The University of Negros Occidental - Recoletos School of Law awarded distinguished legal luminaries who have served the legal profession and those in public service during their 75th Diamond anniversary celebration held at the SMX Convention Center, SM City Bacolod on May 25. The celebration spanned a week to celebrate the milestone of this educational institution which established its College of Law in 1948, two years after World War II ended. It has produced thousands of lawyers and two lady lawyers Atty.
Lily Uy Valencia, No.2 Bar Topnotcher and Atty. Andrea Lizares Si was the No.
6 Bar Topnotcher. Atty. Dodie O.
Turla, Dean of the School of Law with University President Rev. Fr. Joel Alve, OAR, the School of Law Student Council President Amy Grace Gayotin Gargar, and her fellow officers led the celebration that successfully gathered graduates of the UNO-R School of Law from the ’70s, the ’80s, '90s, and onwards.
Dean Turla said we are celebrating a milestone for reaching 75 years of legal excellence and the legacy of being the pioneer law school in the Negros Island in producing lawyers. “75 years in existence is a feat, regardless of the criteria. Of course, there were ups and downs along the way.
Obviously, the glorious days when the UNO-R School of Law produced Topnotchers in the likes of Atty. Lily Uy Valencia and Atty. Andrea Lizares Si.
And why it has been 32 years since UNO-R School of Law made its last contributions to the front page of the Bar exam results.
