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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 Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, officially designated as Republic Act 10931, is a Philippine law that institutionalizes free tuition and exemption from other fees in state universities and colleges (SUCs), and local universities and colleges (LUCs) in the Philippines. The law also foresees subsidies for private higher ...
The Legal Education Board awarded the PUP with a plaque, recognizing it as the top performing school in the Philippines and NCR in terms of first takers. The bar chairperson, Supreme Court Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco Jr., personally attended the thanksgiving party of the College on June 6, 2017.
[12] It is often the case that the lower the cost of the school, the more likely a student is to attend. Developed countries have adopted a dual scheme for education; while basic (i.e. high-school) education is supported by taxes rather than tuition, higher education usually requires tuition payments or fees.
In 2023 resident students at public law schools paid an average of $30,554 in tuition and fees, while nonresident students paid an average of $43,590. Students at private law schools paid even ...
The first law school in the Philippines is the Faculty of Civil Law of the University of Santo Tomas which was founded in 1734.. As of 2007, there are 89 law schools legitimately operating and regulated by the Legal Education Board, Commission on Higher Education, Philippine Association of Law Schools, Philippine Association of Law Professors, and the Association of Law Students of the ...
In 2019, Silliman University College of Law was ranked by the Legal Education Board (LEB) as 8th in the list of 10 Top-Performing Law Schools in the Philippines, with 66.67% or 12 out of 18 of its first time Bar Exam Takers passing the 2018 Bar Examinations. [5]
In the 2007 Bar Examinations, the College of Law got the highest passing percentage among all other law schools at 93.27% for all examinees and 93.18% for first takers. The San Beda College of Law once again got the highest passing percentage in the 2009 Bar Examination at 94.21%.