Location: Philippine Law School Building, Intramuros, Manila
Category: Association/Institution/Organization
Type: Institutional marker
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1 December 1998
Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)
Marker text:
SITE OF THE PHILIPPINE LAW SCHOOL
THE PHILIPPINE LAW SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED BY MARIANO P. JHOCSON WITH RICARDO AND SIMEON C. LACSON AS AN EVENING LAW SCHOOL USING ENGLISH AS MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN JUNE 1915. IT WAS ACCREDITED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON FEBRUARY 17, 1916 AND BECAME THE COLLEGE OF LAW OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY IN 1921.
AMONG ITS ILLUSTRIOUS ALUMNI WERE PRESIDENT CARLOS GARCIA, SENATORS ARTURO TOLENTINO AND VICENTE PATERNO, PRESIDENT DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL STUDIED HIS FIRST TWO YEARS OF LAW IN THIS SCHOOL.
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