In a bid to increase the number of practicing lawyers in the country, Senator Raffy Tulfo filed a bill seeking to provide tuition fees to qualified law students in state universities and colleges (SUCs).
Senate Bill 1610 or the proposed Free Legal Education Act of 2023 "seeks to ensure that law students will have access to legal education in the SUCs and at the same time increase the workforce of the legal profession."Tulfo said this will "pave the way for a sustainable human resource deployment in the public sector" which is critical for the nation's justice system.
"One of the reasons for the lack of access to justice in the Philippines is the shortage of practicing lawyers," Tulfo said. Under SB No. 1610, the Free Legal Education Program shall cover the tuition fees at the rate approved by the SUC governing board, as well as government-mandated bar examination and licensure fees and other school fees including but not limited to library fees and fees for prescribed books.
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