JoséPaciano 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.
Jose Wright Diokno,also known as "Ka Pepe",was a Filipino nationalist,lawyer,and statesman. Regarded as the "Father of Human Rights," he served as Senator of the Philippines,Secretary of Justice,founding chair of the Commission on Human Rights,and founder of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG),the premier group of Filipino human rights lawyers. Diokno is the only person to top both the Philippine Bar Examination and the board exam for Certified Public Accountants (CPA). His career was dedicated to the promotion of human rights,the defense of Philippine sovereignty,and the enactment of pro-Filipino economic legislation.
Ambrosio Bibby Padilla was a Filipino basketball player and an elected member of the Senate of the Philippines. He was one of the most important figures in Asian basketball development.
Renato Tereso Antonio Coronado Corona was a Filipino judge who was the 23rd chief justice of the Philippines from 2010 to 2012. He served as an associate justice after being appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on April 9,2002,and later as Chief Justice on May 12,2010,upon the retirement of Chief Justice Reynato Puno.
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.
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.
Legal education in the Philippines is developed and offered by Philippine law schools,supervised by the Legal Education Board. Previously,the Commission on Higher Education supervises the legal education in the Philippines but was replaced by the Legal Education Board since 1993 after the enactment of Republic Act No. 7662 or the Legal Education Reform Act of 1993.
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 (DOLE).
Eduardo de los Angeles is a former president of the Philippine Stock Exchange,the financial stock market of the Philippines. He is a former dean of the Ateneo Law School,a private law school in Makati,Philippines.
Agnes Vicenta Salayo Torres-Devanadera,also known as Agnes VST Devanadera,is a Filipina lawyer and politician who served as the chairperson of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) from 2017 to 2022. During the Arroyo administration,she served as the Solicitor General of the Philippines from 2007 to 2010,the first woman to hold the post. She was also the acting Secretary of Justice on two short stints.
Diosdado "Dado" Madarang Peralta is a Filipino attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the Philippines from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from January 13,2009,to October 22,2019. He is the third Sandiganbayan presiding justice to be appointed to the high tribunal.
The Tañada-Diokno School of Law is the law school and one of the eight schools of De La Salle University.
Nimfa Cuesta Vilches was a Senior Deputy Court Administrator (DCA) at the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA),Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was a regional trial court judge in Manila until her appointment as Assistant Court Administrator in 2006 and as DCA in 2008. She was a family law expert in the Philippines and in the international legal community.
Legal management or paralegal studies is an academic,vocational,and professional discipline that is a hybrid between the study of law and management. Often,alumni of legal management programmes pursue a professional degree in law such as Juris Doctor (JD) or Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) while some profess as paralegals,law clerks,political analysts,politicians,public administrators,entrepreneurs,business executives,or pursue careers in the academe.
Mariano C. del Castillo is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Roberto A. Abad is a lawyer and judge who served as Philippine Supreme Court Associate Justice from August 7,2009,to May 22,2014.
Eugene Alvarez Tan (1943–1994) was a Filipino human rights lawyer,author,and professor of law. He was murdered in 1994.
The Philippine National Police,Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency,National Bureau of Investigation led by Justice secretary Leila de Lima launched a series of raids on the New Bilibid Prison on December 15,19,and 22,2014,targeting drug lords allegedly operating inside the prison and to seize contraband reportedly in possession of some of the prison's inmates. Prohibited items such as methamphetamine chloride and other drug paraphernalia,inflatable sex dolls,a stripper bar and jacuzzi were found in air-conditioned villas of high-profile inmates. Police also found other contraband in the prison,such as firearms and bladed weapons,mobile phones,flat screen TVs,laptops,WIFi,luxury Patek Philippe,Cartier,and Rolex watches,a sauna,and over ₱2 million in cash from body searches of several inmates.
Tranquil Gervacio S. Salvador III is a Filipino lawyer,educator,and civic leader. He has served as spokesperson and member of the defense panel for the impeachment of the then-Chief Justice Renato Corona and handled other notable cases of Filipino personalities and corporations.
