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LIST OF LECTURERS
POLITICAL LAW
Prof. Rene V. Sarmiento (teaches Constitutional Law and Evidence at San Beda
College; Lecturer at the Philippine Judicial Academy; Former Comelec Commissioner;
Former Concom Commissioner (1986); Former Member of the Presidential Human
Rights Committee and former Deputy Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process)
Prof. Rolando Suarez (teaches Constitutional Law at MLQU School of Law; Bar
Reviewer at various review centers; book author)
Prof. Noel Tiampong (teaches Political Law at MLQU College of Law; Consultant to
various Congressmen; Former Chief Political Officer in the House of Representatives)
LABOR LAW
Dean Salvador Poquiz (Dean, University of Manila; teaches Labor Law and Political
Law at MLQU School of Law; former Bar Examiner in Labor Law; former Professor of
Labor Law at Polytechnic University of the Philippines and University of the East, book
author)
Prof. Generoso V. Santos (Executive Labor Arbiter, teaches labor law at MLQU School
of Law; reviewer at various review centers)
Prof. Sonny Matula (President, Federation of Free Workers (FFW); former Legal
Counsel of FFW; former SSS Commissioner; Former Commissioner of the Constitutional
Commission; teaches labor law at MLQU School of Law and Perpetual University)
CIVIL LAW
Prof. Rhet Serfino (3rd Placer in the Bar with a rating of 89.20%, Former SC Attorney
IV; Active Law Practitioner; teaches civil law at MLQU School of Law, Universidad de
Manila, Polytechnic University of the Philippines; reviewer at various bar centers)
Prof. Rolando Faller (Former Chief of Staff to the DOJ Secretary; former Sr. State
Solicitor with a rank of an RTC Judge and former Government Corporate Attorney IV
with a rank of an MTC Judge; teaches civil law at MLQU School of Law

Judge Fernando Vil Pamintuan (Former RTC Judge, Baguio City, 1998-2011;
Deans Lister, UP Baguio and UP College of Law; State Scholar of the Province of
Palawan; Associate Lawyer, Salonga, Ordoez and Yap Law Office, 1981-1983;
Professor of Political Science, History, and Law since 1976; Former Professor of Law
at San Sebastian College of Law, Manila; Philippine Christian University College of
Law, Manila, and St. Louis College of Law, Baguio City; President, UP Baguio
Alumni Association, 2001-2011; Confidential Atty. to Justices of the Supreme Court
and the Court of Appeals, 1987-1998; Special Studies in the Academy of American
and International Law, Dallas, Texas, USA;

TAXATION
Prof. Abelardo T. Domondon (4th Placer 1985 Bar; CPA-Lawyer; LLM, DCL, author
of taxation book, reviewer at UP, Ateneo de Manila, UST, former Chairman, Board of
Accountancy)
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Prof. Virginia Jeannie Lim (LLB, LLM (no thesis yet) in Taxation; MA; AB-Math;
teaches at FEU, St. Louie University, University of Baguio and University of the
Cordillera; reviewer at various review centers)
Prof. Carmencita C. Dabu (AB, LLB, Deans Lister, former BIR Litigation Supervisor;
former Technical Assistant to the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on the
Revision of Tax and Customs Law, teaches at the Universidad de Manila and Polytechnic
University of the Philippines, School of Law)
Prof. Ricardo Arlanza (scholar, LLB Cum Laude; CPA, Former Central Bank
Examiner; Former Usec of DAR; former Vice President for Legal of Land Bank; Bar
Reviewer in Taxation)
COMMERCIAL LAW
Prof. Romeo R. Robiso (Deans Lister, LLB MLQU; LLM at Northwestern University,
Chicago, Illinois, USA; former Law Editor, Federal Tax Department Commerce Clearing
House, Chicago, Illinois, USA; former Special Assistant to the DOJ Secretary; teaching
corporation law since 1982 at MLQU School of Law; former professor at FEU, UE and
PUP)
Prof. Minda Gapuz (CPA-Lawyer, MBA, MPA, teaches at MLQU, Arellano University
and PLM; reviewer at various review centers)
Judge Emmanuel Silva (RTC Judge, Bataan; former MTC Judge; Former Prosecutor;
former Legal Counsel of Export and Industry Bank; LLM major in International
Commercial Transaction, University of San Francisco, California, USA; MA in Public
Management, Ateneo de Manila University; teaches commercial law at MLQU School of
Law; reviewer at various review centers)
CRIMINAL LAW
Justice Edilberto Sandoval (Former Presiding Justice, Sandiganbayan; former RTC
Judge, Author: Pointers in Criminal Law, Reviewer at various review centers)
Prof. Pedro T. Dabu, Jr. (Scholar, AB Cum Laude; LLB Cum Laude, Bar Rating
84.725%; LLM (no thesis yet) at San Beda College; Former Prosecutor, Former City
Administrator; Active Law Practitioner; teaching criminal law since 1985; bar reviewer at
various review centers; Professor at MLQU School of Law and Guest Lecturer at
Adamson University College of Law and with soon to be published book titled The
Revised Penal Code: A Comprehensive Reviewer)
Judge Vivencio Baclig (AB; LLB; LLM (no thesis yet); Former QC RTC Judge; Former
City Prosecutor of Olongapo City; Former Provincial Fiscal of Ilocos Sur, Former State
Prosecutor, DOJ, teaches criminal law at MLQU)
REMEDIAL LAW
Justice Magdangal de Leon (Justice, Court of Appeals, former Assistant Solicitor
General, graduated LL.B. at UP as one of the top ten in the class.

Justice Oscar C. Herrera (Justice, Sandiganbayan, former Bulacan RTC Judge;

Awardee, Chief Justice Ramon Avencena Award for Judicial Excellence and Centennial
Judicial Excellence Award)
Dean Lope E. Feble (Scholar, Active Law Practitioner, Former Dean of the MLQU
College of Law; with LLM; teaches remedial law at MLQU School of Law; UST Faculty
of Civil Law and Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila; reviewer at various review
centers)
Judge Carlito B. Calpatura (AB; LLB; Former Editor of the MLQU Law Quarterly,
RTC Judge, Makati City; Former MTC Judge, former Prosecutor; lecturer at the
Philippine Judicial Academy)
Prof. Christian Villasis (AB, LLB, Dean Lister, consultant to the Committee on the
Revision of the Rules of Civil Procedure; teaches remedial law at MLQU; reviewer at
various review centers
Prof. Pedro T. Dabu, Jr. (Scholar, AB Cum Laude, LLB Cum Laude; Bar Rating of
84.725%; LLM (but no thesis yet) at San Beda College, Manila; Former Prosecutor,
Former City Administrator; Active Law Practitioner; teaching criminal law since 1985;
bar reviewer at various review centers; Professor at MLQU School of Law and Guest
Lecturer at Adamson University College of Law and with soon to be published book
titled The Revised Penal Code: A Comprehensive Reviewer)
LEGAL AND JUDICIAL ETHICS
Prof. Carmencita C. Dabu (AB, LLB, Deans Lister; former BIR Litigation Supervisor;
former Technical Assistant to the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on the
Revision of Tax and Customs Law, teaches at the Universidad de Manila and Polytechnic
University, School of Law)