By: Bea Palma
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Entering the University of the Philippines Law School is on the bucket list of every aspiring lawyer or politician. Even with the university’s reputation of having a more affordable tuition fee, it may still cause financial burden to some families. This is where the Juris Doctor of Law scholarship comes to play. This scholarship is offered to any UP student who has majored in any of the prelaw courses (either as a Bachelor of Arts or Science)
- Political Science
- Philosophy
- English
- Economics
- History
The student must also have the minimum units for the following subjects:
- English (12 units)
- History and/or Economics (9 units)
- Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology (9 units)
- Course on Rizal (3 units)
The student must take the Law Aptitude Examination (LAE) and pass in order to avail of the scholarship.
There are also 31 private scholarships that support the students of UP Law School. These private scholarships are:
- CHIEF JUSTICE FRED RUIZ CASTRO
- JUSTICE CECILIA MUÑOZ PALMA
- OWEN L. WHITE
- TERESITA CRUZ SISON and MARIA TERESITA SISON GO
- PRESIDENT ELPIDIO QUIRINO
- VICENTE SANTIAGO y DEL ROSARIO
- MALCOLM II TRUST FUND
- U.P. LAW CLASS
- JUSTICE ALEJO LABRADOR MEMORIAL
- JUSTICE VICENTE ABAD SANTOS
- JUSTICE NATIVIDAD ALMEDA LOPEZ MEMORIAL
- UP LAW CLASS 1971 FOUNDATION, INC.
- JUSTICE IRENE R. CORTES MEMORIAL
- VIOLETA CALVO-DRILON
- JULIANA R. RICALDE
- PROF. ESTEBAN B. BAUTISTA
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES
- VIOLETA CALVO DRILON – ANGARA, ABELLO, CONCEPCION, REGALA & CRUZ LAW OFFICES
- CATALINO C. MACARAIG, JR.
- ROMEO LIM GO
- BENJAMIN V. ABELA, SR.
- VILLARAZA & ANGANGCO LAW OFFICE
- UP LAW CLASS 1977
- SALVADOR H. LAUREL
- JUSTICE JOSE C. CAMPOS, JR. SCHOLARSHIP
- PORTIA SORORITY
- CO, FERRER & ANG-CO LAW OFFICE
- JEJOMAR C. BINAY
- ROBERTO S. BENEDICTO
- UP LAW CLASS OF 1986 SCHOLARSHIP
- MA. GISELLA N. DIZON-REYES
To help with the scholarship grants, the aspiring lawyer needs to take the LAE in order to impress the UP School of Law. To help with this dream, AHEAD has the tools needed to do so. AHEAD is the best and most awarded tutorial and review center in the Philippines. AHEAD has branches located all over Metro Manila namely Katipunan, Ortigas, Binondo, and Alabang, the young and promising lawyer may find themselves in the prestigious UP College of Law when they avail of AHEAD’s services.