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Tony La Vina
Dean Antonio G.M. La Viña, JSD is a teacher, thinker, leader, lawyer, human rights and climate justice advocate, and social entrepreneur. He has been an educator for nearly 40 years and is currently professor of law, philosophy, governance, and politics in a dozen universities and learning institutions in the Philippines. He is currently Senior Fellow on climate change and Energy Collaboratory Director of Manila Observatory.Dean Tony is known for his climate change and environmental expertise and his long time advocacy of human rights, indigenous peoples’ rights, good governance practices, and social entrepreneurship. He has been and is a leader of many Philippine and global institutions and organizations. He is widely published in the fields of law and governance, environment, human rights, social accountability, and social entrepreneurship.Dean Tony is a Mindanawon from Cagayan de Oro, belonging to the Chaves-Neri and Roa clans. He is married and has three sons.EducationDean Tony graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, and took up law at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman College of Law. He placed third in the 1989 Philippine Bar Examination.In 1991, Dean Tony attended Yale Law School for his Master of Laws (obtained in 1992) and Doctor of Juridical Science (obtained in 1995) degrees. At Yale, he focused on international environmental law and policy and wrote a dissertation on climate change.
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