Institutional Affiliations

About Atty. Ralph

Institutional / Club Affiliations:

Executive Director, USLS Law Center, 1998 – present

Faculty Member, USLS College of Law, 1998 – present (Constitutional Law 1, Constitutional Law 2, Political Law Review, Labor Law Review, Public International Law, Statutory Construction)
Bar Reviewer, Lex Bar Review Centers (Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu, Manila & Baguio), 2003 – present (Bar Answering Techniques & Public International Law)
MCLE Lecturer, Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Program of the Supreme Court (New Developments in Public International Law)
Head Coach, USLS Law Moot Court Team
- Regional Champion, 2002 Supreme Court National Moot Court Competition (Defeated University of San Agustin & Silliman University in the Elimination Rounds & Silliman University again in the Championship Round / Team Members: Isagani Tan Jr., Enrique Barcelona, Marbert Quia-ong, Giselle Sanchez & Maritess Barbasa / Best Oralist - Enrique Barcelona)
- Defeated University of Sto. Tomas (UST) in the Quarter-Finals [UST defeated UP]
- Faced Xavier University in the Semi-Final Round (Five Justices of the Court of Appeals who adjudicated the Oral Arguments voted unanimously in favor of the USLS Moot Court Team but the Committee deducted 20 points at the sole discretion of the bailiff, Atty. Wylie Paler, without the knowledge of the 5 CA justices, because of alleged violations committed by USLS in the Sur-Rebuttal. Read the protest letter of USLS!
Head Coach, USLS Law Debating Team
- USLS vs. UNO-R, 1999 (Best Debater - Donard Duane Nojas / No Best Debating Team Award)
- Regional Champion, Supreme Court Centennial Debates, 2001 (Defeated UNO-R, University of Iloilo, University of San Agustin in the Elimination Rounds & the University of Iloilo again in the Regional Finals [Team Members Isagani Tan Jr., Enrique Barcelona, Juvi Gayatao & Donard Duane Nojas got individual awards as Best Debaters & Speakers])
- USLS vs. University of the Philippines (Semi-Final Round)
- Faced Silliman University in the 2005 Grand Law Debate (Team Members: Fernando Belleza, Carlos Melgar, Vladimir Cebu, Rosanne Gonzaga, Charo Tupas, Valentino Espiritu, Kimberly Cua / Best Debater - Fernando Belleza / No Best Debating Team)
Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines – Negros Occidental Chapter
Founder, Rostrum Society of the USLS College of Law, 1999
Member, Speakers Pool, Citizens Movement for a Federal Philippines (CMFP), 2002 –
Convenor, CENTRO FEDERAL (Center for Research on Federalism), 2002
Vice President, Junior Chamber International (Jaycees) Bacolod, 1998 –
Member, Lions Club International, USLS College of Law Chapter, 2004 –
Member, Bar & Bench Toastmasters Club, 1998 –