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3 unusual facts about Ateneo Law School


Alexander Bangsoy

While studying at the Ateneo Law School, Alexander sold knitted cardigans to his classmates, friends and in Manila trade fairs.

Kaka Bag-ao

Raised in Loreto, Surigao del Norte (now part of Dinagat Islands), Bag-ao earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the De La Salle University, and her Juris Doctor (JD) degree from the Ateneo de Manila Law School.

Party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Panganiban in 2010 remarked in a lecture at the Ateneo Law School that "It’s very complicated and there must be an easier formula to compute," adding that the party-list law has to be amended by Congress.


Joaquin Bernas

Bernas served as Dean of Ateneo Law School, President of Ateneo de Manila University from 1984 to 1993, a Member of the Constitutional Commission formed by President Corazon Aquino in 1986, a Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines, and a Director of the Philippine Stock Exchange.

Lucas Bersamin

Justice Bersamin was a professor at the Ateneo Law School, the University of the East College of Law, and the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law.


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