Aquila Legis
| Aquila Legis Fraternity | |
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| Α.L.F. | |
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| Founded | 1949 Ateneo Law School, Padre Faura, Manila (Old Campus) |
| Type | Law-based |
| Scope | International |
| Motto | Fidelitas ex Lege |
| Colors | Blue |
| Symbol | Eagle |
| Chapters | None |
| Headquarters |
Manila Philippines |
| Homepage | Aquila Legis Website |
The Aquila Legis is a Filipino fraternity based in the Ateneo de Manila School of Law. Founded in 1949, it was the first fraternity founded by students, and the first fraternity in the Philippines using Latin nomenclature, preceding a number of Philippine law-based fraternities with names derived from Latin. (Aquila Legis in English means "eagle of the law," but is commonly translated as "legal eagle.")
Over the past six decades, the fraternity has inducted over 1,500 members, some of whom eventually rose to public prominence as cabinet secretaries, legislators, justices, and ambassadors.
Aquila Legis was founded as Fraternitas Aquilae Legis in 1949 by 21 second- and third-year students of the Ateneo Law School. As expressed by Aquila Legis alumnus and former Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye, the fraternity was created "to promote camaraderie" and to "nurture Catholic lawyers and to produce leaders in every field of human endeavor", in line with the aims of the Jesuit-run Ateneo Law School.
Among the founding members were Gabriel Singson (later governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, or BSP), Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (later Vice President of the Philippines) and Raul Boncan (later a member of the BSP's Monetary Board).
Over the years, the fraternity has earned a reputation for helping members pass the bar examinations, often with flying colors. Throughout Aquila Legis' history, over 40 fraternity alumni have reached the Top Ten of the Bar Examinations, five of whom earned first place.
For a list of the fraternity's bar topnotchers, see: Bar Topnotchers and Placers from Aquila Legis.
On February 8, 9 and 10, 1991, Aquila Legis senior members conducted initiation rites for neophytes interested in joining the fraternity's ranks. As a result of the traditional hazing ritual, fraternity neophyte Leonardo "Lenny" Villa died from serious physical injuries at the Chinese General Hospital on February 10, 1991.
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