QuestionsQuestions (LEB MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 13, S. 2018)
It is issued in accordance with Republic Act No. 7662 (Legal Education Reform Act of 1993) and pursuant to LEB Resolution No. 2018-204 adopted during the 81st En Banc meeting of the Legal Education Board on February 13, 2018.
Yes, subject to the parameters prescribed by the LEB; however, despite the general policy affirming academic freedom, law schools must still comply with the requirement to obtain a permit before conducting summer classes (Section 3).
It governs the offering by law schools in the summer term of classes that are not scheduled to be regularly offered in the summer term under the law curriculum approved by the LEB.
The law school must first obtain a permit from the LEB before conducting classes in the summer term (Section 3).
No credit shall be earned for classes conducted in the summer term without a permit from the LEB (Section 3).
Not less than six (6) consecutive weeks, inclusive of legal and special holidays, and days for midterm and final examinations and special activities (Section 4).
The maximum is nine (9) units, and in no case shall overload be allowed (Section 5).
The required minimum number of hours for lecture and practicum/apprenticeship subjects per credit unit as prescribed in LEB Memorandum No. 10, Series of 2017 must be satisfied for all summer classes (Section 6).
Not later than fifteen (15) days before the scheduled start of the summer term, counted from the date of actual receipt of the written application by the LEB (Section 7).
Applications not acted upon by the LEB shall be presumed approved after the lapse of the 15-day period, without prejudice to any adjustments or corrections that the LEB may actually direct.
A fine of P100 per day of delay for filing an application after the prescribed deadline (Section 12[a]).
It must include: (a) title of the subjects to be offered; (b) academic weight of each subject; (c) class days and time schedules of every subject; and (d) total class hours of each subject.
The application must be prepared and signed by the Registrar, countersigned by the Dean, and noted by the President (or the substitute authorized to act in his/her absence) of the higher education institution.
Applications received with incomplete information, or not signed by all required signatories, or not in proper form shall not be deemed filed and will not be processed (Section 11).
Yes. Due to the limited duration of the summer term, only elective subjects and subjects with two (2) units or lesser academic units or lesser academic weight are recommended to be offered (Section 10).
Violations of Sections 3, 4, 5, or 6 shall be considered unlawful acts of a law school and may be imposed the penalty provided in Section 32 of LEB Memorandum Order No. 2, and/or a fine of not less than P5,000 but not more than P50,000.
It becomes effective fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation and deposit of its copy in the National Administrative Register of the University of the Philippines Law Center (Section 13).