Tuesday, May 19, 2009

UE honors newly appointed Associate Justice Bersamin















The University of the East College of Law and the UE Law Alumni Association, Inc. will tender a Testimonial Dinner in honor of newly appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Lucas P. Bersamin on Saturday, May 16, 6 p.m., at the Champagne Salon of the Manila Hotel.

A ninth placer in the 1973 BAR examination, Justice Bersamin graduated from the UE College of Law in 1973; he is a faculty member of the UE College of Law and was honored as one of UE’s 60 Most Outstanding Alumni by the UE Alumni Association Inc. during UE’s 60th Foundation Anniversary and Diamond Jubilee in 2006.

Justice Bersamin was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on April 2, 2009 and was sworn into office the following day to assume the post vacated by retired Associate Justice Adolfo S. Azcuna. Prior to his appointment to the High Court, Justice Bersamin served as the Presiding Judge of Branch 96 of the Regional Trial Court in Quezon City . He was a Senior Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals at the time of his appointment.

Members of the UE Law Alumni Association Inc. are invited to this significant occasion. For more info, please call Haydee or Alan at the UE College of Law; tel. nos. 735-6978, or 735-5471 loc. 324.

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