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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.
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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.
The UE College of Law was established in July 1950. [1]
Dr. Francisco T. Dalupan Sr., then the University President, temporarily assumed the position of the first Dean of the college. Justice Roman Ozaeta, a former Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and Secretary of Justice under Presidents Manuel Roxas and Elpidio Quirino, was appointed Dean in SY 1951–1952. Through rigid discipline, Dean Ozaeta steered the college to an enviable position: enrollment grew and a complete law curriculum was offered, with prominent members of the Bench and Bar as faculty members. He promoted scholarship and encouraged academic proficiency in Law. [1]
Dean Ozaeta was succeeded by Ruperto G. Martin in 1956 and by Rodolfo Palma on July 1, 1966, when Dean Martin was elevated to the Court of Appeals as Associate Justice. When he retired on March 31, 1984, Dean Palma was succeeded by Agustin O. Benitez and later by Celedonio E. Tiongson until the appointment of Dante O. Tinga on April 1, 1989. Dean Tinga was succeeded in turn by former Justice Undersecretary Artemio G. Tuquero on May 1, 1993. [1]
Before he could complete his four-year term, Dean Tuquero was appointed Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals and later on became the Secretary of Justice during the term of former President Joseph Estrada. [1]
Carlos M. Ortega, an authority on Criminal and Remedial Law, took over as Dean on May 2, 1996. Dean Ortega was promoted to the position of Vice President for Academic Affairs effective July 1, 2000. Amado D. Valdez took over as Dean until his appointment as Government Corporate Counsel in April 2001. Justice Reynaldo L. Suarez, former Senior Deputy Court Administrator of the Supreme Court, assumed the deanship from May 16, 2001 to May 16, 2004. Dean Antonio R. Tupaz, a former member of the Batasang Pambansa and Minister of State for Local Government, took over from 2004 to 2006. Dean Valdez was reappointed dean in 2006 and served until 2014 when Mayor Joseph Estrada appointed him as chairman of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. [2]
Dean Willard B. Riano, former Dean of the San Sebastian College – Recoletos College of Law, was then appointed dean in 2015. [3] However, he only served until December 2016, having been selected as an examiner for Remedial Law in the 2017 Bar Examinations. Justice Tinga was yet again called to fill the void left by Dean Riano, serving in the interim from 2017 to 2018. In 2018, former FEU Institute of Law Associate Dean, Atty. Viviana M. Paguirigan, was then appointed as Dean Riano's successor, becoming UE College of Law's first female dean.
The college has the following programs: [4]
The college has produced the following alumni: [5]
| Year | Topnotcher | Ranking | Rating | Passing rate | Notes | Source |
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| 1954 | Benjamin P. Paulino | 10th Place | 93.0% | 75.17% | 2,409 out of 3,206 | [19] |
| 1956 | Melencio C. Corpuz | 5th Place | 89.15% | 62.60% | 2,283 out of 3,647 | [19] |
| 1963 | Roberto P. Ocampo | 8th Place | 83.05% | 22.26% | 1,213 out of 5,453 | [20] |
| 1964 | Demetrio G. Demetria | 2nd Place | 86.85% | 25.09% | 902 out of 3,596 | [20] |
| 1967 | Basilio H. Alo | 3rd Place | 87.15% | 22.8% | 411 out of 1,803 | [21] |
| Douglas R. Cagas | 4th Place | 86.85% | [21] | |||
| 1968 | Antonio B. Panopio | 9th Place | 85.0% | 21.11% | 347 out of 1,643 | [21] |
| 1969 | Nicolas B. Maderazo | 2nd Place | 87.25% | 28.6% | 495 out of 1,731 | [22] |
| 1970 | Kamar M. Baloto | 86.75% | 27.9% | 491 out of 1,761 | [22] | |
| 1973 | Lucas P. Bersamin | 9th Place | 86.3% | 33.84% | 621 out of 1,835 | [23] |
| 1975 | Nicanor B. Padilla Jr. | 1st Place | 86.7% | 35.18% | 686 out of 1,950 | [23] |
| Edgardo A. Abinales | 7th Place | 85.3% | [23] | |||
| 1977 | Eduardo V. Villoria | 2nd Place | 91.85% | 60.56% | 1,038 out of 1,714 | [24] |
| Lowell T. Yap | 4th Place | 91.35% | [24] | |||
| 1978 | Andres S. Santos | 7th Place | 90.025% | 56.93% | 1,076 out of 1,890 | [24] |
| 1983 | Salvador S. Hipolito | 2nd Place | 90.6% | 21.3% | 523 out of 2,455 | [25] |
| 1989 | Persida V. Acosta-Rueda | 4th Place | 85.62% | 21.26% | 639 out of 3,006 | [26] |
| 2019 | Princess Fatima T. Parahiman | 2nd Place | 89.52% | 27.36% | 2,103 out of 7,699 | [27] [28] |
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