De La Salle University Tañada-Diokno School of Law

De La Salle University Tañada-Diokno School of Law commemorated the 102nd Birth Anniversary of Jose “Ka Pepe” Diokno last February 26, 2024. This was highlighted by a Holy Mass presided by Fr. Robert Reyes at the Caroline Tanchay Auditorium of the DLSU Rufino Campus at BGC. This was followed by the blessing of the new Vicente Rufino Prayer Room located at the 6th Floor of the campus. The event was attended by the family members of Ka Pepe Diokno and Ka Tanny Tañada, DLSU Administration and TDSOL faculty, students, and staff. Mr. Charlie Rufino was also there with Atty. Anthony Peralta as the main sponsors of the new Prayer Room. Br. Bernie Oca FSC, our DLSU President, gave an inspiring sharing during the blessing of the new Prayer Room emphasizing the need for and the importance of prayer life in building the Kingdom of God, as what has happened 38 years ago in EDSA. The celebration ends with a simple salo-salo and a night of fellowship held at the Urban Land Institute Library at the Rufino Campus Roof Deck.

DLSU-TDSOL places 6th at Jessup National Rounds

The DLSU Tañada-Diokno School of Law ranked 6th overall at the recently concluded Philippine national rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. With 21 Philippine law schools competing for the privilege to represent the Philippines at the global rounds in Washington DC, these national rounds were the most competitive thus far in Philippine Jessup moot history. The competition was held from February 23 to 25 at the University of Santo Tomas. Competing as Team 653, the DLSU-TDSOL team won 3 out of 4 preliminary round matches. The moot simulates a case before the International Court of Justice, and competitors argue on Public International Law issues. Mooting is a valuable learning experience, and DLSU-TDSOL actively supports its students who participate in moot competitions locally and abroad.

In photo, from left to right: Team Captain Shane Andrew Magnaye, Justin Christopher de Borja, Anushka Kapahi, and Lance Joseph Nolasco. This team was coached by TDSOL alumna Atty. Julia Therese Pineda who was a mooter during her law school days, and Dr. Rebecca E. Khan, who teaches Public International Law at TDSOL. Well done, Team DLSU!

Congratulations to Law Student Practitioners Marc Yu, David Sim, Cassandra Tanedo, and Beatrix Garcia for successfully defending our client in Manila!

In Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA),

Chapel at the Rufino Campus 6th Floor almost complete

DLSU Tañada-Diokno School of Law

Application for 1st Semester, AY 2024-2025 is ongoing until March 23, 2024.

Start of Sem 1: July 13, 2024
End of Sem 1: December 7, 2024

For testing dates and application procedure:
https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/admissions/graduate/graduate-procedures-law

For admission concerns:
[email protected]

Tel. Nos.: 88524-4611 loc. 468

Baranda & Associates,

Is looking for a Paralegal.
You may e-mail your CV to [email protected]

DLSU Tañada-Diokno School of Law

Application for 1st Semester, AY 2024-2025 is ongoing.

For testing dates and application procedure:
https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/admissions/graduate/graduate-procedures-law/

For admission concerns:
[email protected]

Tel. Nos.: 88524-4611 loc. 468

Construction of a new Chapel/Prayer Room at the DLSU Rufino Campus at the BGC. The former prayer room on the 8th Floor will be converted into a Counselling Room.

MAGSALIN FERNANDEZ & QUIROLGICO LAW OFFICES
is looking for (3) Junior Associate Lawyers.
You may e-mail your CV to [email protected] and [email protected]

SERAPIO AMORADO MANZANO & Partners ( a.k.a SAM Law)
is looking for (1) Junior Associate (Bar 2022 or 2023 passer).
You may e-mail your CV to [email protected]

Legal Scholarship Program AY2023-2024

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR THIRD-YEAR LAW STUDENTS📣

The FLP Legal Scholarship Program for the A.Y. 2023-2024 is now ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS.

Co-sponsored by the Tan Yan Kee Foundation, the FLP Legal Scholarship Program aims to reward ten (10) best and brightest law students who believe in FLP’s vision, mission, values, and legal philosophy.

All Junior students from eligible law schools are invited to write an essay (around 2,000 to 3,000 words) on FLP’s core philosophy of “liberty and prosperity under the rule of law” and submit it as part of their scholarship application.

Interested in our scholarship program? Click the link https://bit.ly/FLP-LSP-2324 or scan the QR code to apply.

🗓 The deadline for submission of applications is on January 31, 2024, 5:00PM.

For more details: https://libpros.com/scholarship-program/

CONTACT US:
✉️: [email protected]
📞: 8553-1102
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ATM: TDSOL Admin and BarOps waiting for the Bar Examinations 2023 results! Hoping for 100%! Go La Salle!!!

DLSU Law Students Secure 3rd Runner-Up in National IP Law Debate Competition

A team of three students from the De La Salle University Tañada-Diokno School of Law (DLSU-TDSOL) recently brought home a 3rd-runner up finish in the prestigious IP Circle League: Debate, a nationwide inter-law school competition held at the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). The team was fielded by the DLSU Law Moot and Debate Society (LAMDES), the premiere moot and debate organization of DLSU-TDSOL.

The IP Circle League: Debate is a rigorous competition that delves into the complexities and nuances of Philippine Intellectual Property Law. Over 30 students from various law schools across the country participated in the event, which culminated in a two-week series of school-to-school matches.

Only the top five teams emerged from the preliminary rounds held last November 6, 2023. DLSU Law's team, composed of Joshua Julius Tee, Claudette Uriko Labrador, and William Dionysius Falgui, demonstrated their exceptional debating skills by securing 2-0 record against strong teams from West Visayas State University and University of Baguio. William Dionysius Falgui earned the best speaker award for both matches, ranking third overall best speaker in the preliminaries. Their impressive performance continued onto the semi-finals on November 13, 2023, where they edged out Cor Jesu College of Law and secured a well-deserved 3rd-runner up finish.

The team's success is a testament to their dedication, hard work, and the exceptional training they received from their coach, DLSU Law alumnus Atty. Raeyan Reposar. DLSU takes pride in its students' academic achievements and actively encourages them to engage in extracurricular activities that foster their holistic development as future legal professionals.

Debating provides law students with an invaluable opportunity to hone their critical thinking, research, and public speaking skills, preparing them for the challenges they will face in their legal careers. DLSU remains committed to providing its students with the support and resources they need to excel in all aspects of their legal education.

DLSU Law Students Finish 3rd Runner-Up in National IP Law Quiz Competition

A team of three students from the De La Salle University Tañada-Diokno School of Law (DLSU-TDSOL) bag the 3rd runner-up title in the IP Circle League’s “The Quiz,” a national inter-school competition organized by the IP Academy held at the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) on the 26th of October 2023.

The IP Circle League’s “The Quiz” is a knowledge and skills competition aiming to enrich the learning experience of students by showcasing the scope of the intellectual property system in the Philippines and covering the core areas of intellectual property law (i.e., copyright and related rights, patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and utility models). This competition was participated in by over 30 students from various universities and colleges across the country.

The DLSU-TDSOL Team, composed of Urika Loi Mendoza, Danielle Marie Bautista, and John Mari Emmanuel De Ocampo, who are members of the DLSU Law Moot and Debate Society (LAMDES), was one of the top five teams with the highest scores to emerge from the preliminary round and qualified to compete in the final round, where they finished as the 3rd runner-up.

This victory is the product of the team’s unwavering dedication and diligent efforts in mastering the Philippine IP Laws under the guidance and tutelage of their coach, Atty. Anthony Peralta.

Participating in this competition allows law students to strengthen their understanding of the Philippine IP laws while also becoming acquainted with current events and other related issues in the IP field. The DLSU is proud of its students’ accomplishments and continues to encourage them to participate in co-curricular activities that promote holistic development, which will be beneficial in their future legal careers.

