The Academic Council, composed of Chairpersons of 16 Academic Departments, and chaired by the Chancellor, reviews and approves trainings, programs and activities of the Academy and the membership in the Corps of Professors. It is also authorized to recommend implementation policies to the Academy.

Justice ROSMARI D. CARANDANG Presiding

Chairpersons of Academic Departments

PJ Remedios A. Salazar-Fernando Constitutional Law	Assoc. Dean Solomon F. Lumba Civil Law	Justice Manuel M. Barrios Criminal Law
Atty. Francisco Ed. Lim Commercial Law	Justice Magdangal M. De Leon Remedial Law	Justice Roman G. del Rosario Taxation Law
Justice Francis H. Jardeleza International and Maritime Law	Atty. Theodore O. Te Humanitarian Law and Human Rights	Dean Antonio G.M. La Viña Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy
Justice Apolinario D. Bruselas, Jr. Ethics and Judicial Conduct	Justice Myra G. Fernandez Legal Writing, Research, Methodology	CA Raul B. Villanueva Court Management
Justice Jose C. Reyes, Jr. Special Areas of Concern	Atty. Jose Jesus M. Disini, Jr. Court Technology	Justice Anisah B. Amanodin-Umpa Shari'ah and Islamic Laws and Jurisprudence
Comm. Linda L. Malenab-Hornilla Alternative Dispute Resolution	Justice Adolfo S. Azcuna Chancellor Emeritus