Maria Liza A. Lopez-Rosario (born October 15, 1963) is a Filipino lawyer, professor, author, and educational administrator. She is also an expert on the canon law of the Catholic church.
Education
Lopez-Rosario is a graduate of the
University of Santo Tomas for her degrees of Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy ''magna cum laude'' in 1984 and her Bachelor of Laws ''magna cum laude'' in 1988. She attained her
Doctor of Civil Law ''cum laude'' degree in 1997 from the
Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain, where she also worked as an au pair.
She also earned her Bachelor in Canon Law in 2013 from the
UST Faculty of Canon Law.
Career
Lopez-Rosario started her legal career as a
public attorney. She started teaching at
UST Law since 1989. She is a senior associate at
Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles. Lopez-Rosario was a bar examiner for civil law in the 2014
Philippine Bar Examination.She authored ''Natural Moral Law and Philippine Civil Law''.
Lopez-Rosario is the legal counsel of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Parañaque,
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila ( lat, Archidioecesis Manilensis; fil, Arkidiyosesis ng Maynilà; es, Arquidiócesis de Manila) is the archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Metro Manila, Philippines, encompassing ...
, and the
Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines. Cardinal
Jaime Sin
Jaime Lachica Sin ( zh, t=辛海梅, 辛海棉, poj=Sin Hái-mûi, Sin Hái-mî; August 31, 1928 – June 21, 2005), commonly and formally known as Jaime Cardinal Sin, was the 30th Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila and the third cardinal from ...
was among her former clients.
She is the inaugural dean of the
University of Santo Tomas Graduate School of Law
The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Migu ...
, founded in 2017.
See also
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University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Arts and Letters
The University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Arts and Letters, popularly known as "UST Artlets" or "UST AB", is the liberal arts school of the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest and the largest Catholic university in Manila, Philippines.Ambeth Oca ...
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University of Santo Tomas Faculties of Ecclesiastical Studies
The University of Santo Tomas Faculties of Ecclesiastical Studies (''also known as'' UST Ecclesiastical Faculties and UST-Eccle) are the ecclesiastical schools of the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest and the largest Catholic university in M ...
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University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law
The University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law or "UST Law" (as distinguished from the Faculty of Canon Law) is a law school in Manila, Philippines. It is administered under the jurisdiction of the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest and t ...
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
References
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Academic staff of the University of Santo Tomas
University of Santo Tomas alumni
1963 births
Living people