Philippine Law Curriculum Course

Here’s the latest Philippine Law Curriculum course outline. If you are a law student or want to take up law school soon, this college of law curriculum will guide your studies and law journey.

Law school is very challenging, but passing the BAR exam will eventually be your next goal if you have finished it with flying colors.

Use the Law Syllabus as your easy guide in pursuing law school. Check out the most common college of law curriculum below.

Some colleges and universities follow a two-semester program like the famous San Beda School of Law. You can see below their sample Philippine law curriculum course. Other universities follow a Trimester outline.

Philippine Law Curriculum Course

First Year – First Semester

• Persons and Family Relations (5 units)
• Criminal Law 1 (4 units)
• Constitutional Law 1 (3 units)
• Statutory Construction (2 units)
• Legal Research and Bibliography (2 units)
• Legal Profession (1 unit)
• Seminar 1 on Study Techniques (1 unit)

First Year – Second Semester

• Obligations and Contracts (5 units)
• Criminal Law 2 (4 units)
• Constitutional Law 2 (3 units)
• Legal Writing (2 units)
• Legal Ethics (2 units)
• Legal Philosophy (2 units)
• Seminar 2 on Study Techniques (1 unit)

Second Year – First Semester

• Property (Pre-Law Obligations and Contracts) 4 units
• Sales and Lease (Pre-Law Obligations and Contracts) 3 units
• Negotiable Instruments Law (Pre-Law Obligations and Contracts) 3 units
• Criminal Procedure (2 units)
• Land Titles and Deeds (2 units)
• Public Corporation (Pre-Law Constitutional Law 1&2) 1 unit
• Election Law (Pre-Law Constitutional Law 1&2) 1 unit
• Banking Laws (1 unit)
• Seminar 3 (1 unit)

Second Year – Second Semester

• Business Organization 1 (PAT) (Pre-Law OC) 3 units
• Credit Transactions (Pre-Law OC) 3 units
• Labor Standards (3 units)
• Administrative Law (Pre-Law CL 1&2) 2 units
• Transportation Law (Pre-Law OC) 2 units
• Public International Law (2 units)
• Insurance (Pre-Law OC) 2 units
• Seminar 4 (1 unit)

Third Year – First Semester

• Civil Procedure (5 units)
• Succession (Pre-Law Persons and Family Relation) 4 units
• Taxation 1 (3 units)
• Labor Relations (3 units)
• Torts & Damages (Pre-Law OC) 2 units
• Legal Counseling (2 units)
• Law on Intellectual Property (2 units)

Third Year – Second Semester

• Business Organization 2 (Corporation Law) 4 units
• Evidence and Trial Tech. (Pre-Law Civil Procedure) 4 units
• Taxation 2 (Pre-Law Taxation) 3 units
• Special Proceedings Special Civil Actions (Pre-Law CP) 3 units
• Problem Areas in Legal Ethics (2 units)
• Legal Forms (w/ Contract Drafting) 2 units

Fourth Year – First Semester

• Criminal Law Review (6 units)
• Constitutional Law Review (5 units)
• Civil Law Review 1 (4 units)
• Legal Medicine (w/ Practicum) 2 units
• Labor Law Review (2 units)
• Practice Court (2 units)

Fourth Year – Second Semester

• Commercial Law Review (6 units)
• Remedial Law Review (6 units)
• Civil Law Review 2 (4 units)
• Conflict of Laws (2 units)
• Practice Court 2 (Pre-Law) 2 units
• Taxation Review (2 units)

Other Philippine Laws:

The Civil Code of the Philippines

The Family Code of the Philippines