Juan Ponce Enrile

ENRIQUE V. DELA CRUZ JR.
evdelacruz@pecabar.ph

He obtained his Master of Laws degree major in  International and Comparative Business Law (with Distinction) from the London Metropolitan University,  U.K. He also completed a Single Masters Course (MSc) in International Trade Law from the University  College London, U.K. as a Chevening Scholar of the  British Council.

In 2001, he took up a Masters in Public Management degree from the Ateneo School of Government. In 2002, he completed a post-graduate executive program in Leadership and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. 

In 2000, he received his Bachelor of Laws degree (3rd honors)  from the University of Santo Tomas as a full  scholar. He passed the Bar exams given in the same year, with a general weighted average of 86.05%. In 1996, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree major in Legal Management (cum laude) from the same University as a Rector's scholar.

While in UST, he won as National Public Speaking Champion twice (1998 and 1999) and led UST to three (3) consecutive National Law Debate Championships at the ALSP Conflicts of Law Debate Tournament, from 1997 to 1999.

He was awarded Best Speaker in the 1997 4th All Asians Intervarsity Debate Tournament in Singapore where he led the UST Debate Team in winning the Championship. He was FIRST RUNNER-UP in the 1998 World’s Public Speaking Competitions held during the XVI World’s Debate Championships, where he also led UST to the quarter-finals. In June 1999, he represented the Philippines in the 3rd Hitachi Young Leaders Initiative held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In August 1999, he led the Philippine Law Debate Team to win the Championship of the ASEAN Law Debates in Jakarta, Indonesia.

He is a bar reviewer in Political Law, Public International Law and Conflicts of Law. He is also on his 3rd term as an elected Councilor of the Municipality of Baliwag, Bulacan and currently the Vice-President for Luzon of the Philippine Councilors League. He is also the current Regional Representative for South East Asia (2006 to 2008) of the Young International Arbitrators Group (YIAG) of the London Chamber of International Arbitrators (LCIA).

In 2006, he was awarded by the National Jaycees as one of the TEN OUTSTANDING COUNCILORS OF THE PHILIPPINES. In 2007, he was awarded by the Asia Society as one of the OUTSTANDING YOUNG LEADERS OF THE PHILIPPINES.