The AUF School of Law was established in response to the clamor for quality legal education in Central Luzon. The establishment of the School earned approval from the AUF Board of Trustees on August 19, 2003 during its 56th Regular Meeting presided over by Pampanga Archbishop Paciano B. Aniceto, D.D., in his capacity as Chairman of the Board. The approval was followed by immense planning and preparation that spanned three years which included the construction of the AUF Professional Schools Building, now home to the School. The Commission on Higher Education, upon the recommendation of the Technical Panel for Legal Education, resolved to grant AUF the permit to operate the School of Law on March 13, 2006. Under the leadership of Retired Supreme Court Justice Jose C. Vitug as Founding Dean and Atty. Domingo M. Navarro as Vice Dean, the School boasts of a roster of faculty members composed of jurists and distinguished law professors. The School is equipped with a modern law library, a moot court and state-of-the-art facilities which provide for a conducive teaching and learning environment. 

The School of Law received a Certificate of Recognition from the Legal Education Board for its notable performance in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Bar Examinations as certified by the Office of the Bar Confidant. Itwas listed as the top performing law school among those with 19 or less examinees.

Today, the School of Law is consistently among the Top 10 law schools nationwide and the No. 1 in Northern and Central Luzon. 

Vision

The AUF School of Law envisions to emerge as the center of excellence in legal education north of Metro Manila. 

Mission

In keeping with Christian values and virtues, the AUF School of Law is committed to providing quality legal education that is:

• Accessible to students in the Central Luzon area;
• Committed to the observance of the highest standard of professional conduct and competencies;
• Responsive to technological advances, globalization and socio-economic conditions.

Goals

Specifically, it aims to:

• Prepare students for the practice of law;
• Produce competent and committed members of the legal profession imbued with sound social conscience;
• Train students for national leadership;
• Contribute to the advancement of the country’s legal and judicial systems in the light of current national and international developments.

• Juris Doctor

Applicants for the Juris Doctor (JD) degree must satisfy the following requirements:

1. A holder of a four-year bachelor's degree from a duly recognized institution and has earned at least (1) 18 units in English; (2) 6 units in Mathematics; (3) 18 units in Social Science (History, Political Science, Economics, Philosophy, Psychology, etc.); provided however, a holder of a Bachelor of Science or Arts degree with deficiencies of not more than 9 units in these subjects may still be admitted if the units of deficiencies are taken by student during the first curriculum year;
2. Applicant must have obtained a general weighted average of at least 85% subject to the provisions in paragraph 6.
3. Applicant must successfully pass the AUF Law Admissions Test which also includes two essays whose topics shall be determined by the  School.
4. Applicant  must hurdle an evaluation interview before the Admissions Committee.
5. An applicant who does not meet the required general minimum weighted average of 85% but produces satisfactory essays and possesses a satisfactory character reference may be admitted "on probation" if he/she passes the AUF law admissions tests and the evaluation interview before the Admissions Committee; however, the student may apply for a change status from probationary to regular after completing the first semester, with an average of at least 78% with no failures or incomplete grade in any subject, provided further that the School Dean, on the recommendation of the School Admissions Committee, evaluates and decides on the application for change of status.
6. Transfer credits may be allowed on a case-to-case basis at the discretion of the Dean, in consultation with the School of Law Admissions Committee.

• Applicants are given test schedule upon compliance with all documentary requirements.

Justice Jose C. Vitug
Founding Dean

Atty. Marianne Elizabeth B. Angeles
Vice Dean

Founding Faculty

Justice Ernesto D. Acosta
Presiding Judge Ed Vincent S. Albano
Prof. Joseph Emmanuel L. Angeles
Prof. Marianne Elizabeth B. Angeles
Justice Hilarion L. Aquino
Fr. Ranhilio C. Aquino
Prof. Timoteo B. Aquino
Justice Alfredo L. Benipayo
Judge Irin Zenaida S. Buan
Dean Sedfrey M. Candelaria
Prof. Noel T. Canlas
Prof. Tristan A. Catindig
Prof. Arnold F. De Vera
Prof. Gwen Grecia De Vera
Justice Japar B. Dimaampao
Prof. Monalisa C. Dimalanta
Prof. Domingo P. Disini, Jr.
Justice Alicia Simpio-Diy
Prof. Charles Escolin
Prof. Ramon S. Esguerra
Judge Katrina Nora B. Factora
Justice Hugo E. Gutierrez, Jr.
Justice Oscar M. Hererra
Judge Ramon. Paul. L. Hernando
Justice Hector L. Hofileña
Prof. Teodoro Jumamil
Prof. Ma. Tanya Karina A. Lat
Prof. Francis Ed Lim
Justice Regalado E. Maambong
Dean Merlin M. Magallona
Prof. Vicente C. Mamalateo
Judge Sixto C. Marella, Jr.
Justice Vicente V. Mendoza
Prof. Alberto T. Muyot
Hon. Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura
Dean Domingo M. Navarro
Justice Rodolfo G. Palattao
Prof. Elizabeth A. Pangalangan
Dean Raul C. Pangalangan
Justice Diosdado M. Peralta
Judge Eduardo B. Peralta
Usec. Ernesto Pineda
Presiding Justice Ruben T. Reyes
Justice Jose L. Sabio, Jr.
Sen. Renato Saguisag
Justice Edilberto G. Sandoval
Dean Jose R. Sundiang
Prof. Alfredo F. Tadiar
Justice Noel G. Tijan
Prof. Mario E. Valderrama
Dean Cesar Villanueva
Prof. Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II
 

Angeles University Foundation

School of Law

  AUF Professional Schools Building, MacArthur Highway, 2009 Angeles City, Philippines

  (63) (045) 625-2888 local 1778

  law@auf.edu.ph