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Mindanao university ordered to close law programs

  The Legal Education Board (LEB) has ordered the Mindanao State University to close its law programs in all its campuses starting academic year 2025-2026 after it approved a resolution canceling MSU’s accreditation. The order stemmed from MSU’s refusal to recognize LEB’s supervisory authority and for asserting that it is not bound by the board’s orders, policies and guidelines on legal education. “The MSU is no longer authorized to offer the basic law program in the country,”  the LEB said. The board made permanent the cease and desist order it issued against MSU’s extension law programs on its campuses in Tawi-Tawi, Sulu and Maguindanao. It expressed concern over what it described as MSU’s “dismal” performance in the Bar examinations, noting the school’s passing rate since 2013 has been below the national passing percentage. Reacting to the LEB’s resolution, the MSU said it would continue to operate in accordance with its chapter passed by Congress in 1955. “The LEB cannot act no

Actions Incapable of Pecuniary Estimation; FAQ

 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS; REMEDIAL LAW: Actions Incapable of Pecuniary Estimation


One of the frequently asked bar questions on remedial law is that dealing with actions incapable of pecuniary estimation.  Under Section 19(1) of B.P. Blg. 129, the RTC shall exercise exclusive original jurisdiction in all civil actions in which the subject of the litigation is incapable of pecuniary estimation.

The challenge for the bar examinee is to determine whether an action is incapable of pecuniary estimation and thus within the RTC’s exclusive original jurisdiction. This short note aims to provide the bar

examinee with some rules of thumb or hacks, to enable him to tackle this kind of questions and to present a logical answer.


Atty. Riguera also explained the meaning of "actions incapable of pecuniary estimation" and how to use the (i) "nature of the action test" and (ii) the "principal or ultimate objective" test to determine whether the action is a "real action" (assessed value of real property is relevant to determine jurisdiction of either MTC or RTC) or action "incapable of pecuniary estimation" (where the assessed value is not relevant to determine jurisdiction).

©️✍️ Published by Manny Riguera


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