Supreme Court The Supreme Court (SC) resolved 3,975 judicial cases out of the 3,603 new cases filed in 2021 and 8,391 pending cases as of Dec. 31, 2020. This means that, for the first time since 2017, the SC had achieved, as of Dec. 20, 2021, a 110 percent clearance rate – total disposed cases
The Manuel L. Quezon University(MLQU) and The Asia Foundation (TAF) have entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that would establish the MLQU Law Clinic, which is envisioned to bridge the needs of people for competent legal assistance. MLQU, which also prides itself for setting a goal of i
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo (2) “True dedication to the spirit of public service requires pro bono lawyers (those who render their services free of charge) to be constantly visible, readily accessible and quick to action.” This was stressed by Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo i
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo on GOJUST II virtual launch Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo has laid down the Supreme Court’s (SC) “strategic plan” in the next five years to make the country’s courts “consistently efficient and accountable havens for the disadvantaged, the wronged, the i
GOJUST At least P1 million a year for two years will be granted to qualified law schools in their clinical legal education program (CLEP) by the Governance in Justice Programme (GOJUST), a European Union-assisted project in the Philippines. A statement issued by the Supreme Court’s (SC) p