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The Far Eastern University Institute of Law was formally established by Nicanor Reyes Sr. in 1934, the same year that the Far Eastern University was founded following the merger of the Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance (IABF).<ref>Official Website, Far Eastern University. Last accessed May 23, 2007.</ref> The Institute of Law would grow by leaps and bounds to become one of today’s oldest and most respected law schools in the country.<br />
The Far Eastern University Institute of Law was formally established by Nicanor Reyes Sr. in 1934, the same year that the Far Eastern University was founded following the merger of the Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance (IABF).<ref>Official Website, Far Eastern University. Last accessed May 23, 2007.</ref> The Institute of Law would grow by leaps and bounds to become one of today’s oldest and most respected law schools in the country.<br />


Dubbed in the past as the “poor man’s law school”, the humble resources of the Institute did not prevent it from producing legal luminaries and scholars, one of whom is Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban who is known as the Renaissance Jurist of the 21st Century; the Far Eastern University Institute of Law is one of only five law schools which has produced a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Manuel G. Montecillo, another alumnus of the Institute holds a record of having obtained one of the highest grades in the history of the Philippine Bar having attained 95.5 in 1948.<ref>Shiela Garcia, Editor's Note, The Far Easter Law Review, 2014</ref> In 1970, seven out of the top ten placers in the Bar Exams were graduates of the Institute of Law. <br />
Dubbed in the past as the “poor man’s law school”, the humble resources of the Institute did not prevent it from producing legal luminaries and scholars, one of whom is Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban who is known as the Renaissance Jurist of the 21st Century; the Far Eastern University Institute of Law is one of only five law schools which has produced a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Manuel G. Montecillo, another alumnus of the Institute, holds a record of having obtained one of the highest grades in the history of the Philippine Bar having attained 95.5 in 1948.<ref>Shiela Garcia, Editor's Note, The Far Easter Law Review, 2014</ref> In 1970, seven out of the top ten placers in the Bar Exams were graduates of the Institute of Law. <br />


The Institute has the unique distinction of having two Philippine Senate Presidents who served as Dean: [[Jovito Salonga]] (1956-1963) and Neptali Gonzales (1976-1986).<ref>Official Website, Far Eastern University. Last accessed May 23, 2007.</ref> Currently, the deanship is held by Atty. Melencio ''"Mel"'' Sta. Maria. Atty. Sta. Maria is the resident legal analyst of [[News5]] as well as the host of ''Relasyon'' on [[AksyonTV]] and [[DWFM|Radyo5]].<br />
The Institute has the unique distinction of having two Philippine Senate Presidents who served as Dean: [[Jovito Salonga]] (1956-1963) and Neptali Gonzales (1976-1986).<ref>Official Website, Far Eastern University. Last accessed May 23, 2007.</ref> Currently, the deanship is held by Atty. Melencio ''"Mel"'' Sta. Maria. Atty. Sta. Maria is the resident legal analyst of [[News5]] as well as the host of ''Relasyon'' on [[AksyonTV]] and [[DWFM|Radyo5]].<br />

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Far Eastern University Institute of Law
File:FEU Institute of Law Logo.jpg
Official Seal of the Far Eastern University Institute of Law
Motto"Love of Fatherland and God"
TypePrivate, Non-sectarian
Established1934 (Bachelor of Laws) 2003 (MBA-JD)
PresidentMichael M. Alba
DeanMelencio S. Sta Maria, Jr., LL.M.
Location
Metro Manila
,

Philippines
CampusFar Eastern University, Manila (Institute of Law) RCBC Towers, Makati (MBA-JD)
Hymn"The FEU Hymn" by Nick Joaquin
Colors Green and Gold
AffiliationsPhilippine Association of Law Schools
MascotFEU Tamaraws
Website[1]


The Far Eastern University Institute of Law (also known as FEU Law or the Institute of Law) is a private, coed Legal Education Board-accredited law school of the Far Eastern University. Facilities for its main program, Bachelor of Laws, is currently on the historic campus of the University in Nicanor Reyes St. Manila although there is a plan to transfer the same to Makati.


Brief History

The Far Eastern University Institute of Law was formally established by Nicanor Reyes Sr. in 1934, the same year that the Far Eastern University was founded following the merger of the Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance (IABF).[1] The Institute of Law would grow by leaps and bounds to become one of today’s oldest and most respected law schools in the country.

Dubbed in the past as the “poor man’s law school”, the humble resources of the Institute did not prevent it from producing legal luminaries and scholars, one of whom is Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban who is known as the Renaissance Jurist of the 21st Century; the Far Eastern University Institute of Law is one of only five law schools which has produced a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Manuel G. Montecillo, another alumnus of the Institute, holds a record of having obtained one of the highest grades in the history of the Philippine Bar having attained 95.5 in 1948.[2] In 1970, seven out of the top ten placers in the Bar Exams were graduates of the Institute of Law.

The Institute has the unique distinction of having two Philippine Senate Presidents who served as Dean: Jovito Salonga (1956-1963) and Neptali Gonzales (1976-1986).[3] Currently, the deanship is held by Atty. Melencio "Mel" Sta. Maria. Atty. Sta. Maria is the resident legal analyst of News5 as well as the host of Relasyon on AksyonTV and Radyo5.

In 2003, the Institute teamed up with the De La Salle Graduate School of Business to offer the JD-MBA program, the first graduate dual program in law and business administration in the country.[4] See Academic Programs: Legal Education for All.

In 2011, based on the Bar Examinations passing rate from 2001 to 2010, the Legal Education Board recognized the Far Eastern University Institute of Law as one of the top ten schools in the Philippines.


The Institute of Law prides itself in providing quality legal education at an affordable cost. The task may seem challenging, but the Institute endeavors to be a law school that is a haven of the working but deserving class.

The reengineered Bachelor of Laws Program leads graduates to specialize in litigation and other related practice areas. Classes under this program are conducted at N. Reyes St., Manila campus.[5]

In 2003, the Institute teamed-up with the De La Salle Professional Schools-Ramon V. Del Rosario, Sr. Graduate School of Business (DLSPS) to offer the MBA-JD Dual Degree Program, which is the country’s first post-graduate dual degree program in business and law. This 5-year dual degree program is offered on a trimestral basis at the RCBC Towers, Makati campus. It prepares students to approach problems from the perspectives of both a business executive and a lawyer and is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in the two disciplines.[6]


Facilities

The Institute of Law is housed in the Law Building of the University. It has bar review rooms and a moot court apart from its state-of-the art classrooms. The JD-MBA, on the other hand, holds classes in the fifth and twenty-fifth floors of RCBC Plaza in Makati City.[7]


Student Organizations

  • Beta Sigma Lambda Fraternity and Sorority
  • Far Eastern University Institute of Law Centralized Bar Operations is the student arm that has been tasked to mobilize student activities to help graduates of the Institute of Law when they take the annual Bar Examinations. Its activities include providing study materials, organizing hotel accommodations, and other support activities exclusively for the Institute's bar examinees.
  • Far Eastern University Institute of Law Student Council is the official student government of the Institute of Law.
  • Far Eastern University Institute of Law Moot Court Council
  • Portia Sorority
  • The Far Eastern Law Review is the official law journal of the Institute of Law.
  • The Far Eastern University Legal Aid Bureau was created by virtue of Supreme Court Bar Matter No. 651 issued in 1993. Its primary aim is to provide clinical legal education to law students, legal internship for graduating law students, and free legal assistance to indigents. The Legal Aid Bureau also conducts community paralegal trainings, seminars and conferences on socio-legal issues and outreach activities. Internal activities include team building and leadership trainings, and academic discussions among others. Among the widely known activities of the Legal Aid Bureau is its annual flower sale and Harana on Valentine's day, dubbed the Lovebug Project. The Lovebug Project has been organized to raise funds which the Legal Aid can utilize in handling free cases for indigent litigants.
  • Tau Kappa Phi Fraternity, (designated by the Greek letters, TKΦ), founded in 1948, is an exclusive fraternal order at the Far Eastern University Institute of Law which is composed of professionals, degree holders, distinguished and accomplished gentlemen from different strata of the society who studied the intricacies of the law, and share such knowledge and expertise in protecting and promoting the rights and welfare of the people especially the Common Tao. The Greek letters were derived from its original name, The Commoners’ Fraternity.[8]


Overheard at FEU Institute of Law

Overheard at FEU Institute of Law is a humor facebook page, published by some students and alumni, that documents different snippets of conversation or speech heard at the Institute of Law. The source of the humor in each quote varies. Some are intentional witticisms on the part of their speaker, some are based on his or her apparent cluelessness (as with students who did not study), lack of common sense, or stupidity, and some seem to demonstrate symptoms of mental illness (figures of speech intended). Overheard at FEU Institute of Law has become well-known within the campus.


Prominent alumni

  • Artemio Panganiban - former Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court; 6th placer, 1960 Bar Examinations, 1960 FEU Law Cum Laude and Most Outstanding Student
  • Manuel G. Montecillo - 1st Placer, 1948 Bar Examinations, 95.50%
  • Tomas P. Matic, Jr. - 1st Placer, 1955 Bar Examinations, 90.55%
  • Agustin O. Benitez - 1st Placer, 1959 Bar Examinations, 89.20%
  • Corazon Aquino - former President of the Philippines, former FEU Law student
  • Jose Nolledo - Member, Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986; Delegate, Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971; 3rd placer, 1958 Bar Examinations
  • Justice Oscar M. Herrera - Court of Appeals
  • Carlos Felix Borromeo III - NBI Agent Batch 1988 to 89
  • Eddie Ilarde - former Philippine Senator
  • Wenceslao Lagumbay - former Philippine Senator
  • Neptali Gonzales Jr. - former Majority House Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Mandaluyong Mayor, created the Rizal Technological University
  • Edilberto Sandoval - Associate Justice of Sandiganbayan
  • Roland Jurado - Associate Justice of Sandiganbayan
  • Manuel Collantes - former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador to the United Nations, 1940 FEU Law Class
  • Nestor Mantaring - Director, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
  • Edmundo Magpantay - State Prosecutor Department of Justice
  • John Resado - State Prosecutor Department of Justice
  • Samuel Ong - former Deputy Director, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
  • Sedfrey Ordonez - 1970 delegate to the Philippine Constitutional Convention, former Solicitor General and Secretary of Justice, former Ambassador to the United Nations, former Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, 1946 FEU Law Class
  • Flor L. Resurreccion- NBI Special Investigator III (1992-2005); Licensed Private Investigator-California, USA; Owner-Manager Sigma Investigation and Surveillance- California
  • Eubulo Verzola - former Justice of the Court of Appeals, former Director of the Senate Public Information and Media Relations Office
  • Fermin Martin Jr. - former Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals, 1955 FEU Law Class
  • Jesus Elbinas - former Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals
  • Salome Montoya - Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals, 1954 FEU Law Cum Laude, 6th placer, 1954 Bar Examinations
  • John Choa - Ambassador-at-Large to the Territory of Guam, USA
  • Agustin Benitez - former Dean of College of Law and Vice-president of the University of the East, 1st placer, 1959 Bar Examinations
  • Wilfredo C. Andres, CPA - Assistant City prosecutor in Quezon City
  • Ed Vincent Albano - Dean of College of Law at University of Perpetual Help; Law Professor at San Beda College of Law, Adamson University, Perpetual Help College of Law
  • Arsenio Pascual Jr., MD, LL.B. - Lecturer in Medical Jurisprudence at the UP College of Law, Ateneo Law School, and FEU Institute of Law, a medical practitioner and lawyer, expert in forensic sciences and medical malpractice law
  • Ophelia Balcos - first woman and first Asian to Chair the Human Rights Commission of the State of Minneapolis, USA
  • Custodio Parlade - President Emeritus of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Centre
  • Gerardo Espina Sr. - Member of the Consultative Commission on Charter Change
  • Cleto T. Villatuya - former commissioner, National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC)
  • Meynardo Bautista, Jr. - Chief Inquest Prosecutor in Quezon City
  • Gina Lyn R. Rubio - Private Attorney, 5th placer, 2006 Bar Examinations, 2006 FEU Law Class Valedictorian
  • Manuel J. Laserna Jr.- Law Professor and bar reviewer (1985-2006); 3rd placer, 1984 Bar Examinations (90.95%); trial lawyer; Bar leader; founder, past chair/pres., and consultant,Las Pinas City Bar Association (2001-present); Managing Partner of the Laserna Cueva-Mercader & Associates Law Offices (LCM Law, Las Pinas City); AB, Ll.B. (cum laude), Ll.M.; Cocofed law scholar (Ll.B.); FEU law scholar (Ll.M.); Retired Management Executive and in-house legal counsel of the Philippine Coconut Producers Federation (1975-1994); past Director and Vice Pres., IBP PPLM Ch., 1995-2007; Independent Expert on Phil. laws and jurisprudence, International Center for Dispute Resolution (American Arbitration Association), New York City, USA.
  • Myrna C. Mercader - Law Professor and bar reviewer (FEU, 1985-2006); law and business professor, University of Perpetual Help Rizal (since 2000); BSC Accountancy (magna cum laude), LL.B. (cum laude), certified public accountant, Doctor of Business Administration, and Ph.D. Economics; Central Bank scholar - MA Econ. and Ph.D. Econ.; co-founder and past chair/pres., Las Pinas City Bar Association (2001-2009); past Director and Auditor, IBP PPLM Ch., 1995-2007; partner, Laserna Cueva-Mercader & Associates Law Offices (LCM Law, Las Pinas City); retired Central Bank training executive (1974-1994); past Pres., BF Resort Village Homeowners Assn Inc., Las Pinas City; licensed real estate broker.
  • Johnson A.H. Ong - Law Professor, Private Attorney, 10th placer, 2005 Bar Examinations (Negotiable Instruments)
  • Amante A. Liberato - Law Professor Commission on Audit Officer, 5th placer, 1996 Bar Examinations (Obligations and Contracts)
  • Edwin C. Yan - Law Professor, 6th placer, 1982 Bar Examinations; trial lawyer; former solicitor, Office of the Solicitor General. (Consti Law 1)
  • Edwin R. Sandoval- Political Law Reviewer, Summa Cum Laude, Class valedictorian 1991, and a law professor in Arellano Faculty of Law, Adamson University Law and UST Faculty of Civil Law
  • E. Valderrama - Law Professor, International Arbitrator, 12th placer, 1982 Bar Examinations. (ADR)
  • Benedicto M. Gonzales Jr. - Law Professor, 19th placer, 1993 Bar Examinations, former Caloocan City councilor. (Admin Law)
  • Viviana Martin-Paguirigan- Associate Dean, law professor 16th placer 1993 Bar Examinations (Succession, Civil Law Review)

References

  1. ^ Official Website, Far Eastern University. Last accessed May 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Shiela Garcia, Editor's Note, The Far Easter Law Review, 2014
  3. ^ Official Website, Far Eastern University. Last accessed May 23, 2007.
  4. ^ Official Website, De La Salle Professional Schools. Last accessed May 23, 2007.
  5. ^ Official Website, Far Eastern University. Last accessed November 29, 2007.
  6. ^ Official Website, De La Salle Professional Schools. Last accessed November 29, 2007.
  7. ^ Official Website, De La Salle Professional Schools. Last accessed November 29, 2007.
  8. ^ Official Website, Tau Kappa Phi. Last accessed February 24, 2014.

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