Guidelines for the Pre-Requisite Subjects in the Basic Law Courses

December 29, 2016

LEB MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 05-16

 

 

Pursuant to the power of the Legal Education Board (LEB) to prescribe the basic curricula for law courses under Section 7 (f) of Republic Act No. 7662, entitled the Legal Education Reform Act of 1993, and Section 4 of LEB Memorandum Order No. 2, Series of 2013, the following guidelines on the pre-requisite subjects are hereby promulgated:

1. Table of Pre-Requisite Subjects — The Table of Pre-Requisite Subjects below shall be followed in determining what subjects need to be taken and passed by students in the basic law courses before being allowed to take the advanced subjects:

 

ADVANCED SUBJECT(S)	PRE-REQUISITE SUBJECT(S)
Administrative and Election Laws	Constitutional Law I
Agency, Trust and Partnership	Obligations and Contracts
Civil Law Review I	Persons and Family Relations
Civil Law Review II	Civil Law Review I
Civil Procedure	Persons and Family Relations
Commercial Law Review	Agency, Trust and Partnership
Constitutional Law Review	Constitutional Law I
Criminal Law Review	Criminal Law I
Credit Transaction	Obligations and Contracts
Criminal Law II	Criminal Law I
Criminal Procedure	Criminal Law I
Evidence	Criminal Procedure
Human Rights Law	Constitutional Law II
Insurance	Obligations and Contracts
Labor Law II	Labor Law I
Labor Law Review	Labor Law I
Legal Forms	Obligations and Contracts
Legal Counseling and Social Responsibility	Basic Legal Ethics
Legal Medicine	Criminal Law II
Obligations and Contracts	Persons and Family Relations
Practice Court I	Criminal Procedure
Practice Court II	Practice Court I
Problem Areas in Legal Ethics	Basic Legal Ethics
Property	Obligations and Contracts
Remedial Law Review I	Criminal Procedure
Remedial Law Review II	Remedial Law Review I
Sales	Obligations and Contracts
Special Proceedings	Succession
Succession	Persons and Family Relations
Taxation I	Constitutional Law I
Taxation II	Persons and Family Property
Torts and Damages	Obligations and Contracts
Transportation	Obligations and Contracts

 

2. Credits — No credits shall be given to advanced subjects taken unless the student has completed and passed the pre-requisite subject or subjects prescribed in the above Table of Pre-Requisites.

3. Transitory Provision — For students who have commenced their law studies before the effectivity of this Memorandum Order, the pre-requisites shall be strictly enforced for the year levels and subjects that they will take beginning in AY 2017-2018.

4. Penal Clause — Violations of this Memorandum Order shall be treated as unlawful act of the law school under Section 30 of the LEBMO No. 2, Series of 2013 and subject to the imposition of any of the sanctions under Section 32 of the same regulation. CAIHTE

5. Effectivity — This Memorandum Order shall become effective fifteen (15) days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation and filing with the University of the Philippines Law Center.

Manila, Philippines. December 29, 2016.

(SGD.) EMERSON B. AQUENDEChairman