"FREE access to the courts and quasi-judicial bodies and adequate legal assistance shall not be denied to any person by reason of poverty." – Section 11, Article III (Bill of Rights) of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines.
On Feb. 10, 2009, the Supreme Court issued Bar Matter (BM) 2012 that proposed rules on mandatory legal aid service for practicing lawyers. Lawyers were mandated to provide free legal services to indigents for a minimum of 60 hours annually with a minimum of five hours per month. It appears that BM 2012 has not been implemented to date.
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