Tuesday, April 26, 2011

PUP Law Among Top 20 Law Schools

Despite being just a newly established law school, the PUP College of Law, managed to be among the top performing law schools in the country.

In 2009, the CHED Chairman released a list of the country‘s “Top 20 law schools in terms of their percentile passing rate.” The list was from among 105 law schools in the country.

Since the 2006 bar examination, the PUP-COL not only consistently performed above the national percentage of passers, but it also belonged to the top 20 nationwide. The College's ranking would be higher if we are to consider only law schools within Metro Manila.

Read the article below from Inquirer.Net, particularly the latter part, for the complete list of top 20 law schools in the Philippines.


"6 law schools to be closed -- CHED"

Grads flunked bar in past 10 years

By Philip Tubeza
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 15:30:00 09/23/2009

(Editor’s Note: We got a correction from our reporter Philip Tubeza that only 6 LAW SCHOOLS, not 7, will be closed because East Central Colleges has voluntarily phased out its law school.)

MANILA, Philippines -- The Commission on Higher Education has decided to close down six law schools across the country because not one of their graduates passed the bar exams in the last 10 years, CHEd chairman Emmanuel Angeles said on Wednesday.

Angeles said CHEd decided to crack the whip on these law schools for consistently posting a a performance percentile rank of “zero” in the bar examinations administered by the Supreme Court from 1999 to 2009.

“We are forced to close down the following law schools that fail to comply with CHED standards,” Angeles said in an interview.

“CHED has made a thorough and careful study of the performance of higher education institutions on how their law graduates fair in the Bar Exams in terms of quantity of successful examinees for the past ten years,” he added.

Angeles said that they would start with the law programs of six higher education institutions (HEI) -- Eastern Samar State University, Polytechnic College of La Union, Samar College, Ramon Magsaysay Technological University, Southern Bicol College, and Abra Valley College.

He said five other HEIs -- the East Central Colleges, the Virgen De Los Remedios College, International Harvardian University , Manuel A. Roxas Educational Institution, and the Zamboanga A.E. College -- voluntarily phased out their law programs after a review of their bar exam records.

Angeles said CHEd reviewed the bar exam performance of the country’s law schools based on the data provided by the Supreme Court.

“These law schools that have been getting zero percent will be advised to shut down their law programs,” Angeles said.

He added that universities and colleges that had only “less than five percent” of their graduates passing the bar from 1999 to 2009 would also be warned to improve their performance.

“We have to act now in order to put our education system in the proper standard and improve the competencies of our graduates and professionals so that we can compete in the global arena starting with how we produce our law graduates,” Angeles said.

While cracking down on “non-performing” law schools, the CHEd chairman also released a list of the country‘s “Top 20 law schools in terms of their percentile passing rate.”

“The Top 20 schools should serve as model to other law schools in terms of producing successful first-time takers of the Bar Exams, minimizing wastage and frustration in graduates,” Angeles said.

These schools were Ateneo de Manila University, San Beda College, University of the Philippines, Far Eastern University-DLSU (Juris Doctor-MBA), Ateneo de Davao University, University of San Carlos, University of Santo Tomas, University of Cebu, University of Perpetual Help-Rizal, and Arellano University.

Also included were the Xavier University, Far Eastern University, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, University of San Agustin, University of Batangas, Palawan State University, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Saint Louis University, Lyceum of the Philippines, and the San Sebastian College-Recolectos de Manila.

Angeles said CHEd would also review the other programs of HEIs that require licensure exams administered by the Professional Regulatory Commission.

“We have allotted a reasonable amount of the CHED’s budget for the special monitoring of the performance of HEIs in the programs that they are offering,” he said.

