FIRST YEAR

SECOND YEAR
SUMMER APPRENTICESHIP 120 hours (2 units)
THIRD YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER
Subject Credits Subject Credits
Introduction to Law 1 Obligations and
Contracts
5
Legal Research 1 Constitutional Law II
!ersons and Fa"il#
Relations
$ Cri"inal Law II
Constitutional Law I Legal Techni%ue and
Logic
&
Cri"inal Law I Legal 'riting
!hiloso(h# o) Law & Theolog# and the Social
Teachings o) the Church
&
Statutor# Construction &
Legal !ro)ession 1
Total Units 17 Total Units 17
FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER
Subject Credits Subject Credits
Cri"inal !rocedure & Cor(oration Law $
Negotiable Instru"ents Ci*il !rocedure $
!ro(ert# $ Ta+ation I
!artnershi( and ,genc# & ,d"inistrati*e Law- Law
on !ublic O))icers- and
Election Laws

Sales & !ublic International Law &

Credit Transactions Legal Ethics
Forensic Medicine 1
Land Titles &
Total Units 19 Total Units 19
SUMMER APPRENTICESHIP 120 hours (2 units)
FOURTH YEAR
THESIS (First Semester) 6 units
FIRST SEMESTER
Introduction to Law
A general course given to Freshmen, usually a week in avance !e"ore the actual start o" the school year, #roviing "or an overview o"
the various as#ects o" the conce#t o" $aw, with em#hasis on the relationshi# !etween law, %uris#ruence, courts, society an #u!lic
#olicy, #resente through selecte #rovisions o" law, cases an other materials e#icting settle #rinci#les an current evelo#ments,
!oth local an international, incluing a review o" the evolution o" the &hili##ine legal system' (( unit)
FIRST SEMESTER FIRST SEMESTER
Subject Credits Subject Credits
Succession & E*idence $
Labor Law I Labor Law II
Ta+ation II S(ecial !roceedings &
Insurance & Trans(ortation &
Torts and Da"ages & Con)lict o) Laws &
Funda"entals o)
Thesis 'riting I
1 Legal For"s &
Electi*es 5 Funda"entals o)
Thesis 'riting II
1
Electi*es 5
Total Units 20 Total Units 19
FIRST SEMESTER FIRST SEMESTER
Subject Credits Subject Credits
Ci*il Law Re*iew I $ Ci*il Law Re*iew II $
Constitutional Law Re*iew$ Co""ercial Law Re*iew$
Cri"inal Law Re*iew $ Re"edial Law Re*iew 5
!ractice Court I & !ractice Court II &
Electi*es . Electi*es .
Total Units 20 Total Units 21
Persons and Family Relations
A stuy o" the laws on &ersons an Family )elations as containe in the &reliminary an Human )elations cha#ters o" the *ew +ivil
+oe o" the &hili##ines, the Family +oe o" the &hili##ines, incluing the laws on marriage, #ro#erty relations !etween
s#ouses, #aternity an "iliation, ao#tion, su##ort an emanci#ation, an the rules on "unerals, surnames, a!sence an the +ivil
)egistry as "oun in the )ules o" +ourt #rovisions relative to the "oregoing' (- units)
Constitution! "# I
A survey an evaluation o" !asic #rinci#les containe in the &hili##ine +onstitution ealing with the structure o" the &hili##ine
.overnment' (/ units)
Cri$in! "# I
A stu%& o' th( )hr)t(risti)s o' Cri$in! "#* th( ntur( n% )!ssi'i)tion o' '(!oni(s* th( )ir)u$stn)(s ''()tin+ )ri$in!
!i,i!it& n% th( (-t(nt n% (-tin)tion o' )ri$in! !i,i!iti(s s #(!! s th( )i.i! !i,i!it& o' th( o''(n%(r* th( ntur(* $nn(r o'
)o$/uttion o' /(n!ti(s* )o$/!(- )ri$(s* h,itu! %(!in0u(n)&* 1u.(ni!( %(!in0u(n)&* th( //!i)tion o' th( In%(t(r$int(
S(nt(n)( "# n% th( Pro,tion "#2 Th( )ours( )o.(rs 3oo4 On( o' th( R(.is(% P(n! Co%( n% r(!t(% !#s2 (5 units )
Statutory Construction
