Negros Island Region Establishment

Establishes PHILJA as a separate component unit of the Supreme Court.
PHILJA operates under the administration, supervision, and control of the Supreme Court.

Serves as a training school for justices, judges, court personnel, lawyers, and judicial aspirants.
Responsible for providing and implementing a curriculum for judicial education.
Conducts seminars, workshops, and training programs to improve legal knowledge, moral fitness, probity, efficiency, and capability.
Performs other necessary functions related to its mandate.

PHILJA shall be located in Tagaytay City or other locations as determined by the Supreme Court.

Composed of the Chief Justice (Chairman), Senior Associate Justice (Vice Chairman), Chancellor of the Academy, Presiding Justices of the Court of Appeals and Sandiganbayan, Court Administrator, Presidents of Philippine Judges Association and Philippine Association of Law Schools, and an appointive Judge member.
The appointive member must have at least five years as a first-level court Judge and five years teaching law.
Appointed by the Supreme Court for one-year terms, renewable.
Ex officio members serve for their term in office.
Members serve without compensation but may receive reasonable honoraria or allowances.

Composed of Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, and Executive Secretary appointed by the Supreme Court for two-year terms, with eligibility for reappointment.
Chancellor and Vice Chancellor qualifications: meritorious service as appellate court members or Regional Trial Court Judges and law school teaching experience.
Executive Secretary has qualifications equivalent to a Regional Trial Court Judge and serves full-time, also as the Recorder-Secretary of the Board.
Compensation: Chancellor equals Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; Vice Chancellor equals Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals.
Service in PHILJA counts as judicial service for retirement and benefits except where otherwise prohibited.
Executive officials are prohibited from private practice.

Lecturers are nominated by Board members, approved by majority vote of the Board and formal appointment by the Supreme Court.
Appointed for two-year terms, with possibility for reappointment.

Curriculum, academic courses, and publication of judicial journals and legal writings determined by the Chancellor with Corp of Lecturers consultation and Board approval.

Determined by the Chancellor in consultation with Lecturers and approved by the Board.

Completion of prescribed programs and requirements is a prerequisite for appointment or promotion to any Judicial position or vacancy.

PHILJA may enter consortium agreements with educational and training institutions for orientation, career development, and continuing education.
Honoraria and other emoluments for consortium personnel are not paid from PHILJA funds.

All conventions of judges and court personnel must include PHILJA educational programs according to prescribed rules.

All income, legacies, gifts, and donations to PHILJA are exempt from all forms of government taxes and charges.

All legacies, gifts, and donations form a special fund managed by the Board for exclusive use in PHILJA operations.

All properties associated with the Academy are automatically transferred to PHILJA upon effectivity of this Act unless otherwise specified.

Funding for PHILJA's operations, maintenance, and improvements included annually in the General Appropriations Act under the Supreme Court's program.

If any part of the Act is declared invalid, the remainder continues to be in force.

Laws, rules or regulations inconsistent with this Act are repealed or amended accordingly.

The Act takes effect 15 days after complete publication in the Official Gazette or in two newspapers of general circulation, whichever earlier.