University of The Philippines College of Law - Organizations

Organizations

The college is home to several student organizations. The Philippine Law Journal, first published in 1914, is the official law review of the College. The Law Student Government is the official student government of the College. Under its auspices is the Academic Reforms Commission, an independent body that represents the students in the formulation and implementation of academic and administrative policies and regulations. The Bar Operations Commission is an independent constitutional body created in Feb 2009 that handles the holistic support system the college provides its bar candidates during the bar season.

Students who obtain a grade point average of at least 2.0 are inducted into the Order of the Purple Feather, the official honor society of the law college.

Among the student-organized organizations in the College are the Schola Juris Vespertina, composed of evening students, UP Women in Law, composed of female law students, and the Paralegal Volunteers Organization, composed of student volunteers who perform paralegal work for underprivileged and under-represented sectors of society.

Several fraternities and sororities operate within the College. The UP Portia Sorority is the only sorority based within the college. Other fraternities and sororities active within the college but are not college-based include Alpha Phi Beta fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega fraternity, Alpha Sigma fraternity, Beta Sigma fraternity, Brotherhood of the Filipinos, Delta Lambda Sigma sorority, Pi Sigma fraternity, Scintilla Juris fraternity, Sigma Alpha sorority, Sigma Alpha Nu sorority, Sigma Delta Phi sorority, Sigma Rho fraternity, Rizal Center and Upsilon Sigma Phi. Each of these groups can boast of prominent alumni of the College as among its members. To gain membership, candidates must undergo initiation rites to determine a candidate's emotional stability, physical endurance, and mental capacity.