Mission
The Enverga Law School is committed to provide legal education to young men and women to prepare them for the ethical practice of law, democratic leadership, and promotion of justice.
In accordance with the Vision, Mission, and Goal Statements of the Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation and the Objectives of Legal Education of the Legal Education Board, the Enverga Law School has set as its general objectives the following:
- To train students to become lawyers imbued with virtues and legal competence;
- To prepare students for the ethical practice of law; to increase awareness among members of the legal profession of the needs of the poor, deprived and oppressed sectors of society; and
- To contribute towards the promotion and advancement of justice and the improvement of its administration, the legal system and legal institutions in the light of the historical and contemporary development of law in the Philippines and in other countries.
Towards the accomplishment of the foregoing general objectives, the Enverga Law School shall aim to accomplish the following specific objectives:
- To impart among law students a broad knowledge of law and its various fields and of legal institutions;
- To enhance their legal research abilities to enable them to analyze, articulate and apply the law effectively, as well as to allow them to have a holistic approach to legal problems and issues;
- To prepare law students for advocacy, counseling, problem-solving, decision-making, and to develop their ability to deal with recognized legal problems of the present and the future;
- To develop competence in any field of law as is necessary for gainful employment or sufficient as a foundation for future training beyond the basic professional degree, and to develop in them the desire and capacity for continuing study and self-improvement;
- To inculcate to the students the ethics and responsibilities of the legal profession; and
- To produce lawyers who conscientiously pursue the lofty goals of their profession and to fully adhere to its ethical norms.
Dean's Welcome Message
Since I took over the deanship of the Enverga Law School in June 2014, I introduced some reforms which are necessary to make this institution truly a global one. For several decades, admission to the college is an easy trek to the study of law as there was no entrance examination administered and interview conducted among the prospective students.
Thus, even before the implementation of Philippine Law School Admission Test (PhiLSAT) by the Legal Education Board (LEB), admission examination was given and an interview was undertaken. Incoming sophomore and junior law students were likewise subjected to intensive evaluation of their previous academic performance prior to their enrollment to the next level. Senior and graduating students likewise underwent a rigorous assessment before they were allowed to receive their diploma.
The curriculum was modified pursuant to the memoranda issued by the Legal Education Board (LEB) conforming to its standards. More elective subjects were added to the curriculum. Outcomes Based Learning Program (OBLP) was introduced where professors were required to submit not only an ordinary syllabus but a more detailed and substantive OBLP.
The corps of professors was gradually filled up by more competent and scholarly lawyers-lecturers including experienced prosecutors and judges. Academic loads were assigned to more qualified and dynamic professors. Law instructors were even given extraordinary discretion to fail their students if they did not meet the academic standards set by them.
Debate competition, free legal aid, and other academic activities were intensified to give the students a well-rounded academic experience while in the law school.
The University provided adequate financial and other support to the law school. For the past two (2) years, budget for the acquisition of SCRA and authored law books was doubled. Additional computers were installed. Internet connection was made faster. Old and malfunctioning air-conditioners were replaced with new ones. Moot court was refurbished. Parking area was made exclusive for law students and professors. Additional budgets were provided for the bar operations.
The change of the name of the College of Law to Enverga Law School is not only for the sake of name change but to serve as an inspiration for the law students to emulate the ideals set by its founder and first dean, Dr. Manuel S. Enverga, a holder of the degrees of Master of Laws (LLM, Meritissimus) from the University of Santo Tomas and Doctor of Civil Law (DCL, Sobresaliente) from the Universidad Central de Madrid, Spain.
It is also during the 2015, 2016 and 2017 graduation rites that the “Dr. Manuel S. Enverga Award for Outstanding Law Graduate” was given to the top graduating law students.
All of the foregoing reforms bore fruits as might be attested by the increase in the passing percentage of our law school in the recent 2016 Bar Examinations which gave us 46.15% passing percentage for the new candidates or six (6) new lawyers and one (1) repeater (9.09%) as compared to the previous years.
We have strengthened the law faculty, improved the passing percentage in the bar examinations, upgraded our library and research facilities, installed new air-conditioners in classrooms, utilized OBLP syllabuses, and maintained the moot court and the faculty lounge. The Enverga Law School Journal is underway.
