Jose Paciano Laurel y García was a Filipino politician,lawyer,and judge,who served as the President of the Japanese-occupied Second Philippine Republic,a puppet state during World War II,from 1943 to 1945. Since the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal (1961–1965),Laurel has been officially recognized by later administrations as a former president of the Philippines.
Menachem Elon (Hebrew: ) was an Israeli jurist and Professor of Law specializing in Mishpat Ivri,an Orthodox rabbi,and a prolific author on traditional Jewish law (Halakha). He was the head of the Jewish Law Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Genaro David Góngora Pimentel is a Mexican jurist who was a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) from 1995 to 2009 and served as its President from 1999 to 2003.
Andres dela Rosa Narvasa was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from December 1,1991,to November 30,1998.
Presbitero Jose Velasco Jr. is the incumbent Governor of Marinduque and was a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on March 31,2006.
Adolfo Sevilla Azcuna is a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2002 to 2009. He was appointed to the Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on October 24,2002. As of November 2019 he was the Chancellor of the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA),having been appointed to that position by the Supreme Court of the Philippines on June 1,2009. The Court granted the title of "Chancellor Emeritus" upon Azcuna who served until May 31,2021. He was succeeded by Arturo Brion who served for 2 years and was replaced by Rosmari Carandang as the fourth Chancellor who took her oath on February 23,2022.
Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez is a Filipino jurist from Alitagtag who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2000 to 2008. She was the last appointment to the Court made by President Joseph Estrada.
Leonardo A. Quisumbing was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Fidel Ramos in 1998 and retired as the most senior Associate Justice of the Court on his 70th birthday in 2009.
The Civil Code of the Philippines is the product of the codification of private law in the Philippines. It is the general law that governs family and property relations in the Philippines. It was enacted in 1950,and remains in force to date with some significant amendments.
Florenz Dolendo Regalado was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines,professor,and expert in criminal law in the Philippines. The 14th appointment by President Corazon Aquino,he served from July 29,1988,to October 13,1998. Regalado is considered the most influential jurist and writer on remedial law,writing the most complete compendium in one volume as early as 1972. A legendary professor for over 30 years,Regalado became a renowned expert also in criminal law.
The Far Eastern University –Institute of Law,also known as FEU Law or IL, is the Legal Education Board-accredited law school of the Far Eastern University. It is one of the four earliest institutes that comprised the university in 1934.
San Beda College of Law is the law school college under the San Beda University,a private,Roman Catholic university run by the Benedictine monks in the Philippines.
Jose Benedicto Luis Luna Reyes was a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1954 to 1972.
Marvic Mario Victor Famorca Leonen is the Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines since May 14,2022 upon the retirement of Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe. He became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines on November 21,2012 –the second youngest jurist to hold the said position and the youngest after Manuel V. Moran in 1938. Prior to his stint in the country's highest court,he served as chief peace negotiator of the Republic of the Philippines in peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Leonen has been called,"The Great Dissenter" of the Supreme Court,often standing close to liberal and human rights-oriented decisions against the conservative bench close to Rodrigo Duterte and related dictatorial beliefs.
The Philippine Law Journal is an academic student-run law review affiliated with the UP College of Law at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Established in August 1914,the journal marked its 100th anniversary in 2014 as the oldest law review in the Philippines and the oldest English language law journal in Asia. It is managed by the editorial board,composed of select students of the University of the Philippines College of Law. The journal publishes four issues every year.
Bienvenido Lorenzo Reyes is a Filipino lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He left the Court of Appeals on August 23,2011 to assume his seat on the Supreme Court.
Howard Wiest was an American jurist. Although he neither graduated from high school nor attended law school,he read law,became Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court,and went on to be "the Dean" of all Michigan jurists.
Alexander Gahon Gesmundo is serving as the chief justice of the Philippines since April 5,2021. He replaced Diosdado Peralta,who retired early on March 27,2021. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 2017 to 2021.
Josue N. Bellosillo is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was sworn in as a member of the Supreme Court by President Corazon Aquino on March 3,1992,and served until his retirement on November 13,2003. He served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines for a period of eleven years. He also served as chief justice in an acting capacity several times during his tenure as Senior Associate Justice.
Bar topnotchers in the Philippines are bar examinees who garnered the highest bar exam grades in a particular year. Every year,the Supreme Court releases the bar top ten list. The list contains the names of bar examinees who obtained the ten highest grades. It is possible for more than ten examinees to place in the top ten because numerical ties in the computation of grades usually occur.
