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The Rules on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) for members of the legal profession in the Philippines were recommended by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), endorsed by the Philippine Judicial Academy, and reviewed and passed upon by the Supreme Court Committee on Legal Education in 2001. Under the said Rules, members of the ...
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.
Continuing legal education required of members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) to ensure that throughout their career, they keep abreast with law and jurisprudence, maintain the ethics of the profession and enhance the standards of the practice of law (Rule 1, Bar Matter No. 850 – Supreme Court of the Philippines)
The Board is composed of a Chairman, who must preferably a former justice of the Supreme Court or of the Court of Appeals, and four other regular members, each representing the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Philippine Association of Law Schools, the ranks of active law practitioners and the law students' sector.
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Filipino: Pinagsamang mga Abogasya ng Pilipinas abbreviated as IBP) is the national organization of lawyers in the Philippines. It is the mandatory bar association for Filipino lawyers. IBP Building in Ortigas Center, Pasig Bulacan Chapter
Eugene Alvarez Tan (1943–1994) was a Filipino human rights lawyer, author, and professor of law.He was murdered in 1994. Tan was elected president and chairman of the Maritime Law Association of the Philippines, [1] President Philippine Bar Association from 1987 to 1988 [2] and national president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines from 1990 to 1991.
In 2006, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines dedicated the multipurpose hall in its main offices as the "Jose B.L. Reyes Hall". Reyes's name is on the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Wall of Remembrance, which recognizes heroes who fought against martial law in the Philippines under Ferdinand E. Marcos.
A bar candidate must meet the following academic qualifications: Holder of a professional degree in law from a recognized law school in the Philippines [7]; Holder of a bachelor's degree with academic credits in certain required subjects from a recognized college or university in the Philippines or abroad.