College of Law
MANUEL S. ENVERGA, LLB, LLM, DCL
(LLB, Philippine Law School)
(LLM, Meritissimus, University of Santo Tomas)
(DCL, Sobresaliente, Universidad Central de Madrid)
Dean, 1949-1962
Birth of the Law School
On 11 February 1947, just two years after the Second World War, a young lawyer named Manuel S. Enverga founded the Luzonian Colleges (LC), nestled in the heart of the then Municipality of Lucena, Province of Quezon, to give the needy students access to higher education. Initially, the College of Liberal Arts was established with the two-year Associate in Arts (AA) as its first program, followed by the secretarial and education courses.
In 1949, the College of Law, housed in the old Lopez building along Granja and Burgos (now Enverga) Streets, was opened to the graduates of the Associate in Arts wanting to pursue legal education. The founder, Atty. Manuel S. Enverga, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) graduate of Philippine Law School, and holder of the degrees of Master of Laws (LLM), meritissimus (summa cum laude), and Doctor of Civil Law (DCL), sobresaliente (with highest honors), obtained from the University of Santo Tomas and Universidad Central de Madrid (Spain), respectively, served as the first Dean.
Primus Inter Pares
There were only six students who enrolled in the said college. In April 1953, they eventually graduated from the four-year law baccalaureate program. And in the same year, they took the bar examinations given by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Five of them successfully passed the bar the following year. They belonged to Class 1953.
A promising youthful student leader then, Atty. Anacleto C. Alcala, who served as governor of the Province of Quezon for more than two decades, led the new members of the Philippine Bar, among whom were Atty. Free R. Camaligan, the lone woman in their class, who served as fiscal (now called prosecutor) in the Bicol Region; Atty. Celso B. Florido, who joined the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor (formerly fiscal) in Quezon Province; Atty. Jose S. Ladines, who became a member of the judiciary as a municipal judge of Sampaloc, Quezon; and Atty. Celso M. Ortiz, Sr., who clerked in the Court of First Instance of Quezon (now Regional Trial Court).
There was no Class 1954.
Class 1955 had produced three lawyers: Atty. Felimon O. Juntereal and Atty. Joaquin M. Trinidad passed the bar in 1956 while Atty. Maximo D. Caparros did it in 1957.Atty. Caparros steered the provincial treasury of Quezon while Atty. Juntereal presided over the Court of First Instance of Quezon. Atty. Trinidad practiced law and was considered to be one of the most respected senior lawyers in Lucena City and environs.
The following year’s tough bar examinations gave Class 1956 a 50% passing percentage, much higher than the national average, with Atty. Juan A. Bardelosa, Jr., Atty. Alfredo M. Cuenca and Atty. Dante H. Diamante joining the prestigious bar organization.Another member of the class, Atty. Nacenciano A. Zoleta made it to the roll of attorneys in 1965. Atty. Bardelosa became a successful corporate lawyer while Atty. Cuenca served as chief of police of his hometown. Atty. Diamante was appointed as the youngest provincial fiscal and later on was elected vice governor of Quezon Province. Atty. Zoleta also served as chief of police.
In the hall of fame of Class 1957 hung the names of Attorneys Melquiades M. Refazo, David M. Tabuzo and Ceferino P. Caparros who passed the bar in 1961, 1962 and 1963, respectively. Prosecutor Refazo left a legacy of good public service and personal integrity while he was with the Quezon Provincial Prosecutor’s Office. Atty. Tabuzo proved to be a brilliant and efficient aide to former law dean, Congressman Manuel S. Enverga. He was later appointed to the Bureau of Customs. Atty. Caparros ended up the best clerk of court of the Court of First Instance of Batangas.
Lawyers Cesar D. Cabral (Bar ’59), Constancio L. Cusi (Bar ’59), Medardo L. Tumagay (Bar ’60) and Rosario C. Salamillas (Bar ’60) were the proud members of Class 1958 who turned-out to be the best legal luminaries in Quezon Province. An accomplished criminal and civil lawyer, Atty. Cabral was one of the brightest private law practitioners in the province. A poet-writer-turned-politician, Atty. Cusi had served the government of Lucena in many capacities. He rose to be the chief of police, secretary of the Municipal Board, secretary to the mayor, vice mayor and member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod for three terms. Atty. Tumagay, a famous campus orator and debater in his student days, served as the longest-running member of the Provincial Board of Quezon and Assemblyman of the Batasang Pambansa. The second woman-lawyer, Atty. Salamillas, used to argue her cases in court but has decided to take a more sedate life now as a notary public.
Of the five alumni of Class 1959, three hurdled the bar examinations. Atty. Leandro P. Garcia, who was elected delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention, is now a banker and civic leader. Atty. Felicisimo S. Garin rose to become a judge of the Regional Trial Court of Palawan. Both of them passed the 1960 bar examinations. Atty. Prudencio A. Yulde, who was municipal trial court judge of General Luna, Quezon did it in 1961.
The Legal Eagles
The following year, the College of Law had another bumper harvest in the dreaded bar examinations.Of the seven hopefuls belonging to Class 1960, four passed the bar with flying colors: Atty. Efren P. Garcia, Atty. Medardo B. Medenilla, Atty. Cipriano P. Maliwanag and Atty. Pedro S. Nantes.Atty. Laurel engaged in the private practice of law in Atimonan while the late CFI Judge Garcia sat for many years on the bench. Atty. Medenilla worked with NGOs to improve the plight of poverty-stricken sectors.The late Atty. Maliwanag was a long-time mayor of Candelaria, Quezon while Atty. Nantes was with the Lucena City Prosecutor’s Office. Another member of the class, Atty. Pedro O. Laurel, took and passed the bar in 1965.
The Class of 1961 added two members to the legal profession.They were retired Regional Trial Court Judge Francisco A. Remolona and Atty. Jovito E. Talabong, bar topnotcher, cum laude graduate, master of laws degree holder, former college of law dean, board member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, vice-governor and acting governor of Quezon Province, who both passed the bar in 1962.
ATTY. MARIO A. MILLAR, LLB
Dean, 1962-1968
Dean Manuel S. Enverga relinquished the deanship of the College of Law to Atty. Mario Millar in 1962. Among the members of Class 1962, only Atty. Anselmo O. Regis passed the 1963 bar examinations. However, the succeeding year witnessed the triumphant entry to the legal profession of Atty. Eulogio B. Alzaga and Atty. Antonio P. Rosario. Atty. Regis became the treasurer of both Quezon Province and Quezon City. Atty. Rosario joined the Office of the Quezon Provincial Fiscal. Atty. Alzaga engaged in the private practice of law.,/p>
Atty. Roman R. Mendioro led the six graduates of Class 1963 when he alone passed the 1964 bar examinations. He was followed by Atty. Walter B. Abela in 1966 and Atty. Ricardo O. Rosales, Jr. in 1967. All new lawyers started a thriving private law practice until one of them, Atty. Rosales, Jr.was appointed presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon. The other two, Attys. Abela and Mendioro continued their private law practice.
Atty. Ruperto Z. Zarzuelo of Class 1964 was the lone bar passer that year. He retired from the Quezon Provincial Prosecutor’s Office and was one of the respected civic and religious leaders of Tayabas City.
Class 1965 had three successful bar examinees – law practitioner Atty. Antonio B. Magtibay, Prosecutor Emmanuel A. Grimaldo and Judge Antonio V. Mendez of the Regional Trial Court in Gumaca, Quezon who all passed the 1966 bar examinations.
A grand torch parade marked the successful hurdling of the 1967 bar examinations of Class 1966 headed by Atty. Clemente T. Alcala, Vice Governor Atty. Roberto P. Racelis, State Prosecutor Bienvenido A. Cortez, and MSEUF President Atty. Jose S. Laureles. The class had a nearly 90% passing average, with Atty. Alcala landing in the top twenty.
Attys. Dencio CH. Rubio and Federico A. Lascieras of Class 1967 passed the bar examinations in 1970 and 1972, respectively.Atty. Lascieras engaged in private law practice while Atty. Rubio served the government as clerk of court in the Court of First Instance of Quezon.
LUZONIAN UNIVERSITY
College of Law
LUZONIAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
College of Law
ATTY. JOVITO E. TALABONG, AA, LLB, LLM
(AA, LLB, Cum Laude, Luzonian Colleges)
(LLM, Benemeritus, University of Santo Tomas)
Dean, 1969-1976
The Luzonian Colleges attained full university status on August 8, 1968. The following year, the College of Law gifted the University its firstlawyer, Atty. Edgardo P. Balquiedra, who served the Province of Marinduque for a number of years as the provincial prosecutor. He was the lone star of Class 1968.
