The Office of Legal Aid (OLA) received the Gawad Pangulo Award for Excellence in Public Service 2016 In recognition of their Clinical Legal Education Program, the UP Office of Legal Aid (OLA) was among those honored with the first Gawad Pangulo: Award for Excellence in Public Service in a ceremony held on January 30, 2017 at the Executive House, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. The award, also known as the Padayon Award, recognizes outstanding public service initiatives of units in the UP System under five clusters: Arts and Letters, and Communications; Science and Technology; Social Sciences, Management, and…

PNP renews a Memorandum of Agreement with UP College of Law on legal education and training for police. The Philippine National Police, under Police Director General Ronald M. Dela Rosa, signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the UP College of Law for the legal education and training of the current police force, pursuant to the PNP Reform Act of 1998. Present for the MOA signing were Police Director Dela Rosa, UP President-elect Dean Danilo L. Concepcion, and UP College of Law Secretary Prof. Ma. Gisella Dizon-Reyes. The event was held on January 30, 2017, at the PNP Headquarters at Camp…

UP Law wins 2017 Stetson Int'l Environmental Moot Court - Southeast Asian Regional Rounds The team representing the University of the Philippines College of Law won the championship of the 2017 Southeast Asian Regional Rounds (SEARR) of the Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, held from January 5 to 7, 2017 at the College of Law. First-time mooters Maria Patricia Valeña, Napoleon L. Gonzales III, Michelle Lao, and Nadaine P. Tongco prevailed over teams from Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines, claiming the championship in the Final Round against Ateneo Law School. In addition, the team received the award…

Philippine Law Register Issue No. 2: "Strongmen and the Rule of Law" now online Relaunched in 2015, the Philippine Law Register is the annual and official student paper of the UP College of Law. It is committed to publishing well-researched, incisive, and thought-provoking commentaries, artworks, and photographs that are concerned with timely and profound issues in law, politics, and society. For this Academic Year, the Register is proud to announce the online release of its next installment, themed “Strongmen and the Rule of Law.” Featuring interviews with Representative Pia Cayetano, Atty. Dino Aguirre, Atty. Ana Margarita Rodriguez, Rafael Ricalde, and…

Dean Danilo Concepcion voted as the 21st UP President Law Dean as 21st UP President College of Law Dean Danilo L. Concepcion was selected as the 21st president of the University of the Philippines by the Board Of Regents (BOR) at a special meeting held on 15 November 2016. The 11-member BOR, the highest policy making body of the university, voted for Concepcion, 58, to replace Alfredo Pascual who will end his six-year term on February 2017. Dean DLC will be the sixth to hold a Law degree in the roster of UP Presidents. Article from Philstar.com: http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/11/15/1644003/law-dean-new-president Article from…

UP College of Law wins the 2016 National Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law Representing the College of Law, students Nathan Legacion and Angela Conejero, First and Second Counsel respectively, emerged as the champions at the Red Cross National Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law, which was held last Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Besting fifteen teams in the competition, the pair will represent the country in the Asia-Pacific Moot Court Competition in Hong Kong, on March next year. The original post on the International Committee of the Red Cross Philippines Facebook page can be accessed through this link:…