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On the TSU presidential search
A CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY & QUICK RESOLVE
“it is ironic that the LEB, under Resolution No. 2019-406, in fact considers the basic law degrees of Ll.B. or J.D. as already equivalent to a doctorate degree in other non-law academic disciplines…” [Pimentel v. Legal Education Board (2019)]
That is the Supreme Court speaking!
The irony stems from the LEB’ s minimum requirement of a Master of Laws Degree for Law Deans and professors but considers the Juris Doctor Degree as equivalent to a doctorate outside legal education.
To be more graphic about it, picture a situation where a JD graduate can become a university president when its law dean needs to be a Master of Laws (LLM) Degree holder.
‘There’s got to be a morning after,’ or so a popular song says. This should likewise be a guiding line for members of the City Council of Tarlac when they failed to override the veto on the 2025 Budget by former Mayor Cristy Angeles. Yes, Virginia, among the last official acts of Ex-Mayor Angeles was […]
A series of photos from displaced Indigenous People at the evacuation center in Camp O’ Donell, Capas, Tarlac following the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991.
Photos by Nap Clemente
