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| Established: | 1936 |
| Type: | Private law school, Roman Catholic |
| Dean: | Cesar L. Villanueva, LL. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered In Academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit or over a specific area of concern or both Cesar L Villanueva, popularly known as CLV, is the incumbent Dean of the Ateneo Law School in Makati City, Philippines. M. |
| Location: | 20 Rockwell Drive, Rockwell Center, Makati City, Philippines  |
| Website: | http://ateneolaw.ateneo.edu |
The Ateneo de Manila Law School is the law school of the Ateneo de Manila University, a private Jesuit university in the Philippines. The Rockwell Center is an upscale mixed-use 155-hectare project in Makati City, Philippines. The City of Makati, or simply The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A law school (also known as a school of law or college of law) is an institution specializing in Legal education. The Ateneo de Manila University (also called " Ateneo de Manila " or simply "the Ateneo " is a private University run The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP It was founded in 1936, in the Padre Faura, Manila campus of the Ateneo, where it remained even after the college, graduate school, and basic education units moved to Loyola Heights in the 1950s. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of Manila In 1977, it moved to Salcedo Village in Makati City, and in 1998, transferred to its present location in Makati's Rockwell Center. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The City of Makati, or simply Its current Dean is alumnus Cesar L. Villanueva. Cesar L Villanueva, popularly known as CLV, is the incumbent Dean of the Ateneo Law School in Makati City, Philippines. [1][2][3] Its patron saint is Thomas More. Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535 from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English Lawyer, author and statesman who in his lifetime gained [3]
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Academics
The Law School's primary academic offering is the 4-year law program leading to the degree of Juris Doctor. Juris Doctor (abbreviated JD or JD, from the Latin, Teacher of Law) is a first professional graduate degree and Professional Aside from the J. D. program, the Law School also offers a review program for the Philippine Bar Examination, a Mandatory Continuing Legal Education program, as well as seminars, conferences, and talks covering various issues. The Philippine Bar Examination is the professional licensure examination for lawyers in the Philippines. Faculty and students engage in research which are published in, among other places, the Ateneo Law Journal. The Ateneo Law Journal (the "Journal" is a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Ateneo Law School. [4]
Juris Doctor program
The Ateneo Law School offers a complete 4-year program leading to the degree of Juris Doctor (J. Juris Doctor (abbreviated JD or JD, from the Latin, Teacher of Law) is a first professional graduate degree and Professional D. ). The J. D. degree was first conferred on the School Year 1990-1991 graduates. The Ateneo was the first law school in the Philippines to offer the J. D. in lieu of the Bachelor of Laws degree, which is still what most law schools in the Philippines offer today. The Bachelor of Laws (abbreviated LLB, LLB or rarely LlB) is an undergraduate or bachelor degree in law offered in most Common law [2][5][3][6][7]
The Ateneo JD program covers the different aspects of legal study required for admission to the practice of law. Among the key subjects are constitutional and political law, civil law, criminal law, remedial law, commercial law, international law, tax law, and legal ethics. Philippine Criminal Laws is the body of laws defining Crimes and defining the penalties thereof in the Philippines. There is a particular emphasis on legal and judicial ethics, with subjects on legal philosophy and history, legal profession, theology and Church social teachings, and ethics being part of the core Ateneo law program. [5][3][7]
In addition to these courses, students are required to undergo an apprenticeship program where junior and senior students get to appear in first level courts and work with other Ateneo law alumni on cases for marginalized sectors of the country. Students are also exposed to work with law firms, government agencies, public or private legal assistance agencies, courts in the Philippines, and work in the Ateneo's own Human Rights Center and Legal Services Center. [5][3][7]
Students also customize a part of their studies by choosing elective courses from a pool of offerings spanning a broad range of legal and social interests. [5][3][7]