UNISERVITATE is a program that promotes service learning in Catholic Higher Education whose main objective is to generate a systemic change in Catholic Higher Education through service learning as the main tool in delivering integral and holistic education for the next generation that involves their active commitment to responding to the signs of the time.

Recently, UNIVERSITATE representatives from different countries visited the Philippines and were hosted by De La Salle University. They spent an afternoon at the Tañada-Diokono School of Law at the DLSU Rufino Campus in Bonifacio Glocal City in Taguig and interacted with our students and listened to them on how we do our Clinical Legal Education Program (CLEP) as service learning, forming future lawyers according to Catholic principles.

Thanks to the people of UNISERVITATE, COSCA, and the TDSOL-CLEP, headed by Atty. Chato Olivas, for making this encounter possible.

Please click the following link to read the article that UNISERVITATE wrote about their visit to our campus:

https://www.uniservitate.org/2023/11/24/concrete-evidence-of-the-effect-of-service-learning-in-the-philippines/

Thank you and Animo La Salle!

Concrete evidence of the effect of service-learning in the Philippines - Uniservitate In an atmosphere of fraternity and joy, the representatives of the Asian universities from the Uniservitate programme held a Regional Meeting in Manila (Philippines)

Baranda & Associates is looking for a qualified candidate to fill the position of Dispute Resolution Lawyer or IP Litigator for our Philippine office. See the photos below to see the job description and requirements for your reference.

The De La Salle Tañada-Diokno School of Law, in partnership with one of the Philippines’ leading organizations on environmental advocacy and the rights of indigenous peoples, Angat Kalikasan Pilipinas (AKaP), invite all DLSU-TDSOL law students and Law Student Practitioners (LSPs) to the IP 101 Webinar to be facilitated by AKaP and its President & indigenous peoples' rights advocate, Teddy Baguilat Jr.

Having recently concluded the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between AKaP and TDSOL’s Law Clinic, the IP 101 Webinar is set to kickstart the series of collaborations between TDSOL and AKaP. This is a great way to break ground and give law students a grasp and thorough legal understanding about the Philippines’ indigenous peoples and their customs.

See you virtually this November 20, 2023 from 10:00 to 11:30 AM!

Register through this link: https://forms.gle/WPF8gWmEbBpNyWnt9

Please register on or before Nov. 17 at 5:00 pm. Thank you.

Google Forms: Sign-in Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

SERAPIO AMORADO MANZANO & Partners ( a.k.a SAM Law)
is looking for (1) Junior Associate (Bar 2022).
You may e-mail your CV to [email protected]

DLSU Tañada-Diokno School of Law Partners with Angat Kalikasan Pilipinas

[Taguig, October 25, 2023] — The Tañada-Diokno School of Law of De La Salle University signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Angat Kalikasan Pilipinas, a leading organization dedicated to environmental advocacy and the rights of indigenous peoples.

The MoA was signed on October 5 by AKaP President Teddy Baguilat and TDSOL Dean Virgilio De Los Reyes.

This strategic partnership is a testament to TDSOL's commitment to providing its Law Student Practitioners (LSPs) with invaluable experiential learning opportunities. Through this collaboration, LSPs will have the chance to actively engage with and serve indigenous communities. This hands-on experience will not only deepen their understanding of the legal intricacies surrounding indigenous peoples but also empower them to contribute meaningfully to the protection of their rights.

The MoA outlines a framework for collaboration, emphasizing the exchange of knowledge and expertise between the TDSOL and AKaP. It sets the stage for a dynamic synergy that will not only benefit the LSPs but also contribute to the advancement of legal understanding and practices related to indigenous peoples in the Philippines.

Key aspects of the partnership include:

Practical Engagement: LSPs will have the opportunity to work closely with AKaP in various initiatives aimed at supporting indigenous communities.

Learning Opportunities: LSPs will gain firsthand experience in navigating the legal landscape surrounding indigenous peoples, including understanding and applying relevant laws, rules, and regulations.

Community Impact: The collaboration seeks to make a positive impact on indigenous communities by addressing legal issues, fostering sustainable practices, and advocating for the protection of their rights.

