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MEMORANDUM FOR: chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary All Concerned Office
For your information, attached is a photocopy of the letter dated February 19,
2001 of Ms. Ester A. Garcia, Chairperson, Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) informing the Honorable Chief Justice that the CHED has accredited the
degree of Bachelor of Laws with corresponding Bar eligibility as equivalent to a
relevant Master's Degree per its en banc Resolution No. 038-2001, a copy of
which is likewise attached. Parenthetically, the said Resolution includes the
degree of Doctor of Medicine with corresponding board eligibility as equivalent to
a relevant Master's degree.
In view of the above CHED policy and rationale, any other master's degree
earned by the individual relative to the discipline of law is considered equivalent
to a second or third Master's degree as the case may be. cralaw