QuestionsQuestions (LEB MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 16, S. 2018)
It was issued in accordance with Republic Act No. 7662 (Legal Education Reform Act of 1993) and pursuant to LEB Resolution No. 2018-207 adopted during the 80th En Banc meeting on February 13, 2018.
Because it directly supports the law school’s instruction, research, and extension components; it is necessary for students, law faculty, and researchers, and is required to maintain accreditation.
As far as practicable, it should be maintained separately from the main/other libraries of the higher education institution and situated within or adjacent to the law school building.
An enclosed area must be designated for the law collection with its own reading area for principal use by law students and faculty.
It must seat comfortably 15% of the entire student population at any given time.
Not less than 6 hours during regular class days.
It must operate at least 8 hours per day.
It must open at least two (2) hours before the start of the first class, unless it opens before 8:00 in the morning.
There must be at least one (1) full-time licensed librarian designated as the law librarian to attend during operating hours.
A full-time library support staff with appropriate academic training must be employed to attend to the academic law library during operating hours.
They must have training in legal bibliography, legal research, and law library management conducted by a professional association of law librarians.
One title each of: (1) Law dictionary, (2) Law thesaurus, (3) Legal encyclopedia, (4) Legal forms, (5) Legal maxims, and (6) Manual of legal citations.
A complete set of case/court reporter for decisions of the Philippine Supreme Court from 1901 to the present.
Textbooks: 2 titles within 5 years from copyright dates for every subject in the law curriculum. Review books: 2 titles/materials within 5 years from copyright dates for every subject area covered in the bar examinations.
At least 2 locally-published law journals via current subscriptions or exchange agreements to law schools, bar and professional organizations, and commercial publishers.
At least 2 copies for every title of required printed books and law materials. Exceptions: Sub-sections 9.a, 9.c, and 9.f require only one copy or set.
At least: (1) subscription to an online/digital case reporter and sources of statutes at a ratio of 1 for every 50 students; and (2) subscription to online foreign-published law journals at a ratio of 1 title for every 100 students (a printed copy of the international journal may substitute for an online subscription).
Failure to comply constitutes non-compliance with prescribed minimum standards for the law program, subject to appropriate administrative sanctions under LEBMO Nos. 1 and 2.