Legal Education Board
(as of 21 January 2019)
DATE OF DATE OF END OF
NAME POSITION
APPOINTMENT TERM IN OFFICE
Hon. (VACANT) Chairperson
IBP
Hon. (VACANT)
Representative
Philippine
Association of Law
Hon. JOSEFE C. SORERA-TY August 5, 2019 January 14, 2022
Schools (PALS)
Representative
Philippine
Association of Law
Hon. (VACANT)
Professors (PALP)
Representative
Active Law
Hon. ABELARDO T. DOMONDON Practioners June 26, 2018 January 14, 2020
Representative
Law Students
Hon. CATHERINE P. PEDROSA June 26, 2018 January 14, 2020
Representative
Section 5. Term of Office; Compensation. - The Chairman and regular members of the Board shall be
appointed by the President for a term of five (5) years without reappointment from a list of at least three (3)
nominees prepared, with prior authorization from the Supreme Court, by the Judicial and Bar Council, for every
position or vacancy, and no such appointment shall need confirmation by the Commission on Appointments. Of
those first appointed, the Chairman and the representative of the IBP shall hold office for five (5) years, the
representatives of the PALS and the PALP, for three (3) years; and the representative from the ranks of active
law practitioners and the representative of the law students' sector, for one (1) year, without reappointment.
Appointments to any vacancy shall be only for the unexpire portion of the term of the predecessor.
The Chairman and regular members of the Board shall have the same salary and rank as the Chairman and
members, respectively, of the Constitutional Commissions: Provided, That their salaries shall not be diminished
during their term of office.[Republic Act No. 7662]