Leonen, Marvic M.V.F.

B.A. Economics magna cum laude (U.P., 1983); LL.B. (U.P., 1987) Holder, Benjamin Gozon Professorial Chair on Natural Resources General Counsel, Office of Legal Service, University of the Philippines (present); Professorial Lecturer, Constitutional Law Department, Philippine Judicial Academy (1999present); Director, Office of Legal Aid (19982000); Executive Director, Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center, Inc .-Kasama sa Kalikasan (1987present); Convenor, Alternative Law Groups Network (19981999); Legal Counsel to some indigenous peoples and peasant communities

Courses Handled
Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Special Proceedings, Law and Society, Contemporary Constitutional Law Problems, Constitutional Law 2, Natural Resources, Law Practicum, Agrarian Reform Law, Philippine Industrial Law, Legal Profession, Legal Research

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MATERIALS
International Law
Law and Economics
Intellectual Property
International Economics
Internet Society

Publications

Editor, Lawyers for the Public Interest (2000); Intervention from the Alternative Law Groups, in Enhancing Access of the Basic Sectors of the Judiciary, Manila, Supreme Court-UNDP Technical Assistance to the Philippine Judiciary on Justice and Development, 1998; Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (Rep. Act No. 8371): Will This Legal Reality Bring Us to a More Progressive Level of Political Discourse?, 9(1) Phil. Nat. Res.J. 7 (1998); Co-author, Forest Policy and Politics in the Philippines, Quezon City, Ateneo de Manila, 2000; Editor, Mining: Legal Notes and Materials, Quezon City, LRC, 1996; Co-author, Free Trade in the ASEAN and Its Implications for the Environment, Manila, Foreign Service Institute, 1995.