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The Philippine Law School (PLS), founded in 1915, is a law school in the Philippines. It formerly served as the college of law of National University . It has produced lawyers such as Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia , a member of the class of 1923 [ 1 ] who placed 8th in the Bar Examinations with a rating of 86.60%.
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.
It was likewise the country's top performing law school, with a passing rate of 89.73%, in the 2015 bar exams. [26] Since 2019, UP Law is ranked 251-300 in the QS World University Rankings among all law schools in the world. [27] It is the sole Philippine law school in the list.
The PUP College of Law is located at the NALLRC building.. In January 2001, the plans for the establishment of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines College of Law started when the then University President Dr. Ofelia M. Carague instructed the Dean of the College of Accountancy and Law to prepare a proposal for the establishment of the said college.
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 ...
It is usually computed on two levels—the national level (national bar passing rate), and the law school level (law school passing rate). In the past, passing averages were considerably lower to admit more new lawyers (i.e. 69% in 1947, 69.45% in 1946, 70% in 1948). Since 1982, the passing average has been fixed at 75%.
On November 1, 1947, eighteen professors and Six co-founders included Assoc. Justice Jose Benedicto "JBL" L. Reyes, Sen. Lorenzo M. Tanada Sr., Dr. Leoncio B. Monzon, Justice Arsenio P. Dizon from the school where Dr. Monzon served first president and as Dean joined him in an old MLQ School of Law Building at the corner of Mendiola and Legarda Streets to begin training 643 students for the law ...
Justice Dante O. Tinga – Ll.B. 1974; retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; served as a three-term Congressman of Taguig-Pateros district; former Dean of the University of the East College of Law and Polytechnic University of the Philippines College of Law; 15th Placer, 1974 Bar Exams [13] [14]