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Judicial and Bar Council
	Sangguniang Panghukuman at Pang-abogasya
	; JBC seal;
Abbreviation	JBC
Purpose	Recommending appointees to the Judiciary
Location	; Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila; ;
Membership	; Presidential appointment upon approval of the Commission on Appointments (regular members and Secretary of Justice); ; Presidential appointment from nominees of the Judicial and Bar Council (Chief Justice); ; Nomination by each house of Congress (Member from Congress); ;
Chairperson	Lucas Bersamin
Parent organization	Supreme Court of the Philippines
Website	jbc.judiciary.gov.ph

The JBC members in the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Panel Interview

The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC; Filipino: Sangguniang Panghukuman at Pang-abogasya) of the Philippines is a constitutionally-created body that recommends appointees for vacancies that may arise in the composition of the Supreme Court, other lower courts, and the Legal Education Board, and in the offices of the Ombudsman, Deputy Ombudsman and the Special Prosecutor.

5 Members
- 5.1 Chief Justice
- 5.2 Secretaries of Justice
- 5.3 Representative from Congress
  - 5.3.1 One representative
  - 5.3.2 Two representatives, half a vote each
  - 5.3.3 Two representatives, one vote each
  - 5.3.4 One representative
- 5.4 Retired member of the Supreme Court
- 5.5 Representative from the academe
- 5.6 Representative from the Integrated Bar
- 5.7 Representative from the private sector

6 Notes

7 See also

8 References

9 External links

10 See also

Composition

The Council is composed of a representative of the Integrated Bar, a professor of law, a retired member of the Supreme Court, and a representative of the private sector. They are the "regular" members, as opposed to the Secretary of Justice and a representative of Congress who are the ex officio members. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is the ex officio chairman,^[1] while the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall serve as the ex officio secretary.^[2]

The regular members would be nominated by the President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments for a term of four years. However, since the terms will be staggered, the first set of members would a different lengths of service: the representative of the Integrated Bar shall serve for four years, the professor of law for three years, the retired Justice for two years, and the representative of the private sector for one year.^[3] The following members shall be given the full four-year term.

The regular members were allowed to be reappointed without limit. The Secretary of Justice serves at the pleasure of the president, while the representative of Congress serves until they are recalled by their chamber, or until the term of Congress that named them expires. Finally, the Chief Justice serves until mandatory retirement at the age of 70. The regular members' terms start at July 9.

In 2012, a petition at the Supreme Court questioned on who should occupy the seat allocated for Congress. Currently, there are two members of Congress in the council: the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Justice and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights.^[4] The Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that there should only be one member of the JBC from Congress; the court left to Congress whom among the two would be its representative to the JBC.^[5]

The council is the only government body that has members from all three branches of the government, excluding ad hoc and advisory bodies.

Current membership

The members of the Judicial and Bar Council are:

Ex officio chairman

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Lucas P. Bersamin

Ex officio members

Secretary of Justice Menardo Guevarra

Representative from Congress - Either the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, or the Chairman of the House Committee on Justice. Under the current arrangement, the congressman sits from January to June, while the senator sits from July to December.
- Senator and Chairman, Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights Richard J. Gordon
- Congressman and Chairman, House Committee on Justice Doy C. Leachon

Regular members

Ma. Milagros Fernan-Cayosa - Integrated Bar representative, a private practitioner

Jose V. Mejia - representative from the academe

Jose C. Mendoza - retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Toribio E. Ilao, Jr. - representative from the private sector^[6]

As a matter of tradition, the two (2) senior associate justices of the Supreme Court also take part in the JBC deliberations.

Function

The function of the Council is to recommend to the representatives of possible appointees to the Judiciary.^[7]

The president shall choose from among those nominated, before the president may ask the Council to nominate somebody else and add it to the list, but this is not allowed anymore. The person then chosen by the president then becomes a member of the Judiciary, and is not anymore reviewed by the Commission on Appointments. This is to prevent politicking and horse-trading among political parties.

Prior to the creation of the JBC, judges and justices were appointed by the president as per and the 1973 constitution, and with confirmation by the Commission on Appointments as per the 1935 constitution.

Former Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban said that the Council's principal objective is to attract the best and brightest to the judiciary and to make them remain there.

