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Justice Nimfa C Vilches Biography
Justice Nimfa C Vilches Biography
VLCHES
Biography
In 1989, at the age of 32, Vilches was appointed Presiding Judge of the
Municipal Trial Court of Barugo, Leyte, and later designated Acting Judge in
the Metropolitan Trial Courts of Manila, Makati and Caloocan until her
appointment as Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 48, in
1999. On September 26, 2006, she was awarded Outstanding Judge by the
Society for Judicial Excellence, Supreme Court, after rendering consummate
service as a magistrate for 17 years and for advancing the rights of women
and children. She was promoted Assistant Court Administrator the following
day September 27, 2006.
Vilches, in 2005, ruled on the trailblazing case (Herrera vs. Alba and Hon.
Nimfa Cuesta Vilches, G.R. No. 148220, June 15, 2005) about the
admissibility of DNA evidence in Philippine courts. The decision was affirmed
in its entirety on appeal and was much quoted by the Supreme Court. That
piece of verdict became one of the starting points of the 2007 Supreme
Court Rule on DNA Evidence.
Chairperson, Bids and Awards Committee for Goods and Services, Supreme
Court Chairperson, Ad-hoc Committee for Legal Fees, Supreme Court
Chairperson, Grievance Committee, OCA, Supreme Court Chairperson,
Personnel Evaluation and Review Committee, OCA, Supreme Court
Chairperson, Subcommittee on Justice for Children, Office of the President,
Manila Vice-Chairperson, Justice on Wheels Committee, Supreme Court Vice-
Chairperson, Legal Research and Method, Philippine Judicial Academy
(PhilJA), Supreme Court Member, Sub-Committee for Family Courts,
Committee on Revision of Rules, Supreme Court Member, Committee on the
Revision of the Benchbook, PhilJA, Supreme Court Member, Selection and
Promotion Board, OCA, Supreme Court
Academe
Professor II, Philippine Judicial Academy, Supreme Court Professor, Ateneo
Law School and holder of the Chief Justice Ramon Avancena Professorial
Chair in Civil Law since 2003 Lecturer for the Mandatory Continuing Legal
Education (MCLE) for the University of the Philippines Institute of Judicial
Administration; Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP); Philippine Bar
Association (PBA); Department of Justice (DOJ); and the Public Attorneys
Office (PAO)
International Lectures
Lecturer and Session Chair, 4th International Conference on Family Law and
Children’s Rights, Cape Town, South Africa, 2003 Lecturer, Asian Conference
of Social Work Professionals, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2003 Lecturer,
International Conference on Children’s Rights, University of Ottawa, Canada,
2007 Lecturer, Phenomena in Juvenile Delinquency, International Juvenile
Justice Observatory (OIJJ), Seville, Spain, 2007 Lecturer, 1st Asian Mediation
Association, Singapore, 2009 Delegate, Philippine Delegation to the UN
General Assembly Special Session on children, New York, USA, 2003
Works Published
B.P. 22: FAQs, Rex Bookstore, 2005 Are You Ready To Be A CASA/GAL
Volunteer? 2001 DNA and the Courts, 2002 Trafficking In Women and
Children, 2003 Making Juvenile Justice Work, 2004 Mediation: Reaching its
Potential in Family Law Cases, 2006 No Nonsense Court Management, 2007
RA 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act: Bane or Boon, 2008
ADR: The Solutionist Approach to Unclog Court Dockets, 2009
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