Associates

Alyssa ‘s (AJ) practice areas include labor, corporate services, and technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT).

While in law school, AJ joined the UP Women in Law (UP WINLAW) and was a Logistics committee member for UP Bar Operations Commission. As an intern under the UP College of Law Clinical Legal Education Program, she received a “with Excellence” distinction for her contribution to the Environment clinic. In 2022, she presented her paper “Women, LGBTQ+ and Incarceration: A Look into Human Rights Issues Involving PDLs” at the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination (BCCEAD) Law 9th Annual Conference. AJ also took part in Chuo University Law School’s Summer Program in Japan and was also an intern at the Supreme Court of the Philippines in the same year.

AJ took and passed the first licensure exam for Psychometricians in the Philippines in 2014.

Qualifications

• University of the Philippines Diliman, Juris Doctor (Class of 2023)
• Ateneo de Manila University, AB Psychology (Class of 2014)
• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2023
• Licensed Psychometrician since 2013

Experience

AJ has participated in several matters.  Her experience has included:

• Assisting in civil, criminal, labor, and administrative cases before various Philippine courts and quasi-judicial bodies
• Assisting on data privacy matters
• Assisting on TMT matters
• Assisting on legal ethics matters
• Assisting on energy and environmental matters
• Assisting on corporate advisory matters
• Assisting on labor advisory matters

Memberships

• Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (2023 – Present)
• Member, Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law (BCCEAD) (2022-present)
• Member, Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP)