The Public Interest Law Center (PILC) renders legal services mainly to organized sectors of Philippine society on legal issues that have a direct or indirect impact on the lives of numerous classes. As a principal mission, PILC is committed towards fighting for actual, tangible, and quantifiable gains for its clients. On a supportive role, PILC realizes that its legal advocacy and battles inspire and promote the organization of the poor and oppressed and their conscientization towards fighting injustice and oppression.
By Admin - November 24th, 2000
By Romeo T. Capulong
A week ago the lawyers of respondent Joseph Ejercito Estrada held a meeting with their client to discuss their defense strategy in the impeachment trial. The defense lawyers were worried that the most important client of their career would not follow the script meticulously laid out by them or, worse, would not be able to fully grasp the defense theory before the start of the trial. At the end of the long meeting, one of the defense lawyers asked the client if he wanted to comment on the lawyers’ presentation. read more »
By Admin - April 21st, 1999
By Romeo T. Capulong
Every time I am introduced as a speaker through a narration of my professional activities I am always reminded of that European lawyers forum in Rome not so long ago. After saying that I was the chief counsel of the National Democratic Front Peace Panel and defense lawyer of the leading NDF personalities including Jose Maria Sison, the Italian lawyer who introduced me raised his baritone voice and proudly said: ”Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my distinct honor to introduce to you Atty. Romeo Capulong, the number one communist lawyer in the Philippines.” read more »