As one of the final requirements, Ateneo law students are also required to prepare and defend a thesis on a novel and exigient subject of law. The work on the thesis culminates in the fourth year of studies, under the supervision of a faculty adviser and a committee. [5][3][7]
Bar Review Program
The Law School offers a six-month comprehensive review program to prepare law students for the Philippine Bar Examination. The Philippine Bar Examination is the professional licensure examination for lawyers in the Philippines. It is open to both Ateneo Law School graduates and to graduates of other law schools. The program features classes and lectures from members of the Law School's faculty as well as other legal scholars and practitioners. The program also has as part of its services the preparation and filing of Ateneo Law School graduates' petitions to the Supreme Court to take and qualify for the bar examinations. [3][4]
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
The Law School also offers a Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) program for lawyers to comply with the MCLE requirements set by the Supreme Court. The program is administered by the Center for Continuing Legal Education and Research. [4]
Other initiatives
Aside from its curricular offerings, the law school also hosts conferences, talks, and symposia hosted by groups such as the Ateneo Human Rights Center and the Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee Center for the Rule of Law. that bring together members of academe, students, and political and business leaders. The various centers also publish studies, articles, and papers in numerous publications. [4]
The Law School used to offer a program that led to the degree of Master of Laws (Ll. The Master of Laws is an advanced Academic degree, or research degree and is commonly abbreviated LL M. ), but the program was discontinued. [8] There have been recent discussions, led by the Dean, to establish a new LL. M. program with an expanded international outlook, such as developing an ASEAN or Asian practice of law. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly referred to as ASEAN, ˈɑːsiːɑːn AH-see-ahn in English (the Official language [9]
History
| Deans of the Ateneo Law School |
| Justice Manuel Lim, 1936 - 1941 |
| Deogracias T. Reyes, 1948 -1958 |
| Jeremias U. Montemayor, 1958 - 1967 |
| Justice Pompeyo Diaz, 1967 - 1974 |
| Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J., 1974 - 1976 |
| Judge Jesus de Veyra, 1976 - 1981 |
| Judge Simeon Ferrer, 1981 - 1984 |
| Eduardo De Los Angeles, 1984 - 1990 |
| Cynthia Roxas-Del Castillo, 1990 - 2000 |
| Fr. Fr Joaquin G Bernas SJ is Dean Emeritus of Ateneo Law School in Makati City, Philippines. Eduardo De Los Angeles is a former President of the Philippine Stock Exchange, the financial stock market of the Philippines Cynthia Roxas-Del Castillo is the former Dean of the Ateneo Law School in Makati City, Philippines Joaquin G. Bernas, S. Fr Joaquin G Bernas SJ is Dean Emeritus of Ateneo Law School in Makati City, Philippines. J. , 2000 - 2004 |
| Cesar L. Villanueva, 2004 - present |
The Ateneo de Manila opened its Law School on June 6, 1936, with Ateneo alumnus Manuel Lim as its first Dean. Cesar L Villanueva, popularly known as CLV, is the incumbent Dean of the Ateneo Law School in Makati City, Philippines. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Freshmen and Sophomore classes, and eventually, junior and senior classes were opened. In 1939, the first Ateneo law graduates took the Bar Examinations. In 1940, the Ateneo Law School produced its first bar topnotcher, Claudio Teehankee, who would eventually become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 1986. Claudio Teehankee Sr ( April 18, 1918 - November 27, 1989) was the 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English The Supreme Court of the Philippines ( Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman ng Pilipinas or Korte Suprema) is the country's highest judicial court as well Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) [2][3][7]
The School closed in 1941 as a result of the outbreak of the Second World War. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The destruction of its facilities caused by the battle for the liberation of Manila delayed the resumption of classes after the war. It reopened in Padre Faura in 1948, with classes held in quonset huts. [2][3]
The School remained at Padre Faura as other units of the Ateneo moved to Loyola Heights in Quezon City in January, 1952. Quezon City ( Filipino: Lungsod Quezon) is the former capital ( 1948 - 1976) and the most populous A concrete building was constructed in the Padre Faura campus, where classes were held until 1977. In June 1977, the Law School transferred to a new location at the Ateneo Professional Schools Building along H. V. de la Costa St. in Salcedo Village, Makati City. [2][3]
In October, 1986, the Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC) was established. It was formally integrated into the Law School in 1996 and began to handle the Ateneo Legal Aid Program. [2][3][7]
In 1984 until 1990, the School began work on restructuring the law program under the supervision of Dean Eduardo delos Angeles, and applied for government approval to confer the degree of Juris Doctor. The development, implementation, and growth happened in the term of Dean Cynthia del Castillo, which began in 1990. In 1991, the School conferred the Juris Doctor degree. [2][3][7]
In the latter part of 1998, the Law School transferred to its present location at the Ateneo Professional Schools Building at the Rockwell Center in Makati City. That same year, the Center for Continuing Legal Education (CCLE) was created as a special unit to provide a venue for continuing legal education programs for the active Bench and Bar as required by the Supreme Court. [2][3][7]
On July 1, 2000, the Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee Center for the Rule of Law (TCRL) was inaugurated. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. In the same year, constitutionalist and former Ateneo de Manila University President Joaquin G. University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Bernas, S. J. reassumed the position of Dean, which he previously held from 1974-1976. [2][3][7]
In 2004, the School formally launched the Ateneo Legal Services Center. [2][3][7]
Centers
Ateneo Human Rights Center
The Ateneo Human Rights Center works on the Ateneo's advocacy work for victims of human rights violations and for causes of women and children. Its range of human rights concerns is handled by its Migrants' Desk, Women's Desk, Katutubo (Indigenous Peoples) Desk, and initiatives such as the Adhikain para sa Karapatang Pambata (AKAP), the Working Group for n Asean Human Rights Mechanism, Paralegal Training and Education, and its Summer Internship Program (SIP). It is an active member of the Alternative Law Group, Inc. , and the Makati Integrated Jail Group, among others. The Center assigns law students work with human rights organizations in the Philippines, conducts training seminars for the benefit of government and non-government organizations and grass-root communities through its internship programs. It also publishes a monthly newsletter. [10][11][3]
Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee Center for the Rule of Law
The Teehankee Center is a student-based research and policy organization of the Ateneo Law School, supported by the Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee foundation. It is divoted to the study of the rule of law, a legal philosophy that seeks to address the question of how to build a society and country governed by stable and reasoned laws and policies, and where the needs of economic development and individual freedoms are balanced. The Center arranges fora for scholars, members of academe, and political and business leaders. Its lectures and fora focus on rule of law issues involving ethics and the legal profession, economic development and constitiutional principles, judicial history, and legal theory. It also holds the collection of legal and private papers of Chief Justice Teehankee. The Center seeks to build on the collection through the contribution of leading lawyers and academicians as ably assisted by various research volunteers in fields such as the Rule of Law and Legal Theory, Constitutional Law, E-commerce, International Law, Development Law, and other legal issues. [12][3]
Ateneo Law School Legal Services Center
Formerly the Legal Aid Office of the Ateneo Human Rights Center, the ALS Legal Services Center (ALSC) was set up to expand the opportunity of Ateneo law students to take part in the School's legal aid and related programs, rendering service to indigent clients and children, as well as to expose Ateneo law students to alternative lawyering. [13][3]
Center for Continuing Legal Education and Research
The Center provides lawyers complied with the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education regulations of the Supreme Court, as well as seminars and courses covering contemporaneous developments in the legal field. [14]
Campus life
Facilities
The Law School is housed in the Ateneo Professional Schools Building located at the Rockwell Center in Makati City. The APS Building is a modern, fully-wired four-storey building with three-level basement parking, equipped with facilities and features designed to maximize learning, research, and teaching. [15][3]
The ground floor features an atrium, an outdoor quadrangle, the APS chapel, a cafeteria, and some administration offices. Also located on the ground floor are the Law Thesis Office, Ateneo Human Rights Center, and Law Students Activity Center. [15][3]
