UP Law Center IPD holds successful Legal Research Colloquium Last September 4, 2023, the Information and Publication Division (IPD) of the University of the Philippines (UP) Law Center successfully conducted the “Colloquium on Legal Research in the Digital Age”. The Colloquium provided an avenue for the discussion of various topics involving legal research aiming to elevate the quality of scholarly work to, in turn, improve the quality of legal education and the practice of law. The Colloquium started with a briefer delivered by Assistant Professor Michael T. Tiu, Jr., Head of IPD. Assistant Professor Tiu laid out the objectives and…

UP Law WEP Conducts Third Training Series on Termination of Employment in the Private Sector and Gender Orientation for Workers, together with UP Law GLPP The Workers and Employees Program (WEP) of the University of the Philippines College of Law/Law Center (UP Law) conducted its Training Series on Termination of Employment in the Private Sector in August and September 2023. This was the third WEP training series, after the first on Workers’ and Employees’ Rights and Benefits Under Labor Standards Laws from September to October 2022, and the second on Labor Relations from May to July 2023. Officials from the…

The Philippine Law Journal inducts its Editorial Board for Volume 97 The editors for Volume 97 of the Philippine Law Journal (PLJ) took their oath and formally assumed office last October 7 in the PLJ Induction and Turnover Ceremony held at the 1st Floor Lecture Hall of the Bocobo Hall in UP Diliman. Associate Dean of the UP College of Law, Prof. Solomon F. Lumba, delivered his opening remarks and discussed how the student editors are to be participants in the determination of truth, since law reviews are “the battlegrounds on how truth will be defined.” PLJ Volume 96’s outgoing…

PHILIPPINE LAW JOURNAL VOLUME 97 CALL FOR PAPERS The Philippine Law Journal is a student-edited publication devoted to cultivating legal scholarship. Established in August 1914, it is the oldest English-language law review in Asia. The Journal publishes four (4) issues every year. The Journal is now accepting submissions of scholarly works, particularly legal articles, as well as book reviews, case notes, and comments on recent legislation. Students are highly encouraged to submit their work. All submissions will undergo blind deliberations. The deadline for submission of papers is on October 22, 2023. There is no minimum word count required, but authors…