LEGAL EDUCATION BOARD Suite 1102, Ermita Center Building 1350 Roxas Boulevard, Ermita, Manila 1000 LEB MEMORANDUM ORDER (LEBMO) No: 6 Series of 2016 Subject: REPORTORIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LAW SCHOOLS Pursuant to its power to supervise law schools under Section 7(b) of Republic Act No. 7662, otherwise known as the Legal Education Reform Act of 1993, the Legal Education Board (LEB) hereby promulgates the following policies and regulations on the reportorial requirements of law schools: 1. Policy and Rationale ~ To improve the quality of legal education, it is necessary to gather complete, accurate and reliable baseline data. This is to ensure that policies which are responsive to the conditions and needs of Philippine legal education institutions are formulated to increase the effectiveness of the enforcement of standards in relation to the administration of legal education and monitoring of law schools. To this end, the LEB institutes a Law Schoo! Information reportorial system that all law schools shall comply with. 2. Reportorial Requirement — Beginning in the Second Semester of the ‘Academic/School year 2016-2017, all aw schools shall submit to the LEB a Law School Information Report (IIR) containing the following information within the indicated period: Information Cluster Information ‘Submission Schedule ‘A. HEI General Information | 1. Complete corporate name of | Not later than 45 days the Higher Education Institution | from start of the First (HEN) Semester/Term 2. Complete address of HEI 3. Academic Administrators 3.1. HEI President 3.2, HEI Registrar 4, Contact data: 4.1, HEI institutional landline telephone and facsimile numbers 4.2. HEI institutional electronic. mail address B, Law Schoal General T. Name ofthe law school unit _| Not later than 45 days Information 2. Complete address of the law —_| from start of the First school ‘Semester/Term 3. Contact data: 3.1 Landline telephone and eefacsimile numbers of the law school 41.1. Institutional electronic mail address of the law school Law dean 2.4. Complete name 2.2. Appointment date as law dean 2.3. Highest academic degree attained in legal education, date conferred, and name and address of granting institution 2.4, Personal mobile telephone number and electronic mail address C. Program Information . Legal education programs offered. Curricule 2.1, LEB approval date 2.2. School year implemented 2.3. Total academic load, but excluding units of non-law subjects imposed as institutional requirement License/Permit 3.1, Government Recognition Number 3.2. Granting agency 3.3. Year issued Delivery schedule Beginning and ending date of academic year Schedule of classes per year level and _block/section (subjects, academic weights, class. days and hours, and instructors/professors) Not later than 45 days from start of the First Semester/Term Information %: Tuition fee rates Other school fees (miscellaneous, laboratory and other fees) ‘Schoo! year when school fees were last adjusted/increased Not later than 45 days from start of the Semester/Term E. Students Profile Number of enrolled students broken down according to: Year levels Transferees admitted Gender (male or female) Full-time and working students Scholars per year level Wot later than 45 days from start of the First Semester/Term SS8 F. Law Faculty Profile | Information on the Taw faculty, | Not later than 45 days consisting of the following: from start of the First = Complete names of law | Semester/Term instructors/professors + Roll number + Gender distribution ‘+ Employment status in the HE! * Highest law degree obtained, year of graduation and granting institution + Teaching load, and law practice | experience related to teaching assignment G. Faculty Development [Information on faculty | Not later than 45 days development activities undertaken | from start of the First jin the preceding semester/term, | Semester/Term consisting of the following + Activity title * Subject matter of training, + Number of training hours + Number of participating active law faculty members Form — The LSIR shall be submitted using the form to be prescribed for the purpose by the LEB Chairman, and shall be co-signed under oath by the law school dean and university/college president. Filing ~The LSIR shall be filed with the LEB at its office address either by personal delivery, or through registered mail or courier service. The LSIR may also be required to be filed in digital/electronic copy by electronic mail provided that the sender shall use the institutional electronic mail address of the law school supplied to the LEB and is accompanied by a sworn certification co-signed by the law school dean and the college/university president that tthe print and digital/electronic versions are identical. LSIR submitted with incomplete or missing information shall not deemed filed. Updating — In case of any change in the information contained in the LSIR filed, it shall be the obligation of the law school to update its information with the LEB by submitting an LSIR Update Report within thirty (30) days from any such change. Non-Filing - The processing of - (i) LEB Certifications, (i) curriculum changes, (ii) document authentication, (iv) accreditations, (v) establishment of extension class or branch, and other transactions of a law school shall be deferred until it files the required LSIR for the applicable period. Penal Clause ~ Violation of this Memorandum Order shall be penalized by the sanctions provided under Section 22 of LEB Memorandum Order No. 2, Series of 2013, and/or fine of ‘One Hundred Pesos (P100) per day of delay, Transitory Provision ~ The LSIR for the Second Semester of AY 2016-2017 shall be submitted not later than February 28, 2017. ——— ae