IN 2019, following attempts by the Legal Education Board to require the Philippine Law School Admission Test of all seeking admission to colleges and schools of law, the Supreme Court ruled that in setting a passing mark, the board was intruding on academic freedom.

Following motions for reconsideration filed by different parties, the court promulgated a resolution in part modifying its earlier decision — still in the direction of upholding the academic freedom of law schools to determine who to teach and who should teach. Justice Marvic Leonen penned a separate dissenting opinion — expressing the very interesting and provocative position that the very existence of the Legal Education Board was anathema to academic freedom. He wrote: