Hilario Gelbolingo Davide Jr. is a Filipino lawyer,professor,diplomat,constitutionalist and former politician,who served as the 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations. As constitutionalist,Davide led the creation of the Legislative branch,and also wrote the most resolutions and the bulk of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines,becoming its father and primary author.
The Commission on Elections,abbreviated as COMELEC,is one of the three constitutional commissions of the Philippines. Its principal role is to enforce all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of elections in the Philippines.
Artemio Villaseñor Panganiban Jr. is a Filipino jurist. He served as the 21st Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2005 to 2006.
The University of the East College of Law or UE Law is the law school of the University of the East,a private,non-sectarian university in Manila,Philippines.
Andres dela Rosa Narvasa was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from December 1,1991,to November 30,1998.
Cecilia Arreglado Muñoz-Palma was a Filipino jurist and the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ferdinand Marcos on October 29,1973,and served until she reached the then-mandatory retirement age of 65.
Cancio C. Garcia was a Filipino lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Court on October 6,2004,by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and retired on October 19,2007.
Minita Chico-Nazario was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on February 10,2004.
Antonio Tirol Carpio is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was sworn in as member of the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on October 26,2001,and served until his retirement on October 26,2019. He served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines for a period of eighteen (18) years. He also served as chief justice in an acting capacity several times during his tenure as Senior Associate Justice.
The Philippine Bar Examination is the professional licensure examination for lawyers in the Philippines. The exam is exclusively administered by the Supreme Court of the Philippines through the Supreme Court Bar Examination Committee.
Arturo Dizon Brion is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He took his oath as a member of the Supreme Court on March 17,2008. From 2006 until his appointment to the Supreme Court,Brion served in the cabinet of President Macapagal-Arroyo as the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment.
Alfredo Logronio Benipayo is the former Dean of the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law,the oldest law school in the Philippines. He is a former magistrate and a respected law professor and bar reviewer in the country.
Florentino V. Floro Jr. is a Filipino former judge who achieved notoriety after being suspended from the Philippine judiciary in 2006 due to mental illness. Floro made several statements that he was psychic and claimed to frequently communicate with invisible duendes,a type of dwarf common in Filipino and Latin American mythology.
Teresita Leonardo-De Castro is a Filipina who served as the 24th chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines;she was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 28,2018. She assumed the vacated position once her predecessor,Maria Lourdes Sereno,was removed via a quo warranto petition;making De Castro the de jure 24th chief justice,and the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Ruben T. Reyes was a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2007 to 2009.
Simeon V. Marcelo is a Filipino lawyer and was the third Ombudsman of the Philippines. As the Ombudsman,he acted as protector of the people against the illegal and unjust acts of those who are in the public service. He investigated government officials,including members of the police and the military,who were suspected of committing graft and corruption. Notably,he served as the principal private prosecutor in the impeachment case of Former President Joseph Estrada,the 13th President of the Republic of the Philippines. After 3 years as Ombudsman,he resigned due to serious health problems. He was then replaced by Ma. Merceditas N. Gutierrez.
Jose Armando R. Melo was a Filipino lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1992 to 2002. He also served as Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC),and was succeeded by election lawyer Sixto Brillantes.
Jose Catral Mendoza is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Sixto Serrano Brillantes Jr. was a Filipino election lawyer who was the chairman of the Commission on Elections from 2011 to 2015. He was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III on January 16,2011,to serve the unexpired term of Chairman Jose Melo.
Estelito "Titong" Patdu Mendoza is a Filipino lawyer who served as Solicitor General of the Philippines from 1972 to 1986. As Solicitor General,he successfully defended the validity of the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines in the Ratification Cases. He was the Chairman of the United Nations General Assembly Legal Committee in 1976. He also served as Minister of Justice from 1984 to 1986,Member of the Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1980 and 1984 to 1986,and Provincial Governor of Pampanga from 1980 to 1984. He is also the Founding Partner of Estelito P. Mendoza &Associates.
