Ka cika wannan jumlar: An fara gabatar da ilimin shari'a a Philippines a lokacin mamayar Mutanen Espanya lokacin da, a 1734, Jami'ar Santo Tomas ta kafa Faculty of Civil Law. Bayan da aka amince da Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Malolos, Joaquin Gonzales ya kafa Universidad Literaria de Filipinas a cikin 1899; wannan cibiyar ta ba da kwasa-kwasan da yawa ciki har da doka. Koyaya, wanzuwar Literaria ba ta daɗewa ba sakamakon fashewar
Rikici tsakanin Filipino da Amurkawa. A lokacin mamayar Amurka, musamman a cikin 1911, an kafa Kwalejin Koyon Koyon Koyon Jami'ar Philippines, ta hanyar hangen nesa da kokarin George Malcolm. Wannan cibiyar shari'a ta ci gaba da kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffin kwalejojin doka a cikin ƙasar.