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A volunteer organization of Filipino lawyers, paralegals, and policy researchers — working at the intersection of legal education, digital rights, and accountability. Everything published openly.

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Founded on the principle that the law should be a public good — not a private one — we are a volunteer organization of Filipino lawyers, paralegals, and policy researchers, working at the intersection of legal education, digital rights, and accountability.

We believe legal infrastructure should be open: pleadings, digests, research notes, plain-language explainers — maintained by counsel, free to read, free to reuse. The law belongs to everyone; the tools to use it should follow.

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Algorithmic transparency & the right to explanation

Manila · 14 Feb 2026 180 attendees

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Data Privacy Act — one year on

Cebu · Mar 2026

Volunteer Intake

Q1 2026 mentorship cohort

Nationwide · 32 new members

Community Engagement

Barangay-level legal literacy in Filipino, Cebuano & Ilocano

12 cities · ongoing

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Policy Brief · Featured

Algorithmic Transparency Mandate for Philippine public services.

As government agencies adopt automated decision-making — from social benefits to risk scoring at ports — Philippine administrative law lacks a coherent right to explanation. We propose a statutory framework grounded in the Data Privacy Act and the Bill of Rights.

Authors J. Reyes & M. Dela Cruz

Published 04 May 2026

Read time 14 min

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