Philippine Law Journal inducts Volume 96 Editorial Board The new set of Philippine Law Journal (PLJ) editors formally assumed office on February 4, and took their oath in an Induction and Turnover ceremony at the Malcolm Theater in the UP College of Law. Notable guests and former PLJ alumni who attended the ceremony included former Supreme Court Associate Justice Vicente V. Mendoza and former Supreme Court Associate Justice Francis H. Jardeleza, who also delivered the keynote address. UP College of Law Dean Edgardo Carlo Vistan II, in his opening remarks, emphasized the challenging work of the PLJ Editorial Board to…

Culminating Activity of the Code of Crimes Revision Committee and Transmittal of the Code of Crimes to Congress The Code of Crimes Committee, with the UP Law Center – Institute of Government and Law Reform sitting as Committee Secretariat, celebrated the culmination of the Code of Crimes Project on January 25, 2023 at the Malcolm Hall Learning Commons from 10:00am to 12:00pm. The Code of Crimes Revision Project began as early as 2014 in an effort to overhaul Act No. 3815, or Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, which was enacted as early as 1930. Many special penal laws have…

The Asian Society of Labour Law (AsianSLL) held a Special Conference in Manila last 16-17 December 2022, with the theme “Labour Rights in the New Normal”. The Conference was organized in cooperation with the Workers and Employees Program (WEP), University of the Philippines College of Law/Law Center. Labour law practitioners, academics, experts, and law students from all over Asia attended physically in the Malcolm Theater and Bocobo Hall, both in the UP Law Complex, Diliman, Quezon City, and virtually via Zoom Webinar. The Manila Special Conference is the second AsianSLL conference held in Manila, after the 2010 Biennial Conference which…

Opening of Applications The UP College of Law is pleased to announce that applications for the 2023 Law Aptitude Examination (LAE) are now being accepted. The College will be accepting applicants for Diliman, BGC and Iloilo campuses. The deadline for LAE registration and submission of academic records and other requirements is on 17 February 2023. The LAE, which will be administered online, will be held on 12 March 2023, Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Please also take note of the following dates for prerequisite activities to the LAE: Mock LAE - 26 February 2023 at 9:00 a.m. Practice LAE - anytime…