Knowledge Exchange: The MoA facilitates a continuous exchange of knowledge and resources between TDSOL and AKaP, promoting a mutually beneficial relationship.

This partnership aligns with TDSOL's mission to produce socially responsible and justice-oriented legal professionals. It is an exciting step forward in the pursuit of holistic legal education, where students not only study the law but actively contribute to its application for the betterment of society.

DLSU TDSOL looks forward to a fruitful collaboration with AKaP and anticipates the positive impact this partnership will have on both the legal education landscape and the communities it serves.

INVITATION: KNOW ABOUT LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS ON COOPERATIVES AND EXPLORE THE PRACTICE OF LAW IN THE COOPERATIVE SECTOR

The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) invites you to its upcoming orientation webinar as part of the CDA Laws Awareness Program (CLAP) for law student practitioners. The webinar will be held on October 26 from 8am to 5pm.

This webinar will orient Law Student Practitioners (LSPs) on the laws, rules, and regulations governing the cooperative sector. It aims to give LSPs valuable insights into the legal framework surrounding cooperatives, emphasizing their social responsibility, and offering practical guidance for legal practice within the cooperative sector.

Registration:
TODAY is the last day to sign up. Here is the link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetAgfCtCfLvcdr2xKY7jfbYw6swXuHi164QydJFYRTOpl3Jg/viewform

We look forward to your active participation in this insightful session that will contribute to your understanding of cooperative laws and enhance your engagement in the legal aspects of cooperative development.

Atty. Rosario Olivas
Associate Dean for Clinical Legal Education

The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), a national organization of human rights lawyers, in partnership with the De La Salle University Tañada-Diokno School of Law (DLSU TDSOL), will conduct a hybrid forum entitled “The Philippine Justice Agenda on Climate Change and the West Philippine Sea” on 21 October 2023, from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. at the De La Salle School of Law, BGC Campus.



The upcoming forum intends to convene legal experts, students, and dedicated individuals to engage in insightful discussions on critical and pressing justice issues pertaining to climate change and the West Philippine Sea. Atty. Alaya De Leon will discuss the topic "Climate Justice in the Philippines" while Dr. Jay Batongbacal will discuss "The Impact of China Aggression in West Philippine Sea on Filipino Fisher Folks". For other details of the forum, kindly refer to the attached program.



We look forward to your participation on 21 October 2023. Kindly confirm by registering on or before 16 October 2023 via the following links:



https://bit.ly/FLAG-DLSUTDSOL-RegForm-21Oct2023

(For attendance in person at the De La Salle School of Law, BGC Campus); or



https://bit.ly/FLAG-DLSUTDSOL-ZoomRegForm-21Oct2023

(For remote attendance via Zoom).



Participants who wish to attend via Zoom will receive the event link upon successful registration. Should you have queries, please do not hesitate to contact ATTY. CAMILLE MARANAN at email [email protected].



Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there.

"21st World Day Against the Death Penalty – The death penalty: An irreversible torture."

Follow the link for details:
https://worldcoalition.org/campagne/21st-world-day-against-the-death-penalty/

Following the announcement of the Taguig City government, afternoon and evening classes on the BGC campus are suspended.

Office work is also suspended. Personnel assigned to essential areas may be requested to continue their tasks online.

Stay safe, Lasallians!

The Tañada-Diokno School of Law community celebrates the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is in this solidarity in prayer that the university hopes to inspire its students to persevere in their aspirations to become future Lasallian lawyers advocating for human rights.

The community prays, together with the intentions of the sixth Lasallian rosary decade, that the Lord God may bless our Bar examinees with wisdom and success.

Live Jesus in our hearts forever.

In view of the announcement of the Taguig City LGU, classes and work on the BGC campus are suspended starting 12:00 noon today, September 4.

Stay safe, Lasallians!

In view of the suspension of classes by the Malacañan Palace, classes on the BGC campus are suspended tomorrow, 1 September (Friday).

Office work is also suspended on the Manila, BGC, and McKinley campuses tomorrow.