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Executive Order No. 883 (2010)
—The law profession is a specialized and highly technical field, the practice of which requires the completion of all prescribed courses in a four (4) year graduate law program at a law school or university officially approved and recognized by the Secretary of Education, as well as successfully passing the bar examinations conducted by the Supreme Court;
Section 1. — Grant of Rank. — Offices and employees occupying legal positions in the government executive service who have obtained graduate degrees in law and successfully passed the bar examinations attendant thereto, shall initially be granted the rank of CESO III or higher, with the corresponding salary grade and other privileges in the Career Executive Service. ᇈWᑭHIL
Section 2. — Determination of Rank Level. ——The appropriate level of the CESO rank granted to the government officer or employee under Section 1 hereof shall be determined upon the recommendation of the Department or Agency Head concerned and the evaluation of the Career Executive Service Board
(CESB). In the determination thereof, due consideration shall be given to (a) the position of the officer or employee in government, (b) academic honors and distinctions received, and (c) bar or board examination rating.
Section 3. — Non-Prescription; Construction. —— The CESO rank granted under the provisions of this Order shall vest upon the government officer or employee—