On February 5, 2025, Sara Duterte-Carpio became the first vice president in Philippine history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, when Congress held its last plenary session before it adjourned for the 2025 midterm elections. After three impeachment complaints, as well as a series of mobilizations both supporting and opposing the calls […]
From the University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS): Join us this April 23 to 25, as we bring together eminent scholars and local stakeholders for an important conversation about the Sulu zone’s path towards a peaceful and prosperous future. Committed in fostering a just, equitable, and sustainable […]
“It’s this kind of courage and self-confidence that Lagman employs within the House, where he wields a kind of silent authority over even older colleagues … This is the kind of man and legislator Lagman is: loyal, dogged, daring, and unafraid.” – Rina Jimenez-David, Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 19, 2010 The University of the […]
A “Filipino luminary in the field of international law,” “a pillar of the Philippines’ international legal academy,” and “one of the best Supreme Court justices we, unfortunately, did not have,” not to mention “one of the staunchest legal defenders of our country’s territorial sovereignty.” These are only some of the accolades from colleagues, former students, […]
The UP College of Law and UP Visayas are jointly offering the college’s Juris Doctor (JD) program to students based in the Iloilo City Campus.
With people’s lives, communications and business and personal transactions moving increasingly online, cybersecurity has become a necessity, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns keeping most people indoors and dependent on the Internet and technology. The University of the Philippines, through the UP Centre International de Formation des Autorités et Leaders (UP-CIFAL), the UP College […]
From CA to SC: UP alumnus and Philippine Court of Appeals Associate Justice Jhosep Ylarde Lopez took his oath as the Supreme Court’s 190th Associate Justice on January 26.
UP College of Law student Renee Louise Co takes her oath of office as the 38th Student Regent.
Retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, conferred a UP honorary Doctor of Laws, on the “the most powerful weapon” in the defense of PH sovereignty: “The great equalizer is the Rule of Law. Under the Rule of Law, right prevails over might.”
In a ceremony held at the Malcolm Hall, UP College of Law, on December 10, UP conferred a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, degree upon UP alumnus and retired Justice of the Supreme Court Antonio T. Carpio.
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
