News Archive

  • Justice Caguioa urges new law graduates to be ‘irritants'
    Tuesday, August 01, 2017
    Speaking in front of the 154 newly minted Ateneo Law graduates, Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa called for the need to be “irritants.” “Be constant, loud,...
  • Nothing moot about the BarOps
    Wednesday, June 21, 2017
    The shift in the academic calendar means students in the Loyola Schools and the Professional Schools start their vacation in June.   But for Ateneo Law students...
  • Bar Review to be livestreamed
    Friday, June 02, 2017
    All Pre-Bar Review lectures will be available via live streaming on a pilot-run basis, the Ateneo Law School administration announced.   This effort will...
  • Law school holds ethics symposium
    Monday, May 22, 2017
    “More than the law, it is decision making that will make you a decent human being,” said Dr. Antonette Palma Angeles to an audience composed of Ateneo Law students. The...
  • Ateneo Law School bar passers placed at over 90%
    Thursday, May 04, 2017
    The Ateneo Law School (ALS) doffs its hat to its graduates for passing the Philippine Bar Examination. Administered by the Supreme Court of the Philippines in November...
  • Ateneo Law Journal’s special issue highlights sea dispute
    Wednesday, April 05, 2017
    The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling in favor of the Philippines in its case against China over the South China Sea is the subject matter of the Ateneo...
  • Be bold for change: Ateneo celebrates International Women’s Day
    Friday, March 10, 2017
    In celebration of International Women’s Day last March 8, 2017, the Ateneo Law School (ALS) invited 4 women leaders from all spheres of life to share stories of their...
  • Have we failed EDSA?
    Monday, February 27, 2017
    This was the question raised at a forum organized by the Ateneo Human Rights (AHRC) in commemoration of the 31st anniversary of the People Power revolution. Held...
  • ChildTALK: teaching children's rights
    Saturday, January 14, 2017
    Children have the right to grow, survive, thrive, and fulfill their potential. But not every child is able to do so. A 2016 study, prepared by the International NGO...
  • Law students get glimpse of career in arbitration
    Monday, November 28, 2016
    Arbitration is gaining ground as an alternative means of settling disputes. Not only does it provide swift resolution but even the Supreme Court has encouraged its use,...
  • ALSC teams up with Barangay Comembo for legal mission
    Monday, November 28, 2016
    The Ateneo Legal Services Center (ALSC) conducted its first legal aid mission for school year 2016-2017 last October 23, 2016. The half-day activity was held...
  • ‘Tis the season for the bar
    Saturday, November 05, 2016
    November ushers in the holiday season: cooler temperatures, festive dinners, Christmas decorations, and carols. However, while most are raring to go holiday shopping,...
  • AHRC, ALS Students Submit Report on Killings to the UN
    Friday, October 14, 2016
    The Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC) and students of the Ateneo Law School’s (ALS) International Human Rights Law class submitted a shadow report to the United Nations...
  • Making a case for music
    Thursday, October 13, 2016
    “Sali kayo please or else madi-dissolve kami”! (Please join or our group will be dissolved)” is not exactly a great sales pitch but the appeal to pity has been working...
  • Roundtable on Patent Litigation in the Philippines
    Monday, October 10, 2016
    On August 31,  2016, Zambrano Gruba Caganda & Advincula Law Offices, with the cooperation of the Ateneo Center for Continuing Legal Education, Bernas Center for...