San Beda College of Law is the law school of San Beda University, a private, Roman Catholic university run by the Benedictine monks in the Philippines.
The main campus, educational, and administrative offices are located at Mendiola Street in San Miguel, Manila.
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College of Law
The College of Law was founded in 1948. Over the years, it has produced senators, justices of collegiate courts, trial court judges, active lawyers, law professors, and a president. It has also achieved one of the highest bar passing rates and largest number of law graduates among law schools in the country. 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 post-war history of the bar exams in the Philippines.
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.
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.
The San Beda College of Law once again got the highest passing percentage in the 2009 Bar Examination at 94.21%. It also produced two top notchers for the same year; Reinier Paul Yebra and Charlene Mae Tapic placing first and second respectively.
Graduate School of Law
The Graduate School of Law offers three postgraduate degree programs:
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.
The 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.
Upon prior arrangement, the Law Dean and the Faculty may craft customized programs to suit the individual needs of foreign law students.
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.
San Beda College Alabang School of Law
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 too far away
Notable alumni
Executive department
Rodrigo Duterte – 16th President of the Philippines, former Davao City mayor, and Congressman
Salvador Medialdea – former executive secretary
Arthur Tugade – former secretary, Department of Transportation
Vitaliano Aguirre II – former Secretary of Justice, Department of Justice
Jose Carlitos Z. Licas – former OIC deputy commissioner, Bureau of Immigration
Philippine legislature
Raul Roco – former senator, former education secretary, and 1998 and 2004 presidential Candidate
Rene Saguisag – former senator
Leila de Lima – senator; former secretary, Department of Justice; former Chairperson, Commission on Human Rights
Ramon V. Mitra – former Speaker of the House of Representatives and 1992 presidential Candidate
Philippine judiciary
Romeo Callejo Sr. – former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Samuel R. Martires – associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Jose C. Mendoza – associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines