IBP-DAVAO SPEARHEADS LAW WEEK CELEBRATION
In partnership with civil society organizations and law schools, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) – Davao City chapter spearheaded the city’s celebration of law week.
Joining IBP in Sunday’s motorcade are Luna Legal Resource Center for Women and Children (Luna), Ateneo Public Interest and Legal Advocacy (Apila), Union of People’s Lawyer in Mindanao (UPLM), Integrated Gender Development Division of the City of Davao, Ateneo Legal Aid Office, Talikala, Inc., Interface Development Interventions, Inc. (IDIS), Family Planning Organization of the Philippines (FPOP)Davao City Chapter, Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panlegal (Saligan), Tambayan Center, Inc., Adolescent Health Advocates in Mindanao, Child Alert - Mindanao, Mindanao Migrants Center for Empowering Actions (MMCEA), Gabriela Davao, Alliance Against Aids in Mindanao (Alagad), Women Studies and Resource Center, Lawig Bubai, and Nagkahiusang Kabataan aron Katungod Matagamtaman (Nakamata).
The four law schools in Davao City, namely: Ateneo de Davao University, Jose Maria College, Rizal Memorial Colleges and University of Mindanao also join and support the celebration.
“Though we have done some projects with particular organizations, this is the first time that major civil society groups come together to join IBP in the celebration of the law week,” IBP Chapter President Rogelio Largo said.
We are happy that finally, they have counted IBP as one of their partners, he added.
In 1995, the third week of September was declared as annual Philippine National Law Week through Presidential Proclamation No. 640. It reinforced Presidential Proclamation No. 1477 issued two decades earlier which declared September 19 of every year as Law Day. /