Supreme Court Career
Herrera was elevated to the Supreme Court by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1979.
When Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency following the 1986 EDSA Revolution, the incumbent members of the Supreme Court, all of whom were Marcos appointees, were asked to resign. Herrera, along would Claudio Teehankee, Sr., Vicente Abad Santos, Nestor Alampay, and Hugo Gutierrez, Jr. were the only incumbent justices who retained their seats on the bench. President Aquino however opted to extend new appointments to these justices in lieu of extending their previous appointment by President Marcos. Prior to re-appointing Herrera, Alampay and Gutierrez, Jr. on April 16, 1986, Aquino appointed three new members to the High Court, Jose Feria, Marcelo Fernan and Andres Narvasa. As a result, Herrera, Alampay and Gutierrez, Jr. were supplanted in seniority by the Aquino appointees.
When Chief Justice Marcelo Fernan resigned in 1992 to run for the vice-presidency, Herrera was widely regarded as a leading contender to replace him. However, because she was overtaken in seniority by Narvasa after the 1986 reorganization, it was Narvasa who was named Chief Justice, even though Herrera had served on the Court longer. Herrera retired in May 1992.
Herrera was named as the Chancellor of the Philippine Judicial Academy upon its inception in 1996. The Academy is tasked with the professional training of members of the Philippine judiciary. Herrera served as Chancellor until May 2009.
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