Irene Rian Cortes was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and a law academic.
11 Facts About Irene Cortes
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Irene Cortes was the first female dean of the University of the Philippines College of Law.
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Irene Cortes was born in Legazpi City, where she completed her intermediate studies.
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Irene Cortes studied law in the University of the Philippines College of Law, where she obtained her law degree in 1948.
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Irene Cortes then pursued graduate studies in the University of Michigan, obtaining from that university her masteral and doctoral degrees in law.
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Irene Cortes established herself as an expert in administrative law, among other fields.
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Irene Cortes was named Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on February 1,1987, by President Corazon Aquino.
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Irene Cortes was the third woman named to the Court, following Cecilia Munoz-Palma and Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera.
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Irene Cortes served on the Court until she retired in 1990.
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Irene Cortes resumed teaching at the University of the Philippines after her retirement from the Court.
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Irene Cortes was the first female Supreme Court Justice to die, on October 28,1996.