San Beda College of Law

Infobox University
name =


motto = Fides, Scientia, Virtus
established = 1948 (College of Law)
2004 (College of Law in Alabang)
2004 (Graduate School of Law)
type = Private, Benedictine
dean = Atty. Virgino B. Jara | city = Mendiola
state = Manila
country = Philippines
campus = Mendiola, Manila (Main); Taytay, Rizal; Alabang, Muntinlupa City
free_label = Hymn
free = [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eSPAqBfEjQ Bedan Hymn]
mascot = Red Lion
colors = Red ¦ and White ¦
nickname = San Beda Red Lions
website = [http://www.sanbeda.edu.ph/law_main.htm http://www.sanbeda.edu.ph/law_main.htm]

San Beda College of Law is the law degree-granting unit of San Beda College(SBC), a private, Roman Catholic college run by the Benedictine monks in the Philippines. [Directory of Higher Education Institutions, Commission on Higher Education, 2006-2007.]

The main campus, educational, and administrative offices are located at Mendiola Street in San Miguel, Manila. [Directory of Higher Education Institutions, Commission on Higher Education, 2006-2007.]

College of Law

The College of Law was founded in 1948. Over the years, it has produced senators, justices of collegiate courts, judges of lower courts, active lawyers and law professors. It has also achieved one of the highest bar passing rates and largest number of law graduates among law schools in the country. [Official Catalogue, San Beda College of Law, 2006.] A famous alumnus, Florenz D. Regalado, is a Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, an established author, and the holder of the highest bar exam grade in the history of the bar exams in the Philippines. [Regalado attained 96.7% rating during the 1954 Philippine Bar Examinations. This record still stands up to the present. Records are available at the [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph Supreme Court Official Website] .]

In 2004, San Beda College partnered with the Supreme Court of the Philippines and the Philippine Judicial Academy to establish the Graduate School of Law, an entity that shall offer postgraduate studies on criminal justice and the judicial system in the country. [Official Catalogue, San Beda Graduate School of Law, 2006.]

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.

Graduate School of Law

The Graduate School of Law offers three postgraduate degree programs [Official Website, San Beda Graduate School of Law. Last accessed May 23, 2007.] :
*Master of Laws (LL.M.)
*Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration (M.Sc.Justice Ad.)
*Doctor of the Science of Jurisprudence (S.J.D.)

Program delivery combines classroom sessions held once a month and guided research. Extensive use in some subjects is made of on-line chat-sessions and in others, mentoring. Professors are invited from the senior members of the superior courts of the Philippines as well as from leading academics in law, criminology and related disciplines. [Official Website, San Beda Graduate School of Law. Last accessed May 23, 2007.] [Interview with Faculty and Staff, San Beda Graduate School of Law. May 2007.]

Tbe doctoral program is primarily a research program accrediting work done by the candidate in research and publication, as well as in participation in high-level conferences and symposia in law and jurisprudence. [Official Website, San Beda Graduate School of Law. Last accessed May 23, 2007.] [Interview with Faculty and Staff, San Beda Graduate School of Law. May 2007.]

Upon prior arrangement, the Law Dean and the Faculty may craft customized programs to suit the individual needs of foreign law students. [Interview with Faculty and Staff, San Beda Graduate School of Law. May 2007.]

The Master of Laws (LL.M.) and the Doctor of Science in Jurisprudence (S.J.D.) programs do not require membership in the Philippine Bar. However, as a general rule, students should be members of the Philippine Bar. Exceptional cases are allowed provided the candidate exhibits the level of competence demanded of doctoral programs, and is capable of doing research that will contribute significantly to his chosen field. [Official Website, San Beda Graduate School of Law. Last accessed May 23, 2007.] [Interview with Faculty and Staff, San Beda Graduate School of Law. May 2007.]

College of Law in Alabang

The San Beda College of Law in Alabang was established in 2004. It serves residents of the southern part of Metro Manila who want to take up law but are not able to come to the Mendiola Campus due to distance and time constraints. [Official Website, San Beda College of Law. Last accessed May 23, 2007.]

The College of Law in Alabang does not have its own Charter and license to operate independently from the Main Campus so it is considered as an "Annex" or "Satellite" of the College of Law in Manila as stated and cleared in one of the issues of San Beda College of Law Student Publication. [Interview with Faculty and Staff, San Beda College of Law in Alabang. March 2005.]

Notable alumni [List of members, San Beda Law Alumni Association. 2007.]

*Virgilio B. Jara [During the 1962 Philippine Bar Exams, Virgilio B. Jara of San Beda placed 5th, Haydee Yorac of the University of the Philippines placed 8th, and Joaquin G. Bernas of Ateneo Law School placed 9th. Many years later, Jara became San Beda Law Dean, Bernas became Ateneo Law Dean, and Yorac was appointed Chairwoman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG). ] - incumbent Dean of San Beda College of Law, 5th placer in the 1962 Philippine Bar Examinations
*Raul Roco - former Philippine Senator, Education Secretary, 1998 & 2004 Presidential candidate
*Rene Saguisag - former Philippine Senator and Human Rights Lawyer
*Antonio Eduardo Nachura - Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, former Solicitor-General
*Florenz D. Regalado - former Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, obtained the highest rating in entire history of the Philippine Bar Examinations
*Justo P. Torres, Jr. - former Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court
*Antonio Martinez - Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court
*Romeo Callejo, Sr. - Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court
*Ramon V. Mitra - former Speaker of the House of Representatives and 1992 Presidential Candidate
*Sixto Brillantes, Jr. - Election law expert.
*Pablo S. Trillana III 2nd placer, 1966 Bar Exam
*Gregory S. Ong - Associate Justice of the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan
*Rodolfo Ponferrada, Sr. - Associate Justice of the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan
*Eugenio Labitoria - Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals
*Eloy Bello Jr. - Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals
*Bienvenido Reyes - Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals
*Jose Catral Mendoza - Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals
*Francisco Acosta, Jr. - Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals
*Antonio Eugenio Jr. - President, Philippine Judges Association
*Eduardo Joson - former Governor of Nueva Ecija
*Saben C. Loyola - 3rd placer, 2003 Philippine Bar Examinations
*Mark Oliver M. Karaan - 4th placer, 2003 Philippine Bar Examinations
*Melissa Tan -- 7th placer, 2004 Philippine Bar Examinations
*Charlito Martin R. Mendoza - 3rd placer, 2004 Philippine Bar Examinations
*Efren Vincent T. Dizon - 5th placer, 2004 Philippine Bar Examinations

External links

* [http://www.sanbeda.edu.ph/law_main.htm San Beda College of Law]
* [http://www.sanbeda.edu.ph/gslaw_laws.htm San Beda Graduate School of Law]
* [http://www.pinoylaw.net Online Community of Law Students and Lawyers in the Philippines]
* [http://www.beda7882.com/ San Beda Alumni] Beda7882 Alumni Website

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