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First Filipino in Law and Jurisprudence




Alfred Laureta

Profile

1st Filipino-American to be appointed U.S. district judge

1969




Angelina Sandoval Gutierrez

Profile

1st Filipina Justice to receive the prestigious Cayetano Arellano Award as an Outstanding RTC Judge of the Philippines for 1990

1991




Benjamin Cayetano

Profile

1st Filipino-American Juris Doctor to become the 1st Filipino-American lieutenant governor in the U.S.

1986




Cayetano L. Arellano

Profile

1st Filipino Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, American Civil Government

1901




Cecilia Muñoz-Palma

Profile

1st Filipina Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court

1973




Consuelo Ynares Santiago

Profile

1st Filipina Justice to become a member of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

1999




Dolores Sibonga

Profile

1st Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar

1973




Janette Toral

Profile

"The Mother of The E-Commerce Law"

2000




Lilian Lim

Profile

1st Filipina Judge in the U.S.

1988




Minita Chico-Nazario

Profile

1st Filipina Justice in the Sandiganbayan Court

2004




Miriam Defensor Santiago

Profile

1st Filipina to win the Best Debater Award in law school





Ronald Quidachay

Profile

1st Filipino-Irish Presiding Judge of the San Francisco Superior Court, State of California

1983