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The  Manuel  L.  Quezon  University is     founded on the principle of  Know  Thyself. On its logo is emblazoned the words Pro Patria et Jure:  For   Country  and  Law.   It   owes  its existence to the  idealism  of the seven men, who envisioned an  institution that  would provide  ambitious  but  financially  disadvantaged young people with the education and professional training needed to get ahead in life. The seven men are seen below.  

 


Monzon Hall

It was founded in 1947 by several prominent justices and lawyers who saw the need for a quality educational institution catering to the less privileged. Among these visionaries were:


Leoncio B. Monzon

  Lorenzo M. Taņada  

  Arsenio P. Dizon  

Carmelino G. Alvendia 
 

Jose B. L. Reyes

Manuel O. Chan

Anselmo S. Claudio

They wanted to develop a school that is:

  • quality-driven
  • affordable
  • research-oriented
  • innovative
  • student-friendly

They were inspired by the following words of the great Manuel Luis Quezon, former President of the Philippine Commonwealth:

"I believe that education is the right of all citizens. An educated people is needed to insure the upliftment of the masses and the creation of wealth for all."

The vision was realized on November 1, 1947 when eighteen professors from the school where Dr. Monzon served as Dean joined him in an old building at the corner of Mendiola and Legarda Streets to begin training 643 students for the law profession. Thus was born the MLQU School of Law.

The fledging school produced its first batch of graduates the following year and in the Bar Examinations given in that same year, the school registered a passing average of 97.5%. In 1949, it exceeded its first record with a passing average of 100% with three of its graduates making it to the Top Ten.

The law school soon found it necessary to transfer to a new site on R. Hidalgo St. where other academic units were organized beginning with the School of Arts and Sciences followed by the School of Education, Commerce and Business Administration, Engineering, Architecture and Graduate Studies. With the addition of these units, the Law school became the Manuel L. Quezon Educational Institution. In 1958, the institution acquired University status.

Subsequently the Schools of Criminology, Architecture and Secretarial Education were separated from the School of Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Commerce and Business Administration, respectively. The School of Information Technology is the latest addition to the University community.

The Manuel L. Quezon University has three campuses, namely, the Administration Building and the Monzon Hall both at R. Hidalgo St. and the Arlegui Compound at Arlegui St. where the School of Law is located. Just recently, the Research Center was built adjacent to the Monzon Hall and which was named after Justice Arsenio P. Dizon.

The MLQU is accessible from all parts of Metro Manila and suburbs by quick and easy means of transportation. It is near the famous Quiapo Church where practically all transportation lines cross.  

The MLQ School of Law was established in 1947 as a protest against arbitrary authority by a group of men, who, believing in the supremacy of the law, decided to build a school that will provide a strong foundation for the future of young men and women committed to the cause of justice and to the service of their country & people.
Fired by the idealism of the founders and benefiting from the vast knowledge and competence of their mentors, the first graduates of the school capped three berths in the first ten places in the 1948 bar examinations with only one failing to make the grade. With this record for a start, graduates of the school continued to reap honors in the country's most prestigious government exam, getting perfect scores in some subjects and obtaining very high overall percentages of passing ranging from 92.33% to 100%. 
 
The excellent showing of the school's graduates in the bar examinations during its fledgling years could be attributed to the faculty of the school that included the most illustrious names in the country's judicial system. Listed in the school's faculty roster were eminent jurists like J.B. L. Reyes, Roberto Concepcion, Carmelino Alvendia, Arsenio Dizon and a luminary lawyer like Manuel O. Chan and stalwarts in the practice of law and in other fields of endeavor, like Emilio Abello, Francisco Carreon, Magno Gatmaitan and Arturo S. Monzon, to mention a few.
These men, likewise, were inspired by Dr. Leoncio B. Monzon, the first Chancellor and later President of the school when it acquired university status on May 19, 1958. It was Dr. Monzon from whose vision and leadership the founders of the school drew the courage to venture into the uncertainties of an academic enterprise.
The school can look back with understandable pride to its successful alumni who are scattered throughout the Philippines holding responsible positions in the government and in private business organizations and educational institutions. Among them are former Justices Ricardo C. Puno, Sr., Isagani A. Cruz and Sedfrey Ordonez, the late Mayor of Manila, Antonio Villegas, Justice Artemio Tuquero now Dean of the College of Law, Justices Jose Vitug and Jose Melo, Atty. Augusto B. Sunico who became the president of the University, Atty. Norberto Gonzales and Atty. Lorenzo Miravite.
"Accomplishment" and "Growth " - these in a nutshell summarize the history of the MLQ School of Law during the years that followed its establishment and it shall be so in the years to come.
 

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