{"id":248,"date":"2026-08-14T03:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stms.edu.ph\/stmic\/juris-doctor\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T03:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:40:26","slug":"juris-doctor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stmic.edu.ph\/stmic\/juris-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"JURIS DOCTOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure style=\"line-height:1.6\" class=\"wp-block-table has-tiny-font-size\"><table class=\"has-secaccent-background-color has-background\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/LpQ2qzGt3Yn8xgB99\">ENROLLMENT FORM<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stmic.edu.ph\/stmic\/requirements\/\"><strong>REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stmic.edu.ph\/stmic\/registration-guidelines\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"519\"><strong>REGISTRATION GUIDELINES<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stmic.edu.ph\/stmic\/enrollment-procedures\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"636\"><strong>ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stmic.edu.ph\/stmic\/grading-system\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"635\"><strong>GRADING SYSTEM<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stmic.edu.ph\/stmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/update-2025.png?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-761\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7500075508169984\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stmic.edu.ph\/stmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/update-2025-scaled.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stmic.edu.ph\/stmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/update-2025-scaled.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stmic.edu.ph\/stmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/update-2025-scaled.png?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stmic.edu.ph\/stmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/update-2025-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stmic.edu.ph\/stmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/update-2025-scaled.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-context='{\"tabsId\":\"tabs_1\",\"activeTabIndex\":0}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.onTabsInit\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/tabs\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleTabKeyDown\" class=\"wp-block-tabs aligncenter is-layout-flow wp-block-tabs-is-layout-flow\">\n<div aria-label=\"Tabbed content\" role=\"tablist\" class=\"wp-block-tab-list is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-tab-list-is-layout-f701c062 wp-block-tab-list-is-layout-flex\"><button aria-controls=\"tabs_1-tab-0\" data-wp-bind--aria-selected=\"state.isActiveTab\" data-wp-bind--tabindex=\"state.tabIndexAttribute\" data-wp-context='{\"tabIndex\":0}' data-wp-on--click=\"actions.handleTabClick\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleTabKeyDown\" id=\"tab__tabs_1-tab-0\" class=\"has-secaccent-background-color has-background\" type=\"button\" role=\"tab\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/button><button aria-controls=\"tabs_1-tab-1\" data-wp-bind--aria-selected=\"state.isActiveTab\" data-wp-bind--tabindex=\"state.tabIndexAttribute\" data-wp-context='{\"tabIndex\":1}' 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style=\"line-height:1.6\">St. Thomas More School of Law and Business was duly authorized to operate a law school and provide legal education under Government Recognition No.3\u00a0 Series of 2012.\u00a0 Legal education refers to a professional educational program that cultivates and imparts an understanding of the law, its articulation in jurisprudence and the administration of justice.\u00a0 It is a post-baccalaureate degree program and includes both basic law course as well as graduate courses in law.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.6\">The legal education provided by St. Thomas More School of Law and Business to its students was previously under the Bachelor of Laws (Ll.B) program but recently, it shifted to Juris Doctor (J.D) in compliance with the mandate of the Legal Education Board.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section hidden aria-labelledby=\"tab__tabs_1-tab-1\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.isActiveTab\" id=\"tabs_1-tab-1\" 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