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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 ...
Advanced degrees are offered by some law schools, but are not requirements for admission to the practice of law in the Philippines. Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) – The LL.B. was the most common law degree offered and conferred by Philippine law schools. It was a standard four-year law program covering all bar exam subjects.
This is the list of state-funded schools, colleges and universities [1] in the Philippines. The list includes national colleges and universities system, region-wide colleges and universities system, province-wide colleges and universities system, and specialized schools. This list does NOT include locally funded schools, colleges and ...
The college has the following programs: [4] Juris Doctor (J.D.) - a standard four-year law degree program covering all subjects in the Philippine Bar Examinations.; Bar Refresher Course (two semesters) - a special review program for law graduates in preparation for the annual Bar Examinations.
The first year of the master program (M1) is specialized: public law, private law, business law, European and international law, etc. The second year of the master of law program (M2) can be work-oriented or research oriented (the students write a substantial thesis and can apply to doctoral programs, e.g., a PhD in law).
Like the majority of law schools in the country, UP used to provide the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), a standard four-year law program covering all subjects in the bar exams, until the change to J.D. was made in order to reflect more accurately the U.P. law program being a "professional as well as a post baccalaureate degree."
Some schools may offer the degree either as a predominantly preparatory law programme, a liberal arts focused programme, or a business and management programme. Core subjects include: law, philosophy, literature and management (public and business). Depending on the school, the ratio of law courses to management courses vary between 40:60 to 90:10.
Established in 1939, the CPU College of Law is one of the leading law schools in the country in terms of bar exam performance, alumni it produces and linkages. In 2012, the Juris Doctor (JD) replaced the Bachelor of Laws (LLB), making it as the first law school to offer such program approved by legal education board of the Philippines.