Marvic Leonen

Marvic Leonen

Marvic M.V.F. Leonen is a Filipino law professor well known in the fields of environmental activism and community organizing. In 2008, he was selected as the Dean of the University of the Philippines College of Law by the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines.[1]

Leonen graduated magna cum laude from the University of the Philippines School of Economics in 1983, and obtained his law degree from the university's College of Law in 1987. Later that year, he co-founded the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center, Inc.-Kasama sa Kalikasan, a legal and policy research and advocacy institution which focused on providing legal services for upland rural poor and indigenous people's communities.[2] He served as the Center's executive director for fifteen years.[2]

Leonen was a member of the regular faculty of the U.P. College of Law for several years prior to his appointment as its Dean. Leonen has also served as the general counsel of the University of the Philippines, and as its Vice President for Legal Affairs. Leonen has also provided legal commentary for television networks such as ABS-CBN and GMA Network during the coverage of such events as the 2001 impeachment trial of President Joseph Estrada.

In July 2010, Leonen was named by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III as the Philippine government's chief negotiator with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.[3]

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Preceded by
Salvador Carlota
Dean of the U.P. College of Law
2008–present
Succeeded by
incumbent

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