School of Law Faculty S.Y. 2010-2011
Dean Ulpiano Sarmiento III
Persons and Family Relations / Obligations and Contracts / Legal Research / Legal Counselling
The father of the San Beda College Alabang School of Law (SBCA-SOL) which he established in 2004, Dean Ulan is a teacher, a lawyer, a professor, a school administrator, a legislator, and a father to his own children and the students of the School of Law. He is as affectionate and approachable as he is strict and quick to instill discipline and the love of God and for the law to all students. He teaches Persons and Family Relations, Obligations and Contracts, Legal Research, and Legal Counseling. A true Bedan of the Century, he was bred in San Beda since college and took Bachelor of Laws in 1982 and Master of Laws in 2008. As a legislator, Congressman Ulan involved himself in issues affecting education. He held the position of Assistant Secretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs to DECS Secretary Lourdes R. Quisumbing, member of the Panel Consultants, Teachers’ Welfare and Benefits, Congressional Commission on Education (COCED) of 1991, and later as Executive Director of the Congressional Oversight Committee on Education (COCED), Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. Presently, he is one of the directors of the Catholic Education Association of the Philippines (CEAP) and legal consultant of the Funs Assistance for Private Education (FAPE) and the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU). He is presently a senior partner of the Law Firm of SARMIENTO DELSON & DAKANAY.
Vice-Dean Marciano G. Delson Property / Civil Law Review An accountant, a top-notch lawyer and a teacher rolled into one, Atty. Marciano Delson, “Sir Rocky” to his students, is currently the Vice Dean of the San Beda College Alabang School of Law and the Prefect
of Student Affairs in Mendiola. Among the subjects he teaches are Civil Law Review, Property, Wills and Succession and Partnership and Trust. Sir Rocky owns a sharp memory that is said to be the secret of his numerous accomplishments. He was a consistent honor student and class valedictorian in elementary and high school. He graduated from St. Louis University in Baguio with a degree in BS Accountancy, Cum Laude, and passed the CPA licensure exams in 1986. He was taking up law in St. Louis when a “northern star” led him to San Beda Mendiola. He brought glory to the school by placing fifth in the 1990 bar exams. Sir Rocky’s students look up to him like their own father. His presence in the Alabang campus is a source of pride to the students and faculty alike as the school is a brainchild of his and of Dean Ulpiano Sarmiento III.
Atty. Bruce V. Rivera Persons and Family Relations / Constitutional Law II / Administrative Law
An English dramatist once said that “comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.” Atty. Bruce Rivera, a natural raconteur, gifted with the instinct of the witty and the comic, is a shining example of this dichotomy that lives within every comedian. Having the eye for human folly, he delivers remarks and anecdotes en clair based on solid observations. No matter what the subject is, his classes are never dull. The students enjoy hearing his witticisms while the otherwise difficult laws are enfleshed with his funny but relatable examples. Perhaps his well-timed punchline is a result of his combined Cebuano trait of lightheartedness and his own smarts. After all, he graduated Magna Cum Laude in Southwestern University, Cebu with a major in Political Science. Having taken up law in San Beda, Mendiola, one can understand Atty. Rivera’s love and dedication for the institution and its student body. This is very much manifested in his all out support for the Bedan barristers during the BAROPS and his Prefect duties in San Beda, Alabang. Atty. Rivera has got it all in spades: a big heart, the zest for life, the comic gift and the brains. The soul of his character, forged by having known struggle and laughter, speaks of his depth as a person. And for this, he indeed is one of the most beloved professors of SBCA-SOL.