Persida V. Rueda-Acosta, DSD, Chief Public Attorney and recipient of the Lingkod Bayan Award (Highest Presidential Award for Outstanding Public Service) is the 4th Placer in the 1989 Bar Examinations. She is a Doctor of Social Development graduate (GWA 1.20) from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, and has completed the Senior Executive Fellows Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, Massachusetts, U.S.A. She is an Asian Public Intellectuals (API) Senior Fellow. She is also a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar and the U.S.A. International Visitor (IV) Program. She acquired a Certificate in Public Financial Management from the Executive Education Program of the Harvard Kennedy School, Massachusetts, and a Professional Certificate in International Management and Leadership from the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) in London. As a recognized Expert in Legal Aid by the United Nations, she has lectured on this field and related topics in international conferences. The UN, through the UNODC, acknowledged her comments on the draft of the 2017 copyrighted work, “Model Law on Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems with Commentaries”. The UNODC and the UNDP quoted her insights on legal aid in the 2016 copyrighted piece, “Global Study on Legal Aid Global Report”.
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