Gallery

Judicial and Bar Council office

Logo of the Supreme Court

JBC building

Entrance to the JBC offices

Members

The members of the JBC were:^[8]

Chief Justice

JBC Ex Officio Chairpersons	Start of Term	End of Term	Appointed by
Claudio Teehankee	10 December 1987	12 April 1988	Corazon Aquino
Pedro Yap	20 April 1988	29 June 1988	Corazon Aquino
Marcelo Fernan	4 July 1988	5 December 1991	Corazon Aquino
Andres Narvasa	8 December 1991	30 November 1998	Corazon Aquino
Hilario Davide, Jr.	30 November 1998	19 December 2005	Joseph Estrada
Artemio Panganiban	20 December 2005	6 December 2006	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Reynato Puno	7 December 2006	17 May 2010	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Renato Corona	17 May 2010	29 May 2012	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Maria Lourdes Sereno	24 August 2012	11 May 2018	Benigno Aquino III
Teresita de Castro	28 August 2018	08 October 2018	Rodrigo R. Duterte
Lucas P. Bersamin	28 November 2018	18 October 2019	Rodrigo R. Duterte

Secretaries of Justice

Secretaries of Justice	Start of Term	End of Term	Appointed by
Sedfrey Ordoñez	10 December 1987	18 December 1989	Corazon Aquino
Franklin Drilon	8 January 1990	2 July 1992	Corazon Aquino
Silvestre Bello III	16 July 1991	3 February 1992	Corazon Aquino
Eduardo Montenegro	17 February 1992	1 June 1992	Corazon Aquino
Franklin Drilon	22 July 1992	14 December 1994	Fidel V. Ramos
Demetrio Demetria	18 January 1995	17 March 1995	Fidel V. Ramos
Teofisto Guingona, Jr.	24 May 1995	28 January 1998	Fidel V. Ramos
Silvestre Bello III	18 February 1998	30 June 1998	Fidel V. Ramos
Serafin Cuevas	1 July 1998	10 February 2000	Joseph Estrada
Artemio Tuquero	11 February 2000	20 January 2001	Joseph Estrada
Hernando Perez	23 January 2001	15 January 2003	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Simeon Datumanong	22 January 2003	December 2003	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Merceditas Gutierrez	28 January 2004	31 August 2004	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Raul M. Gonzalez	1 September 2004	30 May 2009	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Agnes Devanadera	8 June 2009	28 February 2010	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Alberto Agra	1 March 2010	30 June 2010	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Leila de Lima	1 July 2010	12 October 2015	Benigno Aquino III
Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa	12 October 2015	22 January 2016	Benigno Aquino III
Emmanuel Caparas	22 January 2016	30 June 2016	Benigno Aquino III
Vitaliano Aguirre II	1 July 2016	4 April 2018	Rodrigo Duterte
Menardo Guevarra	5 April 2018	incumbent	Rodrigo Duterte

Representative from Congress

Since the creation of the JBC in 1987 until 1994, the representation for Congress in the body alternated between the House of Representatives and the Senate, by their respective Chairman of the Committee on Justice.

One representative

Congress representative	House	Start of Term	End of Term
Rogaciano Mercado	House of Representatives	10 December 1987	23 February 1989
Wigberto Tañada	Senate	2 March 1988	21 May 1990
Isidro Zarraga	House of Representatives	31 July 1989	12 August 1992
Raul Roco	Senate	30 September 1992	3 March 1993

Two representatives, half a vote each

By 1994, the two representatives from Congress began sitting simultaneously, each having one-half of a vote.

Congressman	Start of Term	End of Term
Pablo P. Garcia	26 August 1992	8 March 1995
Isidro Zarraga	28 June 1995	30 June 1998
Alfredo Abueg	31 July 1998	29 November 2000

Senator	Start of Term	End of Term
Alberto Romulo	14 April 1993	1 August 1995
Marcelo Fernan	2 August 1995	31 December 1996
Raul Roco	1 January 1997	30 July 1998
Renato Cayetano	31 July 1998	31 January 2000
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.	1 February 2000	29 November 2000
Miriam Defensor Santiago	10 January 2001	14 February 2001

Two representatives, one vote each

On May 30, 2001, the JBC En Banc decided to grant the representatives from both Houses of Congress one full vote each.

Congressman	Start of Term	End of Term
Henry Lanot	14 December 2000	30 June 2001
Alan Peter Cayetano	8 August 2001	3 March 2003
Marcelino Libanan	4 March 2003	8 August 2003
Simeon Datumanong	9 August 2004	30 June 2007
Matias Defensor, Jr.	8 August 2007	30 June 2010
Niel Tupas, Jr.	29 July 2010	30 June 2013

Senator	Start of Term	End of Term
Renato Cayetano	16 May 2001	28 August 2001
Francis Pangilinan	29 August 2001	23 November 2008
Francis Escudero	24 November 2008	30 June 2013

One representative

On 2013, the eight-member composition of the JBC was questioned at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court restored the composition of the JBC to seven. It was arranged that the representative of the House of Representatives sits from January to June, while the representative of the Senate sits from July to December.^[9]

Congress representative	House	Start of Term	End of Term
Aquilino Pimentel III	Senate	23 July 2013	31 December 2013
Niel Tupas, Jr.	House of Representatives	1 January 2014	30 June 2014
Aquilino Pimentel III	Senate	1 July 2014	31 December 2014
Niel Tupas, Jr.	House of Representatives	1 January 2015	30 June 2015
Aquilino Pimentel III	Senate	1 July 2015	31 December 2015
Niel Tupas, Jr.	House of Representatives	1 January 2016	30 June 2016
Leila de Lima	Senate	26 July 2016	19 September 2016
Richard J. Gordon	Senate	29 September 2016	31 December 2016
Reynaldo Umali	House of Representatives	1 January 2017	30 June 2017
Richard J. Gordon	Senate	1 July 2017	31 December 2017
Reynaldo Umali	House of Representatives	1 January 2018	30 June 2018
Richard J. Gordon	Senate	1 July 2018	Incumbent

