IBP

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Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) is the official 
organization of all Philippine lawyers whose names appear in the Roll of Attorneys of the Supreme Court. The IBP came into being when the 
Supreme Court created on October 5, 1970 the Commission on Bar 
Integration which was tasked “not only to ascertain the advisability of 
integration of the Bar, but even more, to serve as a common vehicle of 
the Court and the Bar in fashioning a blueprint for integration and 
putting the same into actual operation.” Republic Act No. 6397, which 
became effective September 17, 1971, confirmed the power of the Supreme 
Court to adopt rules of court to effect the integration of the 
Philippine Bar. Then on January 9, 1973, the Supreme Court, by a per 
curiam resolution, pursuant to its constitutional mandate, ordained the 
integration of the Bar in accordance with its Rule 139-A, effective 
January 16, 1973. Within the next succeeding months, the IBP was 
organized. On February 17, 1973, local chapters all over the country 
were finally formed and elections for chapter officers were held. Then 
on March 17, 1973, the first batch of representatives to the IBP House 
of Delegates composed of 104 delegates representing the IBP Chapters 
nationwide convened in Manila and elected its first set of IBP 
Governors.
It is an official organization - and by “official” we 
mean that it is established by the State. Republic Act No. 6397 
confirmed the power of the Supreme Court to adopt rules of court to 
effect the integration of the Philippine Bar. Presidential Decree. No. 
181 was promulgated on May 4, 1973 constituting the IBP into a body 
corporate and providing government assistance thereto for the 
accomplishment of its purposes.
== Website ==
* http://ibp.ph/about.html
* http://ibp.ph/IBP%20Journal.html
* http://ibp.ph/contact.html
== Chapters ==
http://ibp.ph/chapters.html
==IBP Members ==
Please check the Supreme Court of the Philippines Lawyer's List
* https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/lawlist/
==Cases==
Disbarment
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Suspension
== See ==
Legal Education Board