Educational Background
Teodoro finished secondary school at Xavier School in 1981, and obtained his undergraduate degree in Commerce from De la Salle University in 1985. He then studied Law at the University of the Philippines from 1985 to 1989, and finished at the top of his class. He was also awarded the Dean's Medal of Academic Excellence. The same year, he passed the Bar with a score of 86.185 percent, landing No. 1 among thousands of examinees. In 1997, he obtained his Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
According to his classmates, Teodoro was "very intelligent", an unconventional nerd. They have also added that he is “very unassuming” and a “very cool” person. During his college days, he had not been involved in campus politics, and had been busy with his other commitments outside school, including being a member of the Sangguniang Kabataan in Tarlac and learning how to fly planes.
Teodoro had been a lawyer for seven years at the EP Mendoza Law firm. He was also admitted to the State Bar of New York.
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