UE confers Juris Doctor degrees on SC justices Dimaampao and Tinga

Supreme Court Associate Justice Japar Dimaampao and retired Associate Justice Dante Tinga received their Juris Doctor degrees from the University of the East (UE) at a ceremony held on April 25.

Both justices earned their undergraduate degrees and served as faculty members in UE's College of Law, with Tinga serving as dean twice between 1988-1992 and 2014-2018.

Dimaampao, the second Muslim appointed to the High Court, and Tinga led a group of 505 Juris Doctor candidates representing UE Bachelor of Laws graduates from 1960 to 2016.

UE President Zosimo Battad congratulated the new JD recipients, noting that this degree is now equivalent to a doctoral degree in non-law disciplines for employment purposes and was introduced starting with the 2017 batch.

The ceremony recognized UE's commitment to academic excellence, as evidenced by its recent Bar topnotcher and increasing number of successful graduates.