Housed on the third floor are the Law School Administration offices, Law School Center for Continuing Legal Education, the Ateneo Legal Services Center, Law School Publications Center, Law School. There are also two small bridgeways connecting the two wings of the building, which allow small discussion groups to assemble. [15][3]
On the north wing of the fourth floor are the Teehankee Special Collection, the Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee Center for the Rule of Law Reading Room, the 102-seat Veritas Amphitheater, the 125-seat Justitia Moot Court, and a roofdeck. [15][3]
The Ateneo Law Library collections are located in the Ateneo Professional Schools Library at the building's first basement level. The APS Auditorium is also located on the first basement level, while the rest of the basement floors are parking facilities for the exclusive use of the Ateneo community. [15][3]
Library
The Ateneo Law Library collection forms part of the Ateneo Professional Schools Library, located on the first basement level. The Law Library contains one of the most comprehensive collections of law books in the Philippines. Among the holdings are complete sets of Philippine Statutes, law reports, digests and treaties, and also published and unpublished Ateneo J. D. theses. Also in the library are copies the leading law encyclopedias, reports, digests, references, and treatises of the United States and Spain, as well as an extensive collection of books and treatises on Constitutional Law and Government. The multi-volume Philippine Reports, Supreme Court Reports Annotated, and other materials, and the Ateneo Graduate School of Business Theses are also available. The library's collection of books on human rights, local and foreign legal periodicals, including loose-leaf services from the Commercial Clearing House (CCH) and Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), is one of the largest in the country. [15][3]
A collection of non-print materials also forms the bulk of resources of the Library. [15][3]
The library also offers materials on microfiche, a computerized catalogue of books and reported cases, video-format instructional materials, and photocopying and computer facilities. [15][3]
The resources and facilities of the University Library system, which include the Rizal Library in the Ateneo de Manila's Loyola Heights campus, are likewise available to Ateneo Law students. [15][3]
Student Organizations
The Law School is home to numerous student organizations, aside from the Student Council. These organizations span a number of interests and activities. They include:
- Ateneo Central Bar Operations - The student arm in charge of mobilizing student activities to help Ateneo Law School alumni when they take the annual Bar Examinations. Its activities include providing study materials, organizing hotel accommodations, and other support activities exclusively for Ateneo bar examinees. The organization has been instrumental in the Ateneo's consistent standing in the annual Bar Examinations. [16]
- Ateneo Human Rights Center
- Ateneo Law Journal - The Ateneo de Manila University's official law journal, the ALJ publishes quarterly issues featuring research, reviews of jurisprudence, commentaries, and selected student writings. The Ateneo Law Journal (the "Journal" is a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Ateneo Law School. [16]
- Ateneo Law School Choir - Members of the Choir sing at the regular Saturday masses at the APS chapel, and participate in other student activities. [16]
- Ateneo Law School Scholarship Foundation - The Foundation helps students secure financial aid in order to allow them to pursue their law studies at the Ateneo. [16]
- Ateneo Society of International Law - The Society is the official administrator of moot court competitions of the Ateneo School of Law. It takes charge of training and sending teams to variousinternational competitions on public international law, international humanitarian law, and international commerce arbitration. The Society has repeatedly reaped awards for Best Memorial, Best Oralist, and Best Team in various competitions, most notably the Philip Jessup Moot Court Competition. [16]
- Campus Ministry Office Volunteers - The Campus Ministry Volunteers help foster prayer life among the members of the community. Its members serve during the regular celebrations of the Mass and during retreats. [16]
- Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee Center for the Rule of Law
- Environmental Law Society of the Ateneo - ELSA is a student advocacy group working with other NGO’s such as ULAN, WWF, Greenpeace, and other groups to develop ways by which the student body can expose itself to environmental issues and the treasures of the environment.
