By Rhenjie Marie Calantas, BA Comm-4, OJT

Dean Salex Alibogha (4th from the left) posed for a picture with colleagues during his oathtaking as a Regular Member of LEB on March 07, 2022.

Central Philippine University College of Nursing Dean, Atty. Salex Alibogha was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as the new regular member of the Legal Education Board (LEB).

The Legal Education Board was created pursuant to R.A. No. 7662, also known as the Legal Education Reform Act of 1993. The law was approved by President Fidel V. Ramos on 23 December 1993. It is the mission of the Legal Education Board, pursuant to its statutory mandate, to assist all law schools provide the country that kind of legal education that prepares lawyers to be competent legal practitioners deserving of public trust as well as to hone the research skills of legal scholars who will advance understanding in the science of jurisprudence, and enhances the leadership potential of all who attend law school so that they may assume various roles of leadership in society.

Atty. Alibogha replaced Atty. Abelardo Damondon as representative of the active law practitioners in the LEB. Aside from being a Dean of the College of Nursing, he is also a faculty of the College of Law and School of Graduate Studies in the said university.

He is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Central Philippine University as Magna Cum Laude in 1992; passed his Master of Nursing in 1996; finished his Bachelor of Law as Magna Cum Laude in the same university in 2001; and completed his Master of Law at San Beda College in 2017.

Atty. Alibogha’s appointment was written in a transmittal letter sent by Malacañang to Chief Justice Alexander Gesmudo and the appointed commissioner will serve as a regular member of LEB until January 14, 2025.