CALSADA R.S.D
Why Calsada?
Calsada R.S.D. aims to advance graduate legal education in the Philippines toward a more innovative, inclusive, and research-driven model by strengthening digitalisation, enhancing academic quality, and fostering institutional coordination to ensure broader access, stronger research capacity, and sustainable development.
Epistemological
An expanding vision of quality in legal education that strengthens the social role of law schools and promotes greater emphasis on research beyond bar preparation.
Digital Issue
A growing digital transformation supported by ongoing improvements in connectivity infrastructure.
Policy Gap
Progress toward the development of a national framework for quality graduate education and stronger, sustainable connectivity among legal education institutions.
What We Aim
To strengthen the quality of graduate legal education in the Philippines through four complementary objectives.
Research Excellence
Strengthening research capacity and embedding research-based approaches at the core of graduate legal education.
Digital transformation
Sustainable connectivity
Promoting equitable, resilient and sustainable digital connectivity to support education, research and international cooperation.
A renewed societal role of Law Schools
Reinforcing the role of Law Schools as key actors in social development, public policy and international legal cooperation.
How We Do It
CALSADA is organized into five interconnected Work Packages (WP), each addressing a critical dimension of capacity building:
Management and Coordination
Ensure sound management of the project
Awareness Raising
Create a favorable environment for reform
Policy Development
Strengthen CHED-LEB legislative capacity
Policy Transposition
Improve LEIs capacity to transpose policies to their environment
Impact and Dissemination
Communicate and Disseminate project’s activites and results
Project Timeline
A strategic four-year journey to transform Philippine legal education
Awareness Raising
Kick off meeting
Project website launch
Approval of management plans – Jun/2026
Launching of Notion CALSADA management page
Newsletter launch
Policy Development
Submission of mid report
Comparative Report on Quality Legal Education + Teaching materials WP2 uploaded
Launching of CALSADA Research Center
Publication of Handbook on Policy Development
Approval of the National Quality Framework on Graduate Legal Education by CHED/LEB
Policy Transposition
Working papers by the Research Center
International Conference
Modified/New Curricular offering
Publication of the Toolkik for policy transposition
Booklet with Project Results
Submission of final report
Our Consortium
The Consortium is composed of 12 beneficiaries and 1 associated partner