A course that e0#lores the use an "orce o" statutes an the #rinci#les an methos o" their construction an inter#retation' (1 units)
Legal Profession and Counselling
The course !egins with a stuy o" the ma%or legal systems in the worl, an evolve into an e0amination o" how these systems "igure in
the history an evelo#ment o" the legal #ro"ession in the &hili##ines' Stuents survey the various elements o" the #ractice o" law in the
&hili##ines, its !asic ethical stanars, its goals an role in society' The course ens with an integrative e0#loration o" !oth
the challenges an o##ortunities "or the &hili##ine legal #ro"ession in a changing an more glo!ali2e worl' The su!%ect also
introuces the art an techni3ues o" legal counseling as well as a consieration o" the res#onsi!ilities o" the lawyer as counselor' ((
unit)
Legal Research
The course will introuce stuents to the methoology o" legal research an the #re#aration o" legal o#inions, memorana, e0#ository
or critical, or any su!%ect a##rove !y the Faculty 4em!er in5charge' (( unit)
Philosophy of Law
A stuy o" the historical roots o" law "rom )oman times, the schools o" legal thoughts that s#urre its growth an evelo#ment, an the
#rimorial #ur#ose o" law an legal eucation' (1 units)
SECOND SEMESTER
Obligations and Contracts
An in5e#th stuy o" the nature, kins an e""ect o" o!ligations, an their e0tinguishment, contracts in general, their re3uisites, "orm an
inter#retation, an e"ective contracts, incluing 3uasi5contracts, natural o!ligations, esto##el, an #rescri#tion' (6 units)
Constitutional Law II
A stuy o" the &hili##ine +onstitution, s#eci"ically the !ill o" rights, citi2enshi# an su""rage, social %ustice an human rights, an
%uicial review o" acts a""ecting them' (/ units)
Criminal Law II
An a##raisal o" s#eci"ic "elonies #enali2e in 7ook II o" the )evise &enal +oe an S#ecial &enal $aws, their nature, elements an
corres#oning #enalties' (&rere3uisite8 +riminal $aw I) (/ units)
Legal Technique and Logic
A course on the methos o" reasoning, syllogisms, arguments an e0#lanations, euctions, the truth ta!le emonstrating invaliity an
inconsistency, an #ro#ositional "unctions' It also inclues the logical organi2ation o" legal language an logical testing o"
%uicial reasoning' (1 units)
Legal riting
It is a "ounational course on the #rinci#les, elements an techni3ues o" legal writing' The course involves a review o" the !asic rules
"or "orm an style, argumentation, avocacy, legal research, legal citation an legal !i!liogra#hy, case igesting an re#orting analysis,
legal reasoning an #re#aration o" legal o#inions or memorana' (1 units)
Theology ! Social Teachings of the Church
The seminar will trace the historical evelo#ment o" signi"icant &a#al encyclicals that eal with various social 3uestions an situations
that have relevance to the #ractice o" the legal #ro"ession (e'g', "rom $eo 9III:s ;)erum *ovarum< to &o#e =ohn &aul II:s writings on
la!or, other relevant >atican II ecrees an #ertinent =esuit ocuments are taken, in orer to #rovie a !etter unerstaning o" the
mission o" the +hurch in the moern worl, an the role that lawyers an %uges #lay' 4ost im#ortantly, the seminar will eneavor to
conte0tuali2e the vision an mission o" the +hurch in the Fili#ino setting an culture, in orer to achieve an interiori2e consciousness
o" the challenges that "ace mem!ers o" the legal #ro"ession' (1 units)