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Historical background

The Institute started operations in 1934 and is now one of the oldest law schools in the Philippines. ^[1] Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Institute has the unique distinction of having two Philippine Senate Presidents served as Dean--Jovito Salonga (1956-1963) and Neptali Gonzales (1976-1986). ^[2] Jovito R. Salonga also known as Ka Jovy Born poor in a remote barrio in Pasig, Rizal on June 22, 1920. ...

In 2003, the Institute teamed up with the De La Salle University Graduate School of Business to offer the JD-MBA program, the first graduate dual program in law and business administration in the country. ^[3] 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The De La Salle Professional Schools-Ramon V. Del Rosario, Sr. ...

Academic programs

• Bachelor of Laws - a standard four-year law degree program offered in the FEU Institute of Law Campus in Manila. ^[4]

• Juris Doctor-Master of Business Administration Dual Degree - a five-year graduate dual degree program in law and management offered in the De La Salle Graduate School of Business Campus in RCBC Tower, Makati City. ^[5]

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Facilities

The Institute is housed in the law building at Palaypay Conference Hall, with bar review rooms, academic Rooms, and a moot court. The JD-MBA holds classes in the fifth and twenty-fifth floors of RCBC Plaza in Makati City.^[6]

Prominent alumni ^[7]

• Artemio Panganiban - former Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court; 6th placer, 1960 Bar Examinations, 1960 FEU Law Cum Laude and Most Outstanding Student
• Corazon Aquino - former President of the Philippines, former FEU Law student
• Alfredo Lim - Philippine Senator, Manila Mayor, founded the City College of Manila and the Museo ng Maynila
• Edgar 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
• Manuel Collantes - former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador to the United Nations, 1940 FEU Law Class
• 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
• 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
• Ed Vincent Albino - 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 School of Law, 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
• Gina Lyn R. Rubio - private attorney, 5th placer, 2006 Bar Examinations, 2006 FEU Law Class Valedictorian
• Johnson A.H. Ong - private attorney, 10th placer, 2005 Bar Examinations
• Amante A. Liberato - Commission on Audit Officer, 5th placer, 1996 Bar Examinations
• Manuel J. Laserna Jr.- law professor, 3rd placer, 1984 Bar Examinations
• Edwin C. Yan - law professor, 6th placer, 1982 Bar Examinations
• Mario E. Valderrama - law professor, international arbitrator, 12th placer, 1982 Bar Examinations
• Benedicto M. Gonzales Jr. - law professor, 19th placer, 1993 Bar Examinations

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External links

• Far Eastern University Official Website
• FEU-La Salle JD-MBA Dual Program

References