The record set by Class 1969 was another source of pride for the new University. Eighty per cent (80%) or four of their members passed the 1970 bar examinations. There was another torch parade and the morale of the College was at an all-time high.The class had Atty. Antonio P. Acyatan, Atty. Edilberto H. Amat, Atty. Emmanuel A. Garcia and Judge Bienvenido A. Mapaye.
Atty. Acyatan, who graduated cum laude and placed 11th in the 1970 bar examinations, owns and manages a legal, accountancy and consultancy firm in Manila, after a stint as a senior officer in several of the country’s leading banking institutions.He was the first president of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) from a provincial chapter. He was later elected president of the ASEAN Federation of Accountants.
Atty. Amat worked with the military as judge advocate and Atty. Mapaye presided the municipal trial court of Sariaya, Quezon and the Regional Trial Court Branch 55 of Lucena City until his retirement. Atty. Garcia engaged in the private law practice.
The Law Advocates
Two years later, on February 12, 1970, Luzonian University became a foundation. In 1971 and 1972, the legal academic community welcomed the entry of the third and fourth women-lawyers who belonged to Class 1970, the first being Atty. Free R. Calamigan of Class 1953 and the second, Atty. Rosario C. Salamillas of Class 1958, in the portal of the university.
Atty. Thelma Y. Desembrana and Atty. Fe G. Mercado both begun their career at the Department of Justice. The former became the chief city prosecutor of Lucena City while the latter was one of her assistant city prosecutors.Their classmate, Atty.Marcelino J. Dy, who also passed the 1971 bar examinations worked as a senior executive officer in a major Philippine corporation based in Manila.
Class 1971 was just too proud when the 1972 bar examinations were released as two of their classmates made it to the roll of attorneys, to wit:Atty. Bayani C. Anastacio and Atty. Ernesto J.Lavado. Another classmate, Atty. Rodel L. Ambas, joined them to the hallowed list of lawyers after making it in the 1973 bar examinations.
Atty. Anastacio defended the marginalized poor, the helpless indigents and the powerless citizens while working at the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) under the Department of Justice in Lucena City. He then oversaw the operations of the city government of Lucena as city administrator.
Atty. Lavado joined another agency of the Department of Justice: the Prosecution. As a provincial fiscal, he prosecuted criminal cases which were handled by his classmate, Atty. Anastacio. On the other hand, Atty. Ambas, as a private law practitioner, either appeared in court as a private prosecutor helping his classmate, Fiscal Lavado, or assisting Anastacio in the defense of his clients.
Atty. Manuel V. Garcia of Class 1972 survived the grueling1973 bar examinations. He started his career at the Office of the City Prosecutor of Lucena and retired thereat.
Two members of Class 1973 emergedvictorious in separate years of bar examinations. Atty. Primo L. Marquez conquered the 1977 final bar tests while Atty. Reverito P. Carurucan triumphed over the 1979 one.
Atty. Carurucan attended to the less fortunate brethren while at the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) while Atty. Marquez presided over the Municipal Trial Court of Sariaya, Quezon.
Class 1974 reared its two favorite sons to become lawyers in 1980: Atty. Ramon D. Borja, who is at present still in the active private practice of law and Atty. Celso M. Reyes, who is inactive in the field of lawyering but involved in his businesses.
There was no Class 1975.
The lone survivor of the 1977 bar examinations was Atty. Emmanuel V. Hilario of Class 1976. Currently, he is still active in the private practice of law in Lucena City and in the Province of Quezon.
Another member of the class, Atty. Uldarico M. Jusi, took the bar examinations in 1977 and passed it in 1978. A private law practitioner until his death, he was the last successful barrister before the college of law became non-operational from 1977 till 1986. Thus, from 1978 to 1990, the university had not graduated any law student to make another member of the bar.
The Hiatus
LUZONIAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
College of Law
(Non-operational, 1977-1981)
MANUEL S. ENVERGA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
College of Law
(Non-operational, 1981-1986)
Founder-President Dr. Manuel S. Enverga passed away on June 14, 1981, secured in the knowledge that the university he founded would continue to serve the citizens of Quezon and the rest of Luzon. The Board of Trustees approved the renaming of the Luzonian University Foundation to Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation in 1983 in recognition of the founder-president’s legacy to the University.
The Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation College of Law provisionally stopped its academic operation in 1977. It reopened its door to the new law students in 1986 under the deanship of Atty. Ismael T. Portes who became judge of the Regional Trial Court of Lucena City.
