As the whole world celebrates the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Ateneo Law School (ALS) and the Ateneo de Naga University College of Law (ADNU Law) launched the Naga offering of the ALS Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Human Rights Law. Beginning January 2019, the LL.M. in International Human Rights Law will be offered at the Ateneo de Naga campus. With this pilot offsite offering of the LL.M. Program, ALS and ADNU Law envision to enhance legal education, develop research and scholarship, and enhance human rights advocacy by tackling contemporary issues in the domestic and international realms. The LL.M. Program can be completed in three semesters spread in one year.
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Ateneo Law School Dean Atty. Jose Maria G. Hofileña (second from left) with Atty. Amparita Sta. Maria (Ateneo Law School Graduate Legal Studies Institute Director),Fr. Robert Exequiel Rivera, SJ (president, Ateneo de Naga University),
Atty. Domnina T. Rances (ALS JD ‘08), Dean, Ateneo de Naga University College of Law and Atty. Ryan Jeremiah D. Quan (Program Officer, Ateneo Law School Graduate Legal Studies Institute).
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The International Human Rights Law Track is one of the four specialist tracks of the ALS LL.M. Program. Apart from studying human rights principles, norms, conventions, and mechanisms, the International Human Rights Law Track also gives emphasis on the application laws and conventions to human rights situation of marginalized and vulnerable sectors. Employing a multidisciplinary approach and dynamic teaching methods in its various course offerings, the track seeks to develop practical skills and substantive knowledge needed to become professionals and scholars in the field of human rights.
The LL.M. Program provides an avenue for quality continuing education in law following the Ateneo’s intellectual rigor in the tradition of Jesuit Education and imbued with a deep sense of Ignatian Spirituality that considers and embraces the world as the field of service. It also aims to broaden legal knowledge through functional and ethical research work that will contribute to national and international legal development. Recognizing that the need for global education and to train lawyers for cross-border legal practice and scholarship, the ALS LL.M. Program is the only LL.M. Program in the Philippines which provides specializations and has strong focus on international law.
The ALS LL.M. Program is administered by the Graduate Legal Studies Institute.
Inquiries on this LL.M. offering may be addressed to:
Office of the Dean
Ateneo de Naga University College of Law
+63 54 881 4130
adnulaw@adnu.edu.ph