Retired member of the Supreme Court

Retired Supreme Court member representative	Start of Term	End of Term	Appointed by
Nestor Alampay	10 December 1987	10 December 1989	Corazon Aquino
Lorenzo Relova	8 January 1990	9 July 1993	Corazon Aquino
Jose Campos, Jr.	22 September 1993	9 July 1997	Fidel V. Ramos
Regino Hermosisima, Jr.	24 November 1997	9 July 2013	Fidel V. Ramos, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Benigno Aquino III
Angelina Sandoval Gutierrez	8 October 2014	9 July 2017	Benigno Aquino III
Jose Mendoza	4 October 2017	9 July 2021	Rodrigo Duterte

Representative from the academe

Academe representative	Start of Term	End of Term	Appointed by
Rodolfo Palma	10 December 1987	9 July 1994	Corazon Aquino
Cezar Peralejo	8 February 1995	9 July 1998	Fidel V. Ramos
Alfredo Marigomen	21 July 1998	9 July 2002	Joseph Estrada
Amado Dimayuga	9 July 2003	9 July 2010	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Jose Mejia	28 April 2011	9 July 2018	Benigno Aquino III

Representative from the Integrated Bar

Integrated Bar representative	Start of Term	End of Term	Appointed by
Leon Garcia, Jr.	17 June 1988	9 July 1991	Corazon Aquino
Presbitero Velasco, Jr.	7 January 1993	22 March 1995	Fidel V. Ramos
Francisco Santiago	1 August 1995	8 July 1996	Fidel V. Ramos
Amado Dimayuga	8 July 1997	9 July 2003	Fidel V. Ramos
Conrado Castro	9 July 2003	17 March 2011	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Maria Milagros Fernan-Cayosa	2 May 2011	9 July 2019	Benigno Aquino III

Representative from the private sector

Private sector representative	Start of Term	End of Term	Appointed by
Ofelia Santos	10 December 1987	9 July 1992	Corazon Aquino
Teresita Cruz Sison	30 September 1992	9 July 2004	Fidel V. Ramos, Joseph Estrada
Raoul Victorino	12 July 2005	9 July 2008	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Aurora Santiago Lagman	13 October 2008	9 July 2016	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Benigno Aquino III
Toribio Ilao, Jr.	24 October 2016	9 July 2020	Rodrigo Duterte

Notes

^ 1987 Constitution, Article VIII, Section 8, Paragraph 1

^ 1987 Constitution, Article VIII, Section 8, Paragraph 3

^ 1987 Constitution, Article VIII, Section 8, Paragraph 2

^ "SC asks JBC to comment on Chavez petition". GMANews.tv. 2012-07-03. Retrieved 2013-04-17..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

^ Punay, Edu (2012-07-03). "Only one member from Congress in JBC, SC affirms". Philippine Star. Retrieved 2013-04-17.

^ newsinfo.inquirer.net, CA justice named to body that screens judicial appointees Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine

^ 1987 Constitution, Article VIII, Section 8, Paragraph 5

^ "JBC CHAIRPERSONS, EX OFFICIO AND REGULAR MEMBERS, EX OFFICIO SECRETARIES AND CONSULTANTS". Supreme Court of the Philippines. Retrieved 2012-08-25.

^ Torres-Tupas, Tetch (2017-01-17). "SC to JBC: Answer petition on seat for solons at meetings". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2017-01-21.

References

Chan Robles Virtual Law Library: Article 8

Atty. Rita Linda V. Jimeno. "Attracting the best and the brightest". Retrieved 2006-08-08.

External links

Official website of the Judicial and Bar Council

Official Gazette of The Philippines JBC Brifer

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Judicial and Bar Council

Contents

Composition

Current membership

Ex officio chairman

Ex officio members

Regular members

Function

Gallery

Members

Chief Justice

Secretaries of Justice

Representative from Congress

One representative

Two representatives, half a vote each

Two representatives, one vote each

One representative

Retired member of the Supreme Court

Representative from the academe

Representative from the Integrated Bar

Representative from the private sector

Notes

See also

References

External links

See also

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Sangguniang Panghukuman at Pang-abogasya
JBC seal
Abbreviation	JBC
Purpose	Recommending appointees to the Judiciary
Location	Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila
Membership	Presidential appointment upon approval of the Commission on Appointments (regular members and Secretary of Justice) Presidential appointment from nominees of the Judicial and Bar Council (Chief Justice) Nomination by each house of Congress (Member from Congress)
Chairperson	Lucas Bersamin
Parent organization	Supreme Court of the Philippines
Website	jbc.judiciary.gov.ph