PHILIPPINE BAR ASSOCIATION
The oldest voluntary national organization
of lawyers in the Philippines founded in 1891
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Statements are issued by the PBA on pressing issues. The PBA is firm that at all times, the rule of law must prevail. PBA lawyers speak up and speak up against injustice.
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President's Message
Mabuhay! It is a privilege to be elected the 57th President of the Philippine Bar Association and its Seventh Female President.
I became a member of the PBA in the 1990s and first answered the call to serve that same decade. I was witness to – and sometimes participant of – acts of courage to uphold the Rule of Law even then with PBA lawyers who risked threats to careers in practice in order to extract and protect the Truth. Some of the lawyers I worked with were perhaps a few years older than I but oft younger at heart. Some are still with us and fighting for the Rule of Law. Some have gone ahead to greener pastures where Truth and Kindness prevail.
Communiqué
Mar 30, 2023
- Mar 30, 2023
Localization and Cross-Border Data Transfers: Asia Update
The Philippine Bar Association (PBA) in partnership with LAWASIA conducted a webinar entitled “Localization and Cross-Border Data Transfers:…
Mar 30, 2023
- Mar 30, 2023
Legal Plus Hong Kong is Coming to Manila
Legal Plus Hong Kong is coming to Manila for the first time and will be having an event…
Mar 16, 2023
- Mar 16, 2023
UP Sunflower Run
The Philippine Bar Association (PBA) led by President Ernestine Carmen Jo D. Villareal-Fernando participated in this year’s UP…
Feb 28, 2023
- Feb 28, 2023
Induction of the 2023 PBA Board of Trustees, Officers and Council Of Advisers
The PBA Board, Officers and Council of Advisers marked their 2023 Induction in the hallowed halls of the…
Jan 19, 2023
- Jan 19, 2023
Philbar Christmas Party 2022
If you’re reading this, we sincerely congratulate you for surviving the COVID-19 pandemic, arguably the most devastating crisis…
Jan 04, 2023
- Jan 04, 2023
President’s Report 2022
2022 – President’s Report of Rodelle B. Bolante to the Board of Trustees and Members of the Philippine…