MANUEL S. ENVERGA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
College of Law
JUDGE (RET.) ISMAEL T. PORTES, LLB
Dean, 1986-1992
The Reborn Attorneys
Dean Ismael T. Portes guided the reborn college of law which accepted students in 1986 until it graduated twenty-one would-be bar examinees comprising Class 1990. The first who hurdled the bar in 1991 was Atty. Calixto L. Dauz, Jr., a doctor of medicine and a constabulary officer. He left the police service and established his own law office.
In 1992, three members of the class – Atty. Percival B. Peralta who is based in Manila, Atty. Enrico J. R. Villanueva and Atty. Cesarito C. Villariba who are both private law practitioners, followed Atty. Dauz, Jr. in his footsteps. Atty. Villariba was the Dean of the law college from 2007 to 2014.
Atty. Carlito O. Enverga is the last member-lawyer of the class who passed the bar examinations in 1997. He sits in the Board of Trustees of this University and acts as its corporate secretary.
Atty. Ronaldo A. V. Calayan and Atty. Elizabeth M. San Juan-Mata are the prominent graduates of Class 1991. Both of them became members of the bar in 1993. Atty. Calayan is the president of the Calayan Educational Foundation, Inc. (CEFI). Atty. San Juan-Mata presides over the Municipal Trial Court of Gumaca, Quezon.
There are three members of Class 1992, two of whom are noweminent private law practitioners: Atty. Eugene R. A. Parrone (Bar ’94) and Atty. Ma. Gladys N. Dequina (Bar ’99). Atty. Margarette Anunciata B. Dauz-Aspacio is a municipal trial court judge in San Antonio, Quezon. They are the last bar passers under the deanship of retired Judge Ismael T. Portes.
ATTY. ROLANDO F. DEL CASTILLO, LLM
(LLB, Ateneo de Manila University)
(LLM, Harvard University)
Dean, 1992-2004
ATTY. GILBERT D. CAMALIGAN, LLB
(LLB, Manuel L. Quezon University)
Co-Dean, 1992-2004
Deans Rolando F. del Castillo and Gilbert D. Camaligan took over the academic helm from Dean Ismael T. Portes in 1992. The following year witnessed the graduation of the third cum laude in the thirty year-history of the college of law. Atty. Efren L. Dizon, who passed the bar in 1996, is a member of Class 1993.
Three years after 1993-1994 and another three years after 1998-1999, only one lawyer was produced by each class. Class 1995 gave the University Atty. Bayani D. Abante (Bar ’97), who now works abroad; Class 1996 – Atty. Calixto F. B. Dauz III (Bar ’97), a private law practitioner; and Class 1997 – Atty. Arnel B. Caparros (Bar ’98) and Atty. Walter Innocencio V. Arreza (Bar ’01), both municipal trial court judges of the Municipal Trial Courts of Atimonan and Pitogo, Quezon, respectively.
The Millennial Lawyers
Atty. Diego Q.Francia of Class 2000 passed the bar in 2002. He is the clerk of court of the Regional Trial Court of Gumaca, Quezon. Atty. Alelie B. Garcia, a member of Class 2001 and presiding judge of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Polillo-Panukulan, Quezon and Atty. Melville W. L. Aureada of Class 2002 and assistant provincial prosecutor of Quezon, both hurdled the bar examinations in 2005.
Class 2004 brought out the best in their members when Atty. Romulo A. Yap, Jr. and Atty. Lilibeth C. Lorena passed the bar in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Atty. Yap is a law practitioner while Atty. Lorena is an assistant provincial prosecutor of Quezon.
ATTY. DANTE MIGUEL V. CADIZ, AB, LLB, LLM
(AB, University of Santo Tomas)
(LLB, Salutatorian, Dean’s Scholar, Ateneo Law School)
(1982 Bar Topnotcher)
(MBA, Ateneo Graduate School of Business)
(LLM, University of Pennsylvania Law School and Wharton School of Business)
Dean, 2004-2007
After twelve long years of shepherding the College of Law, Dean Gilbert D. Camaligan walked down the hall of the law institution and turned over the rein to Atty. Dante Miguel V. Cadiz. Under his deanship, eight law alumni inscribed their names in the roster of lawyers.
Leading these lawyers are Atty. Donabella C. Talabong (Bar ’06) of Class 2005, formerlyof the Public Attorney’s Officeand now an assistant city prosecutor of Lucena. Shewas followed by five members of Class 2006, four of whom passed the bar in 2007, and in 2008.
