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The Sandiganbayan Justices having completed their CMIS Training.

Sandiganbayan

ABA-ROLI in cooperation with the USAID-funded ROLE project and The Asia Foundation project has supported the computerization of the Sandiganbayan (i.e. anti-corruption court).  The Sandiganbayan now has ten cases slated for continuous trial and at least three of the five divisions are working successfully with the computerized court Case Management Information System (CMIS). Read more »»

 

Anti-Money Laundering Training

In conjunction with the Asian Development Bank, the Asia Foundation, the Rule of Law Effectiveness Program, and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Prosecutorial Development Assistance, the ABA has co-sponsored several anti-money laundering trainings on subjects such as best practices on court rules and procedures for money-laundering/civil forfeiture actions. Read more »»

 

The Chief Justice with representatives of the partners

New Code of Judicial Conduct for the Philippine Judiciary (Annotated)

To support and assist the members of the Judiciary in understanding the New Code of Judicial Conduct for the Philippine Judiciary, ABA worked in collaboration with the Philippines Judicial Academy (PhilJA) and the University of the Philippines Institute for Judicial Administration (UP-IJA) to develop an annotation of the new Code. Read more »»

 

Judicial Reform Index

ABA-ROLI conducted an assessment of the Philippine judicial system using its Judicial Reform Index, a tool developed by the ABA to assess judicial reform and judicial independence in emerging democracies and transitioning states. Read more »»

 

ABA-ROLI CD with some of our partners during the MCLE Workshop, Atty. Hector Martinez, then Pres. Phil. Bar Association (PBA) and Atty Fina Tantuico of PBA.

Continuing Legal Education

In order to improve regulation, oversight, and compliance of the Supreme Court's Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) program, ABA-ROLI assisted the MCLE Office in a survey to assess the effectiveness of the MCLE training program and to identify areas for improvement. Read more »»

 

Justice Antonio Carpio answering a query during open forum – Judge to Judge  Dialogue in Mindanao.

Judicial Education

To facilitate the sharing of common concerns and the exchange of ideas on how to meet professional challenges, ABA-ROLI is sponsoring a series of "judge-to-judge" dialogues in the Philippines. Read more »»

 

Development of Teaching Module in Legal Ethics

Symbolic turnover to Dean Magsalin, Pres. Phil. Association of Law Schools, copy of the module by the authors.

ABA-ROLI partnered with the University of the Philippines Law School to develop a module for a specialized ethics course. The process involved initial training on the use of interactive teaching techniques, the development and pilot testing of the ethics course during the second semester of 2005-2006 school year, and finally the compilation of the course reading materials. Read more »»

 

Scott Ciment, Country Director

For more information about the ABA in the Philippines, contact:
abaasia@staff.abanet.org

Background

The Philippines is an island nation located in Southeast Asia bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea, the China Sea on the north and west and the Celebes Sea on the south. The country is a cluster of 7,107 islands with a total land area of approximately 300,000 square kilometers.

Map of The Philippines

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ABA-ROLI has been implementing a comprehensive Program in Support of Law Reform in the Philippines through funding from USAID since 2003. In implementing these programs, ABA-ROLI works in close partnership with the Philippine Supreme Court, the Philippine Judicial Academy, the law faculties at the University of the Philippines and the Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippine Women Judges Association (PWJA), some local NGOs, and the two leading bar associations in the country, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and Philippine Bar Association. (PBA). ABA-ROLI implements the Philippines program through an American Attorney based in Manila, working in collaboration with two local attorneys. The programs are equally distributed among the three island groups, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

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Meet Our Staff

Renato Lopez

Renato Lopez (Jun), has been with ABA’s Asia Division since the opening of its Manila office in January 2004.  He previously worked as a legal specialist for another USAID-funded program, working on various legal and judicial reform projects. Read more »»

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