and January to May) and one summer session (June to July). The first two semesters may be devoted to regular coursework, while summer session will be reserved…