They are Atty. Ma. Exequiela C. Briones, based in Singapore; Atty. Agnes C. Empensando, assistant city prosecutor of Tayabas City; Atty. German M. Fabro III, a private law practitioner;Atty. Candice A. R. Panol, assistant city prosecutor of Lucena;and Atty. Mark D. Zoleta, former city legal officer of Lucena City and also a private law practitioner.
Atty. Carmi D. Magsino (Bar 2008), chief of the Public Attorney’s Office in Lucena City and Atty. Joycee M. Pabellano (Bar 2010), clerk of the Regional Trial Court Branch 56, both in Lucena City, of Class 2007 are the last bar passers under the stewardship of Dean Dante Miguel V. Cadiz.
ATTY. CESARITO C. VILLARIBA, AB, LLB
(LLB, Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation) Dean, 2007-2014
Dean Dante Miguel V. Cadiz resigned before the start of the first semester of the school year 2007-2008. Atty. Cesarito C. Villariba, the second law alumnus of the college of law who was appointed dean (the first one was Dean Jovito E. Talabong), took over the deanship.
Under his deanship, there are nine (9) lawyers who became members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) belonging to five classes.
Class 2008 has three: Atty. John M. Belleza (Bar ’09), assistant city prosecutor of Lucena; Atty. Rolando R. Recto (Bar ’10), third-term municipal councilor of Buenavista, Quezon; and Atty. J. Federico M. Gendrano (Bar ’11), assistant provincial prosecutor of Quezon assigned in Gumaca, Quezon.
Class 2009 includes Atty. Ana Mei S. Barbacena (Bar ‘2012), the incumbent city election officer of Lucena, and Atty. Christian Arvin S. Barlan (Bar ‘2012), a private law practitioner.
Class 2011 boasts of their members who took the bar examinations in 2011 and passed the same the following year 2012. Atty. Ivan D. Abesa, is still connected with the Philippine National Police. Atty. Maria Theresa O. Avila is the clerk of the Regional Trial Court Branch 53 in Lucena City. Atty. Alwin P. Racelis is engaged in the private practice of law.
Class 2012 brags that they have Atty. Gil Matthew B. Cabanting who made it to the bar in 2013.
ATTY. JOSEPH ADOLFO C. ILAGAN, AB, LLB
(LLB, San Sebastian College)
Dean (OIC), May-June, 2014
The sudden resignation of Dean Cesarito C. Villariba in April 2014 gave way to the designation of Atty. Joseph Adolfo C. Ilagan as OIC-Dean. He served only for two months from May to June 2016.
ENVERGA LAW SCHOOL
(Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation)
REY OLIVER S. ALEJANDRINO, AB, LLB, LLM, DCL
(AB, Dean’s List and Scholar, Xavier University)
(LLB, Grantee, Gregorio Araneta Memorial Law Scholarship, Ateneo Law School)
(LLM, Cum Laude, University of Santo Tomas)
(DCL, Dissertation-Magna Cum Laude, University of Santo Tomas)
Dean, 2014-to date
Dr. Rey Oliver S. Alejandrino was appointed Dean in June 2014 following the resignation of Dean Cesarito C. Villariba. Upon assumption to office, he caused the renaming of the college of law to Enverga Law School and the making of a new seal. He administered an admission test and interview not only to the incoming freshmen, but also to the sophomore and junior law students to determine their scholastic capability to proceed to the next level of the law course.
Dean Alejandrino provided better support to the Bar Operations which helped the bar examinees a lot. Atty. Kristine D. Pabico of Class 2013 and Atty. Geoff Lyn D. San Agustin of Class 2015 successfully crossed the 2015 bar examinations to make the 101st and 102nd marks to the honorable roll of lawyers of the Enverga Law School.
For the first time in the history of the college of law in its entire sixty-four (64) years of existence, the Enverga Law School produced seven (7) new lawyers, five (5) of them are members of Class 2016, one belonged to Class 2015 and the other one is a member of Class 2013. Attys.Carolaine Ann A. Aguila, Charmelaine A. Lahat, Eunice R. Mansion, Sotero A. Rodrigo, Jr., Cryzal Lyn G. Rosales, and Richard P. Tolcidas passed the bar the first time they took it. Atty. Jack Benigno A. Diamante, a member of Class 2013, is the seventhnew lawyer of Bar 2016.
