03 June 2018

Council of Chairs
De La Salle University
College of Law

Dear Professors,

Greetings in St. La Salle!

As Freshmen students of the De La Salle University - College of Law, we recognize

the value of an efficient feedback mechanism in order to help improve the systems
and the regulations being employed in this relatively young institution.

With this, we have made consultations with the Batch 8 students and deployed an
electronic form where they were able to express their grievances and complaints
regarding their experiences with their Professors. As the highest decision making
body in this institution, we would like to respectfully submit their grievances for your
appropriate action. Identities of the complainants are withheld for security purposes
and will be available upon the request of the COC.

Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the undersigned at
+639177285900 or e-mail at edracel.delrosario@dlsu.edu.ph.

We are looking forward for a sound decision regarding this matter. Thank you.

Respectfully yours,

Edracel C. Del Rosario

Batch 8 Level Representative
AY 2017 - 2018
Name of Professor: Judge Philip Aguinaldo
Subject Taught: Persons and Family Relations G03

Details of Complaint:

No breakdown of grades, did not honor the grade consultation.

E-Signature of Complainant:
Name of Professor: Atty Johnny De Castro
Subject Taught: Legal Writing
Block: G01

Details of the complaint. Please provide relevant information and proof if necessary. *

He got mad at the class after we failed to meet a deadline (which he did not
actually set). We apologized and the beadle would even go to the office and he'd
refuse to meet him. He didn't meet our class towards the end of the semester
and would just give us activities to do. He accused the class of cheating. We
tried to explained that it was not the case but he refused to hear our side. He
gave us a 0 in one of the exercises and to make up for that, we had a final exam
which he said would cover everything discusses in class. But no. In the end, he
failed me and a bunch of others. We asked for a grade consultation &/
breakdown of grades but no reply.

Proof of Allegations:
Signature of Complainant:
Name of Professor *
Atty. Arturo De Castro
Subject Taught *
Legal Writing
Block *
G01
Details of the complaint. Please provide relevant information and proof if necessary. *

Atty. De Castro gave me a failing grade and I'm not sure if he is willing to
conduct grade consultation. I believe and I am certain that I did everything to
reach his expectations. I submitted all his requirements; I attended all his
classes- no absences, but still I received a failing mark from him. I felt that there
was no due process as I was never given the chance to ask him what happened.
When he got mad at our block because of our failure to submit a paper on time
and decided not to attend the remaining days of the semester, I understand that
he was trying to teach us a lesson-- to always be on time. However, it came to a
point when he doesn't want to listen anymore. He will email us and say that he
was disappointed-- but he never gave us the chance to explain our side. I felt
that there was no due process. I hope this kind of treatment against the
students will stop. Most importantly, I hope this letter will help us convince sir
to let us explain and reconsider our grades.

ESignature of Complainant:
Name of Professor *
Atty. Juan Arturo Illuminado De Castro
Subject Taught *
Legal Writing
Block *
G01
Details of the complaint. Please provide relevant information and proof if necessary. *

The class passed a pleading regarding the a simulated activity of the quo
warranto case of Maria Lourdes Sereno however, the class was not able to pass
it on time. The professor retaliated by giving the class a series of individual
activities that were meant to be group task as discussed and agreed previously
by the professor and the whole class. The professor did not come to class but
instead gave a note, indicating a task, to Mr. Saligumba. It must be noted that
prior to our legal writing class, the professor attended and taught a class but
nonetheless did not attend ours. The same behaviour went about for almost
three sessions where he also accused the class of cheating in one of the
activities he sent through an envoy. And when the majority of the students went
to address the issue, the professor denied them the chance to shed light to the
incident and instead informed the class through Mr. Saligumba that he will
entertain them via email. The professor then flunked a number of students,
including the complainant-student herein. It is of the complainants conviction
that he rigorously complied fruitfully with all the essential requisites that the
professor has tasked and assigned the whole class as well as the exams, that
were not taught by the professor.

ESignature of Complainant:
Name of Professor *
Atty See
Subject Taught: Philosophy of Law

Details of the complaint. Please provide relevant information and proof if necessary. *

Atty See was my professor in ‘Philosophy of Law’ during the 1st term of SY
17-18. Our class schedule with her was from 10-12NN every Monday. For the
whole term, she only gave 2 readings/materials. The first reading was only a 20+
page material about the philo of law while the 2nd material was a novel by
Wormser about the history and development of law. For the first material, she
made us read it and then we had a recitation the next meeting. For the second
reading, she divided us into groups and assigned a certain era of the law. Each
group was required to prepare a report/presentation of the assigned era and
each group was given about 1hr and 30mins to report (so basically 1 group per
meeting). Our meetings with her will start with the checking of attendance (thru
index cards) and then the assigned group will already report. Everytime a group
finished their report, Atty. See went in front and conducted a graded recitation
about the report of the assigned group. She barely discussed the report
(assigned Era of Law). This has been the flow of our meetings with her all
throughout the term. We didnt have midterms exams since the group report
compensated already for it. We had however a written finals exams conducted
by a proctor wherein 1 part of it made us to identify the specific philosopher
who spoke the given quotation. We were surprised by it because she never
discussed nor even tipped us about it. The written final exams was not returned
to us. The grading done by Atty See was not transparent. When the grades were
released for the said term, me and my blockmates were surprised that almost of
us got only a grade of “1.00”. I think the highest grade among us was only
“1.75” I just think that the grades we got didn’t justly reflect the effort we gave
for our course with Atty See. I was never absent in her class. I am able to recite
and answer her questions during the graded recitations. I reported and spoke
for about an hour during our group report. I maintained proper decorum and
respected Atty See. In line with this, I am filing this complaint for the ‘arbitrary
grading’ of Atty See during the 1st Term for SY 17-18 for the course
“Philosophy of Law”. Students have the right to be graded fairly and justly by
their professors. It’s just bitter to accept because the grades we received from
Atty See somehow pulled down our CGPAs which is an important pre requisite
for us to be able to stay in DLSU Law. La Salle, being a student-centered
educational institution, must maintain only professional and excellent set of
professors who will grade its students in an effective and efficient
performance-based manner. I am hoping for your prompt and considerable
response on this matter.

ESignature of Complainant:
Name of Professor: John De Castro
Subject Taught: Legal Writing
Block: G01
Details of the complaint. Please provide relevant information and proof if necessary. *

Made our class submit outputs and in the end, our grades were only based from
our final exam without informing us. Never showed us the full breakdown of our
grades.. Did not attend almost three meetings before the semester ended and
never replied to our emails.

ESignature of Complainant: