Institute of Law

The origin of the College of Law started way back in June, 1949, as the Lacson Law College, with Aniceto Fabia as the Dean. The Lacson Law College became the San Sebastian College-Recoletos Institute of Law on June 15, 1953. Its first
Dean was Teodorico C. Martin(1952-1963), Jaime R. Nuevas(1963-1968), OIC Eduardo Martinez(1968-1969), Custodio O. Parlade(1969-1976), Antonio L. Gregorio, Sr. (1976-1988), Lorenzo R. Relova (1988-1990), Rufus B. Rodriguez (1990-1998), Arturo E. Balbastro (1998-2002) and Abraham G. Espejo (2002-2003).

From only 39 students in 1953, the student population of the College is presently at 800. The faculty members have likewise increased from 10 in 1953 to around 55 at present. The College is the first and only Asian law school to become an associate member of the Southwestern Legal Foundation based in Dallas, Texas which sponsors the Annual Dallas Academy of American and International Law.