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Admission & Retention Policy
(Effective School Year 2018-2019)
ADMISSION:
- The required stanine is 5 in the College Entrance Test for BS in Civil Engineering program.
- The required stanine is 4 in the College Entrance Test for BS in Mechanical, Electrical, and Electronics Engineering programs.
- The required stanine is 3 in the College Entrance Test for BS in Geodetic, Industrial and Computer Engineering Programs.
RETENTION:
TO ENROLL IN THE SECOND (2ND) YEAR:
- A student in board courses obtaining failing grades after the 2nd semester of 1st year in 3 or more major/professional subjects, he/she is advised in the following courses: industrial and computer engineering.
- A student in Industrial and Computer engineering programs obtaining failing grades after the 2nd semester of 1st year in 3 or more major/professional subjects, he/she is advised to enroll with reduced loads.
- For courses with board examination, the required grade is 2.25 in Differential and Integral Calculus, Engineering Data Analysis and Physics without failing grades in other subjects. Qualifying examination is given if a student does not meet the required grade and other requirements.
- QUALIFYING EXAMINATION or retention examination for their intended course must be 75% or higher for courses with board examination. If the student fails (with below 75% grade), he/she is advised to enroll in the following courses (Industrial and Computer Engineering).
TO ENROLL IN THE THIRD (3RD) YEAR:
- Students must have completed NSTP/ROTC, EUTHENICS & PE subjects.
- A student in board courses obtaining failing grades after the second semester of second (2nd) year in three or more major/professional subjects, he/she is advised to enroll in the following courses (Industrial and Computer Engineering).
- A student in Industrial and Computer Engineering programs obtaining failing grades after the second semester of second (2nd) year in three or more major/professional subjects, he/she is allowed to enroll with reduced loads.
TO ENROLL IN THE FOURTH (4TH) YEAR:
- Students must have completed an On-Job-Training (OJT). The On-Job-Training is taken every Summer of 3rd Year.
- To qualify for On-Job-Training, student shall have taken and passed all subjects up to 3rd year. Only On-Job-Training (OJT) shall be taken every Summer of 3rd year.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Fourth year engineering students in board courses shall take and passed an exit examination of all review courses during the 1st semester of the school year, while in non-board courses, students shall take and passed an exit examination in the following courses during the 1st semester of the school year:
Industrial Engineering – Project Feasibility, System Engineering & Supply Chain Management
Computer Engineering – Software Design and Operating/Embedded System
The exit examination is given during the final examination of the 1st semester. The passing grade in the exit exam is a standard 75% to qualify to enroll in the correlation courses of the 2nd semester.
- Students enrolled in any engineering course is allowed only to take the course within a maximum period of five years.
For GRADUATING STUDENTS:
- External Review is provided in the school through correlation courses in the curriculum every second semester. It should be taken by students to prepare and pass the simulated board/comprehensive examination.
Passing four (4) simulated assessment board/comprehensive examination is a requirement for promotion for graduation.
For GRADUATES of COURSES WITH BOARD/CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS:
- Passing the scheduled pre-board/comprehensive examination is a requirement for the issuance of Certification to allow the graduate to apply to take licensure/certification examination.
Rey Oliver S. Alejandrino, AB, LLB, LLM, DCL
Dean
Faculty
Alzona, Michael Frederik De Mesa
Apordo, Mark Christian Banagan
Avila, Maria Theresa Obeña
Ayangco-Son, Edelyn Bayot
Baddiri, Edilwasif Tapsiril
Belleza, John Mancenido
Bravo, Agripino Roxas
Brion-Bakilan, Eden Capanzana
Cabanting, Gil Matthew Beltran
Cadiz, Leonel Padrique
Ceballos, Robert Joseph Capino
Cruz, Stephen C.
De Leon, Judith Marie B.
Dychitan, Pamela Marie Fabia
Lagman, Francisco Ferdinand Flores
Llamzon, Ines Katrina Maliwat
Magsino, Carmi D
Santos, Gail Joseph Santos
Serrano, Juanito D
Sia, Francis Xavier Chionglo
Sulit, Tristan Jam Ladaga
Villariba, Cesarito C.
Dr. Rey Oliver Alejandrino
Duhaylongsod, Jose Maria Baronia
Ilagan, Joseph Adolfo C.
Lim, Eileen
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