- Salsa - A dance organization at the Law School. [16]
- St. Thomas More Debate Society - A debate society at the Law School. It also vies with the Ateneo Society of International Law for the chance to represent the Ateneo at the Jessup moot court competition. [16]
- The Forum - The official yearbook of the Law School. [16]
- The Palladium - The Palladium is the official student publication of the Ateneo School of Law. It currently publishes a regular news magazine. In the past, it published its material in Berliner form. Berliner, or " midi " is a Newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½ in × 12 [16]
- Forte - Ateneo Law School Music Ensemble[16]
Performance in the bar examinations
The school has been successful in its education of lawyers since its foundation, as measured by the performance of Ateneo graduates in the bar examinations. Ever since the institution of the JD program, the Ateneo has managed to produce most of the examinees who make it to the top 10. It has also managed to maintain the highest average passing percentage in this period. [6][17][7]
In 2004, 112 out of 117 Ateneo law graduates passed the Bar Exam with the school attaining a passing average of 95. 72%. The national passing average is 31. 61%, with the reported passing rates of the next best two law schools are 90. 8% and 86% respectively. [6][17] In 2006, the law school achieved a 93. 22% passing percentage for first timers, and an overall passing percentage of 90. 16% for the entire ALS contingent, with 3 of the top 10 exam takers coming from the law school. [18]
People
Administration
The Law School administration is led by Dean Cesar L. Villanueva. Cesar L Villanueva, popularly known as CLV, is the incumbent Dean of the Ateneo Law School in Makati City, Philippines. Sitting as Dean Emeritus is former Dean Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J.. Fr Joaquin G Bernas SJ is Dean Emeritus of Ateneo Law School in Makati City, Philippines. Atty. Sedfrey Candelaria holds the position of Associate Dean for Student Affairs, and Atty. Sedfrey M Candelaria, is the incumbent Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of Admissions of the Ateneo Law School in Makati City, Philippines Lily K. Gruba holds the position of Associate Dean for Continuing Education. Its registrar is Cesar A. Mansibang, and its chaplain is Fr. Filoteo A. Mangulabnan, S. J. . [19]
Faculty
The Ateneo Law School faculty includes private, public, and corporate legal practitioners, government officials, jurists, professionals who have worked with the United Nations and the government, Jesuits, and teachers who have had experience teaching in foreign academic institutions. [4]
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References
- ^ [1] Ateneo Law School Website. The Ateneo de Manila University (also called " Ateneo de Manila " or simply "the Ateneo " is a private University run Legal education in the Philippines is developed and offered by Philippine law schools supervised by the Legal Education Board and regulated by the Commission on Higher
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j [2] Ateneo Law School History
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Ateneo Law School Catalogue, 2006 edition, Ateneo de Manila Law School. Rockwell Center, Makati City, Philippines.
- ^ a b c d e Beyond Borders: 2005 Ateneo de Manila University President's Report. Published 2006 by the Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City. >
- ^ a b c d e [3] Ateneo Law Program Information
- ^ a b c Francis Acero and Maria Abad. "A Brief History of Ateneo Law". Palladium. July 18, 2006.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cesar Villanueva. "ALS at 70 and the Atenean Lawyer". Palladium. July 18, 2006
- ^ Curriculum models, Philippine Association of Law Schools, 2006.
- ^ Cesar Villanueva. "The Ateneo Move Towards Internationalization." 6 March 2007. Last accessed 20 June 2007.
- ^ [4] Ateneo Human Rights Center Information
- ^ [5] Ateneo Human Rights Center
- ^ [6] Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee Center for the Rule of Law Information
- ^ [7] Ateneo Law School Legal Services Center Information
- ^ [8]Center for Continuing Legal Education and Research
- ^ a b c d e f g h i [9] Ateneo Law School Facilities
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k [10] Ateneo Law School organizations
- ^ a b "Comparative Bar Passing Rates Since 1991". Palladium. July 18, 2006
- ^ 2006 Bar Examinations Statistical Data, Office of the Bar Confidant, Supreme Court of the Philippines
- ^ List of Ateneo Law School administrators. Last accessed 20 June 2007.
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