Ethics Caravan News Today

THE Supreme Court (SC) is set to announce today, Friday, April 14, 2023, the fate of the 9,183 law graduates who took the 2022 Bar Examination held last November. Prior to the release of the results, the SC will hold a special en banc session to determine the 30 Bar…

The Supreme Court has approved the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability, which is a “modern, relevant and responsive guide for a lawyer’s conduct.”

The Supreme Court has disbarred two lawyers who claimed they have influence over the Court of Appeals and prosecutor’s office, respectively.

Supreme Court The Supreme Court (SC) holds the last leg of its Ethics Caravan at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila on Friday, Jan. 27, on information and consultation drive for the proposed Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA). The CPRA is the proposed se

Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo with other SC Justices during the visit by Australian Embassy officials led by Ambassador Hae Kyong Yu, Jan. 19, 2023. The governments of the Philippines and Australia renewed their commitments to work together for judicial reforms that would benefit the mar

Supreme Court There will be no work at the Supreme Court (SC) and in all trial courts in Manila on Monday, Jan. 9, the celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene. For the SC, the work suspension was ordered by Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo “in view of the expected heavy traffic in

Court Administrator Raul B. Villanueva (front row sixth from right) with trial court judges at the Manila Hotel. Oct. 26 and 27, in extensive discussions on Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations 2022-2027. The Supreme Court (SC) has started briefing the country’s trial court judges on their

CJ Alexander G. Gesmundo at the University of Mindanao in Davao City on Ethics Caravan, Oct. 24, 2022 Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo urged the country’s lawyers to erase the public’s perception “that in practice, lawyers -- either by hook or by crook -- use unsavory tactics to further th

Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo will lead the second leg of the information and consultation drive for the proposed Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA) on Monday, Oct. 24, at the Matina campus of the University of Mindanao in Davao City. The CPRA i

Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo during the launch of the proposed Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability in the practice of law. The Supreme Court (SC) has started its drive to inform the public and to get inputs and suggestions on its proposed Code of Professional Respons