October 3, 2013 at 5:30 in the afternoonUniversity of the Cordilleras Theater

and the

The Chief Justice Panganiban Professorial Chairon Liberty and Prosperity

THEINDIGENOUS PEOPLES

RIGHTS ACT (IPRA)

A Vehicle forLiberty and Prosperity

A Lecture on

by

Atty. Re y naldo U. AgranzamendezDean, University of the Cordilleras College of Law

Holder, Professorial Chair

University of the Cordilleras College of Law Dean Reynaldo U. Agranzamen-dez is set to deliver a lecture on the In-digenous Peoples Rights Act on October 3, 2013 at the UC Theater. This will be the first of a two-part lecture after Agranza-mendez was appointed as one of 10 hold-ers of the “Chief Justice Panganiban Pro-fessorial Chair on Liberty and Prosperity” – a project of the Foundation for Liberty and Prosperity or FLP. Launched on December 20, 2011, the FLP was founded by retired Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban along with fellow retired Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide Jr., business icon Washington Sycip, and former UC President and Education Sec-retary Edilberto C. de Jesus. The FLP aims to “perpetuate the core judicial phi-losophy of Chief Justice Panganiban that jurists and lawyers should not only safe-guard the liberty of the people but must also nurture their prosperity under the rule of law.” The foundation was formed after the success of the Global Forum on Liberty and Prosperity in October 2006 which was convened by the retired Chief Justice and attended by more than 400 jurists and lawyers from 33 countries. Both the global forum and the foun-dation advocate safeguarding the rights and liberty of the people to free speech, to peaceful assembly, to liberty of abode,

to due process and to travel freely; as well as to nurture the prosperity of the peo-ple in terms of eco-nomic freedom, like the right to adequate social services and freedom from pover-ty, disease, disability and destitution. As its first project, 10 professorial chairs were appointed to “conduct original research and delivery of scholarly outputs to advocate the promotion, appreciation, application and protection of the inter-twining relationship of liberty and pros-perity.” One each from the nine leading law schools in the country and one from the Philippine Judicial Academy were designated and will receive stipends from FLP and co-sponsor Metrobank Founda-tion. A trial lawyer since 1975, Atty. Agranzamendez has handled several cas-es, among which is the case involving the death of American Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell in 2007. He has been the dean of the UC College of Law since 2000 and is a member of the National Confer-ence for the Revision of the Rules of Civil Procedure. He was conferred the Master of Laws degree by San Beda College in June 2013. (UC)

UC law dean appointed as holder ofprofessorial chair on liberty and prosperity;

to lecture on the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act