ROMEL R. BAGARES
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Laws, College of Law, University of the Philippines (2003).
Bachelor of Arts in Communication, major in Communication Research, University of the Philippines
College of Mass Communication (1994).
WORK
Associate, Roque & Butuyan Law Offices (2003-present).
Reporter, The Philippine Star (1995-2003).
AFFILIATION
Member, University of the Philippines Law Alumni Association
Member, Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture (ISACC)
Vice President for Print, Defense Press Corps (1998-1999)
Elder, Christ Our Life Fellowship (COLF) of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Churches of the
Philippines (CAMACOP, 1997-present).
ACADEMIC HONORS and AWARDS
Recipient, 1st Myres S. McDougal Prize in International Law and Jurisprudence, UP College of Law,
April 2003.
Recipient, Justice Irene Cortes Prize in Constitutional Law, UP College of Law, April 2003.
Articles and Research Editor, Philippine Law Journal (2002-2003).
PUBLISHED LEGAL ARTICLE
Co-author, Beyond Liberty versus Equality: Reconfiguring the Libertarian-Egalitarian Debate on Free
Speech in the Philippine Setting, 78 P.LJ. (September 2003).
PAPERS DELIVERED
(Un)Learning the Grammar of Politics or Why Evangelicals Always Seem To Be In the Dark About
Contemporary Philippine Politics. Reactor’s Paper to a Lecture delivered by Prof. F.P.A.Demeterio III,
San Beda College, on The Grammar of Class Conflicts in Philippine Electoral Process and the Task
of Filipino Philosophy, at the Alliance Biblical Seminary , Quezon City, Nov 20, 2003.