ALSP-Visayas coordinates with Salonga Center
October 28, 2007

      With the theme “Becoming Lawyers with a Conscience”, the Association of Law Students of the Philippines (ALSP) Visayas coordinated with the Dr. Jovito R. Salonga Center for Law and Development for the conduct of its regional conference last October 26-28, 2007.

      The ALSP is a law students’ organization composed of more than 60 law schools nationwide.

      The event was hosted by the Silliman University College of Law with the aim of molding future lawyers who have a strong sense of legal ethics and an undying compassion for the welfare of the marginalized and the environment.

      During the first day of the event, the Salonga Center sponsored a press conference with Rep. Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III of the 4th District of Quezon Province. He also chairs the Committee on Human Rights of the 14th Congress.

      The matters tackled were on extrajudicial killings, writ of habeas corpus, writ of amparo, the pending Human Rights Compensation Bill, and among others.

      On the other hand, the Salonga Center also organized an orientation at the Villa Marmarine Resort, Siquijor, Siquijor in the afternoon of the 28th.

      The Director of the Salonga Center Atty. Mikhail Lee L. Maxino lectured on the Environmental Law in the Philippine Context, while volunteers and junior law students of Silliman University Jorge Christian Cabrido and Christy Ann Marie R. Cong discussed the Current Environmental Issues and Overview of the Salonga Center, respectively.

      The said conference was attended by law students from Silliman University, University of San Carlos and University of San Jose - Recoletos in Cebu City and University of Iloilo, University of San Agustin and Aklan Catholic College in Panay Island. (by Christy Ann Marie R. Cong)