San Beda College of Law is the law degree-granting unit of San Beda College, a private, Roman Catholic college run by the Benedictine monks in the Philippines.
The main campus, educational, and administrative offices are located at Mendiola Street in San Miguel, Manila.
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.
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.
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
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Rodrigo Duterte - 16th President of the Philippines; former Mayor, Vice Mayor and CongressmanAugusto S. Sanchez-Former Labor Minister, Human Rights LawyerArthur P. Tugade - Secretary, Department of TransportationRodolfo Salalima - Secretary, Department of Information and Communications TechnologyVitaliano Aguirre - Secretary, Department of JusticeWinston Ginez- Chairperson, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory BoardFrancisco Baraan III, Undersecretary, Department of JusticeZabedin M. Azis, former Undersecretary, Department of JusticeRaoul Creencia - Government Corporate CounselNonnatus Rojas, former Director, National Bureau of InvestigationWinston F. Garcia - former President and General-Manager, Government Service and Insurance System (GSIS)Lilian Hefti - former Commissioner, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)Nicasio A. Conti - former Officer-In-Charge MARINA; former Commissioner, Presidential Commission on Good Governance (PCGG); hailed by the World Bank for his anti-corruption and government transparency efforts; faculty, San Beda Economics departmentRicardo Abcede - former Commissioner, Presidential Commission on Good GovernanceJaime Jacob- former Chairperson,Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory BoardDonald Lee, City Prosecutor, Quezon CityDomingo Lucenario, Jr.- former Ambassador to Pakistan killed in helicopter crash; Order of Sikatuna, Order of Lakandula, and Gawad Mabini AwardeePHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE
René Saguisag - former Senator and Human Rights LawyerRaul Roco - former Senator, former Education SecretaryLeila de Lima - Senator; former Secretary, Department of Justice; former Chairperson, Commission on Human RightsRamon V. Mitra - former Speaker of the House of Representatives and 1992 presidential CandidateJose Lina- Former Senator; Laguna Province Governor; MMDA Governor; Co-founder of the Movement of Attorneys for Brotherhood, Integrity, and Nationalism, Inc. (MABINI, President, Manila HotelJoaquin Chipeco, Jr., Representative, 2nd District of Laguna; former Mayor, Calamba CityFredenil H. Castro - Representative, CapizMarlyn L. Primicias-Agabas-Representative, 6th district of Pangasinan, former Vice-Governor, PangasinanAlipio C. Badelles - Representative, 1st District of Lanao del NorteElpidio F. Barzaga - Representative, 4th District of CaviteLeovigildo B. Banaag - Representative, 1st District, Agusan del NorteRoger G. Mercado - Representative, Lone District,Southern LeyteOscar S. Moreno - Mayor, Cagayan de Oro City; former Governor, Misamis Oriental; former Congressman, 1st District of Misamis OrientalEduardo Nonato Joson - Nueva Ecija Representative; former National Food Authority AdministratorRoy Seneres, Sr.- OFW Partylist Representative; former Ambassador,UAE; former NLRC chairmanJose Cabochan - former Representative, BulacanJoseph A. Santiago- former Representative, Catanduanes; former National Telecommunications Commission CommissionerPHILIPPINE JUDICIARY
Noel G. Tijam - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the PhilippinesSamuel R. Martires - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the PhilippinesPablito Alhambra Perez - Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of AppealsJose Catral Mendoza - Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme CourtBienvenido L. Reyes - Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme CourtFlorenz D. Regalado - former Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, obtained the highest rating in the post-war history of the Philippine Bar ExaminationsJusto P. Torres, Jr. - former Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme CourtAntonio Martinez - former Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme CourtRomeo Callejo, Sr. - former Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme CourtSabino B. Padilla Sr. - former Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme CourtAntonio Eduardo Nachura - Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, former Representative Samar,former Solicitor-GeneralRuben C. Ayson - Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of AppealsEugenio Labitoria - Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of AppealsEloy Bello, Jr. - former Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of AppealsJose C. Reyes, Jr. - Associate Justice, Philippine Court of AppealsEduardo B. Peralta, Jr. - Associate Justice, Philippine Court of AppealsFernanda Lampas-Peralta- Associate Justice Philippine Court of AppealsFrancisco Acosta - Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of AppealsMario López - Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of AppealsRamón Paul Hernando- Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of AppealsSamuel H. Gaerlan- Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of AppealsMaria Elisa Sempio Diy - Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of AppealsOscar Badelles, Associate Justice, Court of AppealsPedro Corales- Associate Justice, Philippine Court of AppealsPablito Perez-Associate Justice, Philippine Court of AppealsAmparo C. Tang- Presiding Justice, SandiganbayanGregory S. Ong - former Associate Justice of the anti-graft court SandiganbayanRodolfo Ponferrada, Sr. - Associate Justice of the anti-graft court SandiganbayanBernardo Fernandez, former Justice, SandiganbayanBernelito Fernandez, Associate Justice, SandiganbayanAntonio Eugenio, Jr. - former President, Philippine Judges Association, Deputy Court Administrator, Supreme CourtRalph Lee, President,Philippine Judges AssociationCONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION
Sixto Brillantes - Election law expert; Chairman, Commission on ElectionsLOCAL GOVERNMENT
Edgardo Pamintuan - Mayor, Angeles CityOscar Moreno - Mayor, Cagayan de Oro City; former Governor, Misamis Oriental and former Congressman, 1st District of Misamis OrientalEduardo Joson - former Governor, Nueva EcijaAurelio Umali - Governor, Nueva EcijaRodrigo Duterte - Mayor, Davao City and former Congressman, Davao CityIshmael Mathay - former Vice-Governor, of Metro Manila; former Mayor, Quezon CityACADEME
Virgilio B. Jara - - incumbent Dean of San Beda College of Law, 5th placer in the 1962 Philippine Bar ExaminationsUlpiano Sarmiento III - Dean of the Alabang campus, Member of the House of Representativesrepresenting educators
Jose Sundiang- former Dean, San Beda College of Law, Arellano Law FoundationPRIVATE LAW PRACTICE
Avelino Cruz - Co-founder, Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz (ACCRA) Law OfficesDennis B. Funa - former Government Official, Constitutionalist, Law Book AuthorWilliam "Billy" Claver - Martial Law-era freedom fighter; indigenous people's rights activist and lawyerJulian Emilio Cabarrus ( Dip.Law, Solicitors Admission Board N.S.W., AFAIM )- first Philippine-born lawyer admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of AustraliaRemigio Saladero, Jr. - labor and workers' lawyerRamon Medina - Vice-President for Human Resources, Ayala Corporation; former chairman, Board of Trustees, San Beda College AlabangSolomon Hermosura - Managing Director, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Compliance Officer, Group Head - Legal and Compliance of Ayala CorporationUnrecognized fraternities, sororities and academic organizations
Alliance for Alternative ActionAlpha Phi Beta FraternityLambda Rho Beta FraternityLambda Rho Sigma SororityLeague of Lady BarristersLex Leonum FraternitasLex Talionis Fraternitas,Inc.Sororitas Reginae JurisQuorum Sorority