ATTY. VICTOR LORENZO L. VILLANUEVA
EDUCATION
University of Santo Tomas (2010-2015)
Bachelor of Laws
University of the Philippines – Diliman (2004-2008)
BA Film & Audio-Visual Communication, Cum Laude
Ateneo de Manila High School (2000-2004)
Second Honors
Our Lord’s Grace Montessori (1994-2000)
Valedictorian
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Presidential Communications Office
Office of the Undersecretary for Administration and Finance
Chief-of-Staff (2016 July – present)
Securities and Exchange Commission
Enforcement and Investor Protection Department
Legal Assistant / Investigator (2016 February – 2016 July)
House of Representatives
Office of Representative Raymond V. Palatino
Political Affairs Officer III / Legislative Staff (2009 August – 2011 September)
EXTRA-CURRICULAR AFFILIATIONS
| National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) | President (2012-2013) |
| Youth Act Now | National Convenor / Spokesman |
| Kabataan Party-List | 4th Nominee (2013 National Elections) |
| Association of Law Students of the Philippines – National Capital Region | Treasurer (2014) |
| UST Central Student Council | Speaker (2014) |
| UST Law Student Council | President (2013-2014) Public Relations Officer (2011) |
| UP Diliman University Student Council Mass Media / Public Relations Committee Oblation Newsletter |
Councilor (2008) Chairperson Editor-in-Chief |
| UP College of Mass Communication Student Council | Film Department Representative (2006) |
| Upsilon Sigma Phi | |
| STAND-UP (Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights – UP) | Secretary General (2007) |
| UMAKSYON (Ugnayan ng Mag-aaral Laban sa Komersyalisasyon ng Edukasyon) | Convenor |
| KASAMA sa UP (Katipunan ng mga Sangguniang Mag-aaral sa UP) | Deputy Secretary General (2008) |
| UP Mass Communicators Organization Media & Public Relations Team |
Director (2005) |
| UP Cinema Arts Society | Treasurer (2005) |
| Hilites Magazine (Ateneo de Manila High School) | Managing Editor (2003) Layout Editor (2002) |
May 3, 2014 (Saturday).
I am Victor Villanueva, a Filipino law student [Update (03 May 2016, exactly two years later): I just passed the Philippine bar exams and will officially be a lawyer upon taking my oath on 16 June 2016] who has little love for present laws which protect and preserve the prevailing economic and political order in our country. I study the law to take advantage of and use the good that is left of it for social change–and yes, to gain the title of a lawyer for whatever purpose it may serve. I believe in revolution and I am fervently hopeful that a better and brighter future for all is possible through people’s collective action. I am taking my legal studies at the University of Santo Tomas (Faculty of Civil Law), where I am currently student council president.
I graduated with a degree in Film and Audio-Visual Communication from the University of the Philippines. I am a photography and film enthusiast and an avid traveler.
I started keeping a blog as a high school freshman at the Ateneo de Manila. My present blog, however, do not contain most of the thousands of blog entries I had written from years past. After more than two years of ignoring this blog, and surviving countless hackers’ attacks, I decided to re-launch this blog today, as I spend away my last summer break as a student.
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Hi! I found myself reading your blog while I was searching for law related blogs written by law students, just hoping to get some inspiration from your/their stories while I struggle in my life in law school now. Surprisingly, you’re a Thomasian as well. 🙂