Rules Governing Apprenticeship Program[1]

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RULES GOVERNING APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
RULE 1. ELIGIBILITY
Only students who have completed at least two (2) years of J.D.
Curriculum are qualified for apprenticeship. A student may apply for
apprenticeship prior to completion of such period provided that by the end of
the semester in which the application is filed, the student shall have
completed at least two (2) years of the J.D. curriculum.
RULE 2. PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION
Students eligible for apprenticeship should secure the necessary forms
from the Law School Dean’s Office. The forms shall consist of the Students
Application (APR Form 1), the Supervising Attorney’s Acceptance and
Attestation (APR Form 2) and the Supervising Attorney’s Evaluation with
Certificate of Completion (APR Form3).
APR Form 1 must be accomplished in duplicate. All information
required in the application must be filled, including the name and address of
the Supervising Attorney (as defined in these Rules) chosen by the applicant.
Thus, prior to accomplishing the application, applicant must secure the
preliminary approval of the chosen Supervising Attorney. The accomplished
application must be submitted to the Dean for approval. If approved, the
original copy of the application should be submitted to the Supervising
Attorney while the duplicate should be left with the Dean’s Office.
The Supervising Attorney must indicate his formal acceptance of the
applicant by accomplishing APR Form 2, and returning the same to the
Dean’s office within ten (10) days from the date of acceptance.
Upon completion of apprenticeship, the Supervising Attorney must
execute APR Form 3 which must be returned in a sealed envelope addressed
to the Dean’s Office within thirty (30) days following completion of the
apprenticeship.
RULE 3. APPRENTICESHIP OFFICES
A) Subject to Rule 3B below, a student may undergo apprenticeship with
the following offices:
a) Any professional partnership with an established office and
engaged in the practice of law in the Philippines;
b) Any court of law (Municipal or Metropolitan Trial Court, Regional
Trial Court, Sandigan Bayan, Court of Tax Appeals, Court of
Appeals and the Supreme Court) in the Philippines;

c) Any Philippine government agency exercising quasi-Judicial
powers;
d) Public of private legal assistance agencies in the Philippines
such as the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) and the Free Legal
Assistance Group (FLAG).
e) The Legal Department of the following Philippine government
agencies: The Securities and Exchange Commission, the Board
of Investments, the Intellectual Property Office, the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, and the Department of Labor and
Employment;
f) Other Philippine government agencies such as the Office of the
Solicitor General, the Office of the Government Corporate
Counsel and the Office of the Ombudsman.
B) Students are not allowed to undergo apprenticeship in the following
offices:
a) A professional partnership where any of the partners is related,
within the fourth (4th) civil degree of consequently or affinity, to
the student proposing to render apprenticeship training.
b) Offices or agencies where the head of the office or agency
(“Head of Office”) is related, within the fourth (4 th) civil degree of
consanguinity or affinity, to the student proposing to render
apprenticeship training. As herein construed, Head of Office
shall mean the presiding Judge of a lower court or the Justice of
an appellate court under Rule 3 (A) (b), any of the
Commissioners, the Department Secretary or any of the
Assistant Secretaries or Undersecretaries, any member of the
Board, or anyone exercising similar functions in the agencies
under Rule 3 (A) (c); the Director and Assistant Directors or
anyone exercising similar functions in agencies under Rule 3 (A)
(d) and (e); the Solicitor General or any Assistant Solicitor
General, the Government Corporate Counsel or any Assistant
Government Corporate Counsel, the Ombudsman or any Deputy
Ombudsman or the Special Prosecutor in agencies under Rule 3
(A) (f), and anyone exercising similar functions as the foregoing
in offices and agencies under Rule 3 (C) below.
c) Offices or agencies principally engaged in business, including
their legal departments.
C) For offices and agencies not included in Rule 3 (A), but not disqualified
under Rule 3 (B), prior clearance must be obtained from the Dean.

RULE 4. PERIOD OF APPRENTICESHIP
A) As mush as possible, apprenticeship training should be undertaken
during the summer break to enable students to concentrate on
classroom subjects during the regular school year.
B) A minimum of 240 hours of apprenticeship training shall be required
for students to comply with the academic requirements for graduation
with a J.D. Degree, with a minimum of 120 hours to be undertaken for
each summer break. Subject to Rule 5 (B), a student at his option and
with prior notice to the Dean’s Office, may accumulate a total of 240
hours in one summer.
Students are encouraged to undergo
apprenticeship in at least two offices.
RULE 5. ACADEMIC CREDIT
A) A student shall earn academic credit of two (2) units for every 120
hours of apprenticeship training successfully completed.
B) In view of the limited nature of training which can be obtained from
Supervising Attorneys described in Rule 3 (A) (e) and (f), and those
covered under Rule 3 (C), only two (2) units of academic credit can be
earned for apprenticeship training under such Supervising Attorneys
regardless of the number of hours.
C) Four (4) units of academic credit for apprenticeship training shall be
required for graduation with a J.D. Degree.
RULE 6. SANCTIONS
Any untruthful statement in, or falsification of any of the
Apprenticeship Forms, shall be a ground for denial of academic credit for
apprenticeship training undertaken. In addition, such acts shall be ground for
disciplinary sanction, including dismissal.
RULE 7. EFFECTIVITY
These rules shall take effect on December 1, 2005 and shall continue
to remain effective until revoked, revised or amended.

Andres D. Bautista

Dean

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