A STUDENT of the UST Graduate School of Law is now leading the first law school in Bataan after its state university was accredited by the Legal Education Board.
UST Master of Laws candidate and lawyer Ada Victoria Angeles has been named inaugural dean of the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) College of Law.
UST Graduate School of Law congratulated Angeles on her appointment in a Facebook post on April 30.
The board included BPSU in its list of newly accredited legal education institutions for the academic year 2026-2027 under Memorandum Circular No. 9, series of 2026 released last Aug. 12.
Established in 1953, BPSU’s College of Law is the first and only state-funded legal education institution in the province.
Angeles earned her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of the Philippines in 2003. She later obtained her law degree from San Beda College in 2010 and passed the Bar examinations in 2011. She also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Ateneo de Manila University.
Before her appointment as law dean, Angeles served as director of BPSU’s Legal Affairs Office and as an associate professor at the state university.
Outside academia, Angeles founded AV Angeles Consulting and Angeles Dizon Agricultour, a Morong-based agritourism corporation that promotes natural farming methods and biodiversity education.
The state university welcomed its pioneering batch of law students in July.
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The board also accredited Divine Word College of Calapan, whose newly established School of Law will be led by UST Department of Legal Management faculty member Asst. Prof. Edelberto Bunquin as its founding dean.
Other institutions granted accreditation were Biliran Province State University, Garcia Law School, La Salle University-Ozamiz and Western Colleges Inc. F
