Persida acosta born
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Public Attorney's Office (Philippines)
Public defender in Philippines courts
The Public Attorney's Office (PAO) of the Philippines is the public defender for all courts in the Philippines. It also provides other legal services to the poor. According to its mission statement it exists to provide to the poor "free access to courts, judicial and quasi-judicial agencies, by rendering legal services, counselling(sic) and assistance..."[2]
It is an attached agency of the Department of Justice (DOJ). It is led by the Chief Public Attorney Persida Acosta,[3] who was appointed to the position on February 23, 2001 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
History
PAO was previously known as the Citizen's Legal Assistance Office (CLAO) which was created as a body under the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 1972 under the Integrated Reorganization Plan. It is mandated to provide free legal assistance to indigent people.[4][5]
In 2006, the CLAO was renamed as the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) through Republic Act 9406. The renamed body ret
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Dr. Persida V. Rueda-Acosta Doctor of Social Development Senior Fellow, Nippon Foundation Asian Public Intellectuals Fellowship [API], Fellow, Salzburg Global Seminar, US International Visitor, 2002, Member, International Legal Aid Group [ILAG], International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts [IABPA], International Corrections and Prisons Association [ICPA], Integrated Bar of the Philippines [IBP], Philippine Bar Association [PBA]. Professor, Ateneo de Manila University Law School, Rockwell, Makati City Recipient of 60 Most Outstanding UE Alumni Award , 2006, Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science [General], 1982 Dr. Persida V. Rueda-Acosta, the Chief Public Attorney of the Public Attorney’s Office, is the 4th Placer in the 1989 Bar Examinations. She is a Doctor of Social Development graduate (GWA 1.20) from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, and has completed the Senior Executive Fellows Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Dr. Acosta is an Asian Public Intellectuals (API) Senior Fellow. She is also a Fellow of the Salzburg Global S
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Persida Acosta
Filipino lawyer
Persida V. Rueda–Acosta (born 1961) is a Filipina lawyer who currently serves as the chief of the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) since 2001.
Early life and education
Acosta was born in Mariveles, Bataan in 1961 to Florencio and Herminia Rueda.[1] She was fourth among nine sibling with her father Florencio working as a mini-bus driver in Bataan and her mother Herminia was a dressmaker. According to Acosta, she was a consistent valedictorian in elementary and high school. She attended the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law under a scholarship but was forced to leave on her third year due to her parents unable to afford school fees. She was able to graduate at the University of the East in 1987.[2]
Career
Acosta took the Philippine Bar Examinations thrice. She failed in 1987 and 1988 but passed the 1989 examinations placing fourth overall.[2]
Educator
Acosta was a professor at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law as well as the University of the East, San Sebastian Colleg
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