Environmental law education in PH
The University of the Philippines College of Law introduced environmental law as a course in 1992, and it later became a mandatory subject in all law schools in the Philippines. The Legal Education Board reformed law education, initially making environmental law a three-unit subject before revising it to two units and introducing a clinical legal education scheme.
The University of the Philippines College of Law was the first to offer environmental law as a two-unit optional course in 1992. In 1993, the Legal Education Board was created to regulate law education. Environmental law became a mandatory three-unit subject in all law schools. The San Beda Alabang School of Law immediately incorporated it into their curriculum. The Legal Education Board later revised the law curriculum, reducing environmental law to two units and introducing a clinical legal education scheme focusing on practice readiness. Law schools with legal clinics now provide legal consultation and assisted court appearances to the public.
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