OVPPA
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES • TELEFAX 9291288 • TRUNKLINE 9818500 Locals 2531, 2532, 2507 • e-mail: [email protected]Name of
Extension/Public Service
(The name of the service being offered)
Popularizing the Law (POPLAW) Program
Objective
(Description of the service being
provided; History of service provision)
The POPLAW program had its modest beginnings in 1977. A pilot project involving several grassroots organizations was conducted to develop awareness of the various human rights guaranteed by Philippine law as an instrument for the enforcement and implementation of human rights. It provides citizens with the basic knowledge of the law as an instrument for the enforcement and implementation of human rights, and it also acquaints them with the fundamental procedure of the judicial and administrative system. The program also aims to develop a sense of involvement in the efforts towards community and national developments Duration/Date Continuing
Target
Beneficiaries Teachers/students, barangay officials and PNP personnel Cost of
Participation Free-of-charge
Office in Charge Office of the Associate Dean, UP Law Center Office Profile
Degree granting or non-degree
granting
Purpose of creation Location in the hierarchy
(Background of the office providing the service
i.e. Number of personnel
and Key personnel providing the service)
The Law Center is a non-degree granting unit attached to the UP College of Law. Its Charter provides, among others, that “the major purpose of the University of the Philippines in the establishment of this unit is the advancement of legal scholarship, the protection of human rights with emphasis in the improvement of the legal system.”
Key personnel providing the service include a program
consultant/resource person, a program director, a program officer, four to eight lecturers, an emcee/moderator and a secretariat.
Awards/recognition received by the office
(The awards given by or received by the office offering the
1984 Outstanding Extension/Community Service Award by the UP President
OVPPA
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES • TELEFAX 9291288 • TRUNKLINE 9818500 Locals 2531, 2532, 2507 • e-mail: [email protected]service, if any)
Official website and Social media accounts
(The link to the official website of the service)
law.upd.edu.ph
External links for documentation (The external links featuring the service [for the electronic copy, e.g. featuresin newspapers etc.]) Contact details (The contact details of the head of the unit offering the service: fax, telephone, email, snail mail, map)
Associate Dean Concepcion L. Jardeleza Office of the Associate Dean
Tel. nos.: 925 5855, 920 5514 loc 313, 314, 232
Other Remarks
