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Overview
The UST Law Review (ULR) is the official legal publication of the University of Santo Tomas (UST), Faculty of Civil Law. The Law Review is managed by a board of student editors chosen for their outstanding scholastic merits, writing skills and leadership qualities. The board is under the supervision of a faculty moderator.

History
UST Law Review made its regal entry in the field of legal scholarship in the 1950s with Chief Justice Andres Dela Rosa Narvasa as its first Editor-in-chief. It began as a quarterly publication that serves as a vehicle for lead articles written by law professors, legal luminaries, members of the judiciary, senators and congressmen, aside from case summaries written by students as well as book reviews and recent legislations. After a hiatus of three (3) years from 2000 to 2003, UST Law Review resumed its operations, this time, dedicating much of its space for student-written articles to reflect the growing participation of law students in the development of legal scholarship.

Two years after, the golden-covered journal became gold in itself as it released Volume 50 in 2005. Faced with various questions of form and style in the drafting and editing articles and other materials, the editorial board in 2006, decided to formally put into writing the different rules on form and style for editorial guidance, thus, spurring the birth of the UST Law Review Style Guide. In 2008, ULR launched its online edition in order to reach out to a greater number of readers. Wrapped with much greater standard and equipped with additional features, the new ULR website (www.ustlawreview.org) will be re-launched in 2013.

In commemoration of the 400th founding anniversary of the University of Santo Tomas, ULR released its special Quadricentennial Edition in 2011 and 2012.

Membership Selection
The ULR Editorial Board is composed of seven (7) senior editors (each with associate editors) and circulation and business managers, all of whom are chosen on the basis of cumulative grade (quality point index), examination result and over-all performance. The Editorial Board is headed by an Editor-in-chief (EIC) who must belong from the graduating class of the academic year. If there are more than one qualified candidates for the EIC, a Board of Editors is appointed.

Cited Articles
The Supreme Court of the Philippines as of date has cited several of its published articles. The ULR was first cited by the High Court in the case of Carlos S. Romualdez and Erlinda R. Romualdez v. COMELEC and Dennis Garay (G.R. No. 167011, 30 April 2008) through Justice Chico-Nazario who referred to the article of Mr. Gilbert D. Balderama entitled “Denouement of the Human Security Act: Tremors in the Turbulent Odyssey of Civil Liberties” (Vol. LII, UST Law Review, 1, 16-21). In 2010, the Court in Razon v. Tagitis (G.R. No. 182498, 16 February 2010) cited Ms. Joan Lou P. Gamboa’s article entitled “Creative Rule-Making in Response to Deficiencies of Existing Remedies” (Vol. LII, UST Law Review). In 2011, another article was cited by the Court through Justice Roberto A. Abad in the Matter of the Charges of Plagiarism against Associate Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo (A.M. No. 10-7-17-SC, 8 February 2011), entitled “Uncertainties Beyond the Horizon: The Metamorphosis of the WTO Investment Framework in the Philippine Setting” (Vol. LII, UST Law Review) by Associate Justice Ma. Lourdes A. Sereno. Lastly, in the recent case of Jelbert B. Galicto vs. H.E. President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and Atty. Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr. (G.R. No. 193978, February 28, 2012), the Court cited the article written by Atty. Rene B. Gorospe entitled “Songs, Singers and Shadows: Revisiting Locus Standi in Light of the People Power Provisions of the 1987 Constitution” (Vol. LI, UST Law Review, 15-16).

Prominent Alumni
Justices
 * Chief Justice Andres Narvasa
 * Chief Justice Roberto Concepcion
 * Associate Justice Rosalinda A. Vicente
 * Associate Justice Amy L. Javier
 * Associate Justice Maria Christina J. Cornejo

Judges
 * Oscar C. Herrera Jr.
 * Myra A. Quiambao
 * Philip A. Aguinaldo

Executive Branch
 * Solicitor General Alfredo L. Benipayo
 * Senior Undersecretary of Justice Ernesto L. Pineda

Constitutional Commission
 * Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Spokesperson James Arthur B. Jimenez

Deans and Faculty Members
 * Dean Alfredo L. Benipayo
 * Dean Ernesto L. Pineda
 * Dean Nilo T. Divina
 * Dr. Ma. Liza Lopez-Rosario
 * Atty. Rene B. Gorospe
 * Atty. Carla Santamaria-Seña
 * Atty. Teofilo R. Ragadio
 * Atty. Jacqueline O. Lopez-Kaw
 * Atty. Marian Joanne K. Co-Pua

Bar Topnotchers
 * Chief Justice Andres Narvasa
 * Atty. Rene B. Gorospe
 * Atty. Carla Santamaria-Seña

Extra-editorial Activities

 * Chief Justice Andres Narvasa Honorary Lecture: honors individuals in the legal profession who made significant contributions in government, academe, and society.
 * ULR Exhibit
 * Alumni Homecoming