Sec. Remulla congratulated UB for having a legal assistance center which he said is very important in legal education.
He stressed that the legal assistance center is very important in helping the people of Baguio and other Filipinos who are in need of legal aid, especially those who cannot afford the price of legal services.
“In our country where 100 million Filipinos live in peace and harmony with each other, the enforcement of human rights is very important and fortunately or unfortunately, many of our brethren cannot afford the price of legal services, that is why the concept of legal assistance, legal aid was born,” Remulla said in his message.
“The role of a legal assistance center is very important to all of us and it will become more important later on as the days go on and as the years pass. The School of Law of the University of Baguio will be a bigger college, it will be serving more years and it will be blazing a trail of legal traditions that will be followed here in Baguio,” the Secretary added.
The Secretary believes that through the years, the legal assistance center in UB will continue to grow along with the School of Law and will serve more people.
For his part, President Bautista said the Legal Assistance Center is very close to their hearts as it would serve the people in the community where they are, the community of Baguio City.