BACHELOR OF LAWS
Faculty of Civil Law
BACHELOR OF LAWS
Faculty of Civil Law
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
PROGRAM CURRICULUM
FIRST YEAR (2 TERMS)
First Term
| Course Title | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| Constitutional Law 1 | 3 | |
| Criminal Law 1 | 3 | |
| Legal Research and Bibliography | 2 | |
| Legal Writing | 2 | |
| Persons and Family Relations | 4 | |
| Statutory Construction | 2 | |
| TOTAL | 16 |
Second Term
| Course Title | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| Basic Legal Ethics | 2 | |
| Constitutional Law 2 | 3 | Constitutional Law 1 |
| Criminal Law 2 | 4 | Criminal Law 1 |
| Legal Technique and Logic | 2 | |
| Natural Resources & Environmental Law | 3 | |
| Obligations and Contracts | 5 | Persons and Family Relations |
| TOTAL | 19 |
SECOND YEAR (2 TERMS)
First Term
| Course Title | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| Agrarian Law & Social Legislation | 2 | |
| Criminal Procedure | 3 | Criminal Law 1, Criminal Law 2 |
| Human Rights Law | 2 | |
| Labor Law 1 | 3 | |
| Land Titles and Deeds | 2 | |
| Property | 4 | |
| Public Corporation | 2 | Constitutional Law 1 |
| Sales | 2 | Obligations & Contracts |
| TOTAL | 20 |
Second Term
| Course Title | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| Administrative Law, Public Officers & Election Laws | 3 | Constitutional Law 1 |
| Civil Procedure | 5 | Criminal Procedure |
| Credit Transactions | 3 | Obligations & Contracts |
| Labor Law 2 | 3 | Labor Law 1 |
| Negotiable Instruments Law | 3 | |
| Public International Law | 3 | Constitutional Law 1 |
| Special Penal Laws | 2 | Criminal Law 1, Criminal Law 2 |
| TOTAL | 22 |
THIRD YEAR (2 TERMS)
First Term
| Course Title | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| Conflict of Laws | 2 | Persons and Family Relations |
| Insurance | 2 | |
| Intellectual Property Law | 2 | |
| Legal Medicine | 1 | |
| Partnership, Agency, and Trusts | 3 | Obligations & Contracts |
| Special Commercial Laws | 2 | |
| Taxation 1 | 3 | |
| Transportation Laws | 2 | |
| Wills & Succession | 4 | Property |
| TOTAL | 21 |
Second Term
| Course Title | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | 2 | Civil Procedure |
| Corporation & Securities Law | 5 | |
| Evidence | 4 | Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure |
| Legal Forms | 2 | |
| Problem Areas in Legal Ethics | 3 | Basic Legal Ethics |
| Special Proceedings | 3 | Civil Procedure |
| Taxation 2 | 3 | Taxation 1 |
| Torts and Damages | 2 | Obligations & Contracts |
| TOTAL | 24 |
FOURTH YEAR (2 TERMS)
First Term
| Course Title | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| Civil Law Review 1 | 5 | Persons and Family Relations, Property, Wills and Succession |
| Commercial Law Review 1 | 4 | Corporation Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property Law, Negotiable Instruments Law, SPCL |
| Constitutional Law Review 1 | 4 | Constitutional Law 1, Constitutional Law 2, EPA, Human Rights, Public Corporations, Public International Law |
| Labor Law Review | 3 | Agrarian Law and Social Legislation, Labor Law 1, Labor Law 2 |
| Practice Court 1 | 2 | Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Special Proceedings |
| Remedial Law Review 1 | 4 | Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Special Proceedings |
| TOTAL | 22 |
Second Term
| Course Title | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| Civil Law Review 2 | 4 | Civil Law Review 1; Credit Transactions; Obligations & Contracts; Partnership, Agency, and Trusts; Sales |
| Commercial Law Review 2 | 4 | Commercial Law Review 1 |
| Criminal Law Review | 4 | Criminal Law 1, Criminal Law 2, Special Penal Laws |
| Legal Counseling & Social Responsibility | 2 | |
| Practice Court 2 | 2 | Practice Court 1 |
| Remedial Law Review 2 | 4 | Evidence, Remedial Law Review 1, Special Proceedings |
| Taxation Law Review | 3 | Taxation 1, Taxation 2 |
| TOTAL | 23 |
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