College of Law to award 25th Outstanding SULAW awardee
the Weekly Sillimanian
August 22, 2007
     

      THIS YEAR, ONLY A SINGLE BRONZE tablet will be added to the present 24 names listed on the Outstanding Silliman University Law (SULAW) Alumni Association awardees glass case located at the Villareal Hall lobby.

      It will bear the name of Dr. Rolando Del Carmen of SULAW batch 19565, who is the 25th Outstanding SULAW awardee since the award’s inception 10 years ago

      Del Carmen will be awarded in the field of legal education and is presently a professor of communal justice at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville Texas.

      According to SULAW president Atty. Eduardo Sedillo, this will be the first time that only one individual will be awarded since many of the nominated individuals were not able to complete submitting their requirements on time.

      “For the purposes of proper selection, we decided to take the other nominees for next year,” Sedillo concluded.

      According to Sedillo, any law alumni can nominate a fellow alumnus for the award. The nominees may be awarded in various fields: judiciary, government service, public service, court advocacy, human rights advocacy and legal education.

      ‘This is an award for members of the Law alumni who have more or less excelled in their field of endeavor and stood out from the rest of the alumni and in addition has lived a life consistent to Silliman’s motto of via, veritas, vita, “ Sedillo related.

      Del Carmen, did a Balik-talent lecture series on constitutional law last Aug. 13 at the Villareal Hall Moot Court. (by Kimberly Daphne V. Gari)

* Dr. Rolando and Josefa V. del Carmen are major patrons of the Dr. Jovito R. Salonga Center for Law and Development. The couple has contributed and established the Del Carmen Scholarship and has started a research assistantship grant for deserving law students in the Silliman University College of Law.