San Beda College of Law

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Motto: Fides, Scientia, Virtus
Established: 1948 (College of Law)
2004 (College of Law in Alabang)
2004 (Graduate School of Law)
Type: Private, Benedictine
Dean: Atty. Virgino B. Jara
Location: Mendiola, Manila, Philippines
Campus: Mendiola, Manila (Main); Taytay, Rizal; Alabang, Muntinlupa City
Hymn: Bedan Hymn
Colors: Red ¦ and White ¦
Nickname: San Beda Red Lions
Mascot: Red Lion
Website: http://www.sanbeda.edu.ph/law_main.htm

San Beda College of Law is the law degree-granting unit of San Beda College(SBC), a private, Roman Catholic college run by the Benedictine monks in the Philippines.[1]

The main campus, educational, and administrative offices are located at Mendiola Street in San Miguel, Manila.[2]

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[edit] College of Law

The College of Law was founded in 1948. Over the years, it has produced senators, justices of collegiate courts, judges of lower courts, active lawyers and law professors. It has also achieved one of the highest bar passing rates and largest number of law graduates among law schools in the country.[3] A famous alumnus, Florenz D. Regalado, is a Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, an established author, and the holder of the highest bar exam grade in the history of the bar exams in the Philippines.[4]

In 2004, San Beda College partnered with the Supreme Court of the Philippines and the Philippine Judicial Academy to establish the Graduate School of Law, an entity that shall offer postgraduate studies on criminal justice and the judicial system in the country.[5]

[edit] Graduate School of Law

The Graduate School of Law offers three postgraduate degree programs[6]:

  • Master of Laws (LL.M.)
  • Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration (M.Sc.Justice Ad.)
  • Doctor of the Science of Jurisprudence (S.J.D.)

Program delivery combines classroom sessions held once a month and guided research. Extensive use in some subjects is made of on-line chat-sessions and in others, mentoring. Professors are invited from the senior members of the superior courts of the Philippines as well as from leading academics in law, criminology and related disciplines.[7] [8]

Tbe doctoral program is primarily a research program accrediting work done by the candidate in research and publication, as well as in participation in high-level conferences and symposia in law and jurisprudence.[9] [10]

Upon prior arrangement, the Law Dean and the Faculty may craft customized programs to suit the individual needs of foreign law students.[11]

The Master of Laws (LL.M.) and the Doctor of Science in Jurisprudence (S.J.D.) programs do not require membership in the Philippine Bar. However, as a general rule, students should be members of the Philippine Bar. Exceptional cases are allowed provided the candidate exhibits the level of competence demanded of doctoral programs, and is capable of doing research that will contribute significantly to his chosen field.[12] [13]

[edit] College of Law in Alabang

The San Beda College of Law in Alabang was established in 2004. It serves residents of the southern part of Metro Manila who want to take up law but are not able to come to the Mendiola Campus due to distance and time constraints.[14]

The College of Law in Alabang does not have its own Charter and license to operate independently from the Main Campus so it is considered as an "Annex" or "Satellite" of the College of Law in Manila as stated and cleared in one of the issues of San Beda College of Law Student Publication.[15]

[edit] Notable alumni[16]

[edit] External links

[edit] References/Notes

  1. ^ Directory of Higher Education Institutions, Commission on Higher Education, 2006-2007.
  2. ^ Directory of Higher Education Institutions, Commission on Higher Education, 2006-2007.
  3. ^ Official Catalogue, San Beda College of Law, 2006.
  4. ^ Regalado attained 96.7% rating during the 1954 Philippine Bar Examinations. Records are available at the Supreme Court Official Website.
  5. ^ Official Catalogue, San Beda Graduate School of Law, 2006.
  6. ^ Official Website, San Beda Graduate School of Law. Last accessed May 23, 2007.
  7. ^ Official Website, San Beda Graduate School of Law. Last accessed May 23, 2007.
  8. ^ Interview with Faculty and Staff, San Beda Graduate School of Law. May 2007.
  9. ^ Official Website, San Beda Graduate School of Law. Last accessed May 23, 2007.
  10. ^ Interview with Faculty and Staff, San Beda Graduate School of Law. May 2007.
  11. ^ Interview with Faculty and Staff, San Beda Graduate School of Law. May 2007.
  12. ^ Official Website, San Beda Graduate School of Law. Last accessed May 23, 2007.
  13. ^ Interview with Faculty and Staff, San Beda Graduate School of Law. May 2007.
  14. ^ Official Website, San Beda College of Law. Last accessed May 23, 2007.
  15. ^ Interview with Faculty and Staff, San Beda College of Law in Alabang. March 2005.
  16. ^ List of members, San Beda Law Alumni Association. 2007.
  17. ^ During the 1962 Philippine Bar Exams, Virgilio B. Jara of San Beda placed 5th, Haydee Yorac of the University of the Philippines placed 8th, and Joaquin G. Bernas of Ateneo Law School placed 9th. Many years later, Jara became San Beda Law Dean, Bernas became Ateneo Law Dean, and Yorac was appointed Chairwoman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG).