Fraternitas Scintilla Legis

The Fraternitas Scintilla Legis, otherwise known as Scintilla Legis, or simply FSL, is a law school-based fraternity in the Philippines. The name of the fraternity is derived from the Latin words scintilla which means spark, and legis which means law. It was founded in 1974 by seven students at the College of Law of Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City.^[1] In 1980, a chapter was established in Silliman University and for many years, the two chapters co-existed. In 1996, a group of FSL alumni from Silliman University established a third chapter in Western Mindanao State University. In 2005 a chapter was established in Liceo de Cagayan University and in 2007 another chapter also followed in Bukidnon State University. At present, the fraternity is composed of a total of five chapters, four in Mindanao and one in the Visayas. The chapters meet annually in a national convention.^[1]

Since its founding, members of the fraternity have gone through different areas in the practice of law and the three branches of the government, some becoming judges in the trial courts and the Court of Appeals of the Philippines. Among its notable members are Associate Justice Romulo Borja of the Court of Appeals^[2] and former governor and now congressman George Arnaiz of the Province of Negros Oriental.

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