Source: Inquirer.net

Friday, April 15, 2011

Pup College Of Law Bar Passer 2011

PUP passing rate - 28.26%
National passing average - 20.26%

ABONG, Mark Julio U .
CERO, De Mille V .
DALIVA, JR., Anacleto I .
DELA CRUZ, JR., Cresencio D.
FLORES, Reynaldo L .
MANGROBANG, III, Jonas Cesar C .
MATEO, Arnel D .
NUDO, John Joenelle V.
RAMOS, Ronald Allan D .
RODRIGUEZ, Josefina S .
TOLENTINO, Aaron S .
TORREJA, Richard P .
VALENCIA, Dianeth L .

Monday, April 11, 2011

PUP Law Entrance Examination

UPDATE: A total af 268 passed the written exams conducted last February 19 and April 16, 2011. The oral exam will be concluded on April 30, 2011.

PUP College of Law admission

In order to be a law student of the PUP law school , an applicant must first pass a written examination and a panel interview. These comprise the whole "entrance exam". The exam is called PUP College of Law Entrance Test (PUPCLET).

The Written Exam
This is an essay type test the purpose of which is to simply gauge the writing skills of the applicant. Usually, only two questions are given which must be answered in paragraph form. There is no right or wrong answer on this. For as long as you present your answer in a logical and grammatically correct manner, you will fare well in this first stage of the process.

The Oral exam
This is the second stage of the entrance test. Only those who pass the written exam will be allowed to advance to this phase. Here, it is the applicant's verbal skills which will be tested.

This is a panel interview usually conducted by the faculty members of the college of law. Each panel is composed of around two to three professors each of whom will be asking anything under the sun. This therefore means that the answer is not material for as long as you can express your answer well using the English language, unless of course the question calls for a right answer such as "Why did you choose to apply in this school?" and the applicant answers " It is because I want to save on tuition fees by transferring later to another more prominent law school."

This year, the PUP College of Law conducted two entrance tests for the coming school year 2011-2012. This first was conducted last February 19, 2011 and the second last April 16, 2011, both of which are Saturday morning.

Applicants may register online PUPCLET Online Registration

The PUP Law also accepts applicants for second semester.
NOTE: Considering the recent development in the bar examination, where the Supreme Court changed the type of exam from purely essay to a combination of multiple choice questions (60%) and legal writing (40%), it has also become imperative and highly suggested that the entrance exam in the college of law be also made MCQ type.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Tuition Fee

          Currently, the PUP College of Law charges P500 per unit as tuition fee. Thus, a law student will pay a tuition fee of P 9,000 for an 18-unit regular load assuming that he is a full-time student. The amount would be lesser if he is a working student as he cannot surely take a full regular load. A working student may only manage to enroll around 12 to 15 units per semester.

          On top of the tuition fee, a law student will also pay miscellaneous fees amounting to P 1,050 which includes medical and dental, library fee, registration fee, energy fee etc. So, all in all a regular full load semester would cost a full time student P 10,050--an amount which is very minimal compared to other law schools. The total amount may however be paid on installment: at least half of which during enrollment and the balance before mid-term examination.

         See complete schedule of fees below as of 2011.

FEES:

Tuition (per unit) PhP 500.00

Miscellaneous
Application/Entrance Exam Fee 300.00
Registration Fee 100.00
Library Fee 100.00
Medical and Dental 50.00
ID (upon admission) 200.00
IT Utilization 100.00
Energy Fee (per month) 100.00
Certification (Letter Form) 50.00
Graduation Fee 200.00
Diploma Fee 100.00
Transcript of Records (per page) 100.00
Fine for Late Payment 100.00
Re-Admission Fee 200.00
Retrieval Fee 50.00
Validation Fee 50.00
Admission Fee for Transfer Students (from private) 500.00
Admission Fee for Transfer Students (from SUC) 300.00

List of PUP College of Law Bar Passers

UPDATE: Thirteen (13) PUP bar examinees, twelve (12) of whom are first takers, passed the recent 2010 bar examination. The College got a commendable 28.26% passing rate which is much higher than the National percentage of only 20.26%.

Congratulations to the new PUP lawyers!!! Long live PUP Law!!!

The College of Law
The PUP College of Law was established in 2001. Its first dean was former Supreme Court Justice Dante Tinga. Young as the College may seem, it has nevertheless fared very well in bar examinations.

Its faculty is composed of professors who are also teaching in prestigious law schools.

Bar passers of PUP College of Law

20011 Bar examination (31/60)



PUP passing rate - 50.7%
National percentage of passers - 31.94%



20010 Bar examination (13/46)

PUP passing rate - 28.26%
National percentage of passers - 20.26%

ABONG, Mark Julio U .
CERO, De Mille V .
DALIVA, JR., Anacleto I .
DELA CRUZ, JR., Cresencio D.
FLORES, Reynaldo L .
MANGROBANG, III, Jonas Cesar C .
MATEO, Arnel D .
NUDO, John Joenelle V.
RAMOS, Ronald Allan D .
RODRIGUEZ, Josefina S .
TOLENTINO, Aaron S .
TORREJA, Richard P .
VALENCIA, Dianeth L .


2009 Bar examination (16/40)

PUP Percentage of passing - 40%
National percentage of passers - 24.58%

Maricris Alura
Maricel Cano
Alvin Guiterrez
Harold Kim Hernando
Ericson Lameyra
Edward Magat
Rosalie Mazo
Ryan Medrano
Ronald Crisanto Mercado
Dennis Palad
Epicurus Charlo Salcedo
Melissa San Miguel
Arlyn Santos- Montebon
Florences Sta. Ana

2008 Bar examination (11)

PUP Percentage of passing -
National percentage of passers - 20.58%

Antonio, Hannah Lorraine Y.
Atienza, Leynard B.
Carmona, Sheila Minnelli B.
Francisco, Philomel Jr., D.
Galang, Emmanuel L.
Garcia-Gabriel, Aura Rizza A.
Gonzales, Cesario Jr. G.
Inocencio, Miguel Jr., C
Malabag, Ma. Rhodora A.
Ponsaran, Raizuli A.
Zipagan, Myra T.

2007 Bar Examination (9/28)

PUP Percentage of passing - 32%
National percentage of passers - 22.91%


Aquino , Aristotle R.
Aurellana, Rinchel E.
Cristobal Laurrie Layne P.
Deticio, Aileen Grace U.
Figueroa, Eddalaine
Lampa, Rex D.
Omadto, Arnold Ninoy Jr. P.
Suril, Ethel Rea G.
Tandog, Jonathan G.



2006 Bar examinations (8/24)

PUP Percentage of passing - 33.33%
National percentage of passers - 30.60%

Eric Opriasa
Christian Bautista
Ricky Gonzaga
Nova Delas Armas
Alvin Claridades
Anna Victoria Carlos
Maybelle Ramos
Rossano Pietro Veloso.


FEES:

Tuition (per unit) PhP 500.00

Miscellaneous
Application/Entrance Exam Fee 300.00
Registration Fee 100.00
Library Fee 100.00
Medical and Dental 50.00
ID (upon admission) 200.00
IT Utilization 100.00
Energy Fee (per month) 100.00
Certification (Letter Form) 50.00
Graduation Fee 200.00
Diploma Fee 100.00
Transcript of Records (per page) 100.00
Fine for Late Payment 100.00
Re-Admission Fee 200.00
Retrieval Fee 50.00
Validation Fee 50.00
Admission Fee for Transfer Students (from private) 500.00
Admission Fee for Transfer Students (from SUC) 300.00

The Dress Code

The PUP College of Law currently imposes a dress code on all its law students. All male law students must wear either a barong of any kind or a long sleeves polo with neck tie paired with slacks and leather shoes. As for females, any upper garment with collar will do. Actually I am not really sure about the girls because I'm a guy.

The new dean of the college started to implement this as soon as he assumed the office of the dean last year. He patterned it I guess from San Sebastian Institute of Law's dress code as he was also a professor of law of said school.

While this rule is not being strictly implemented by the security guards at the entrance, still all law students abide by it as some professors call the attention of those not in proper attire.

So you cannot differentiate now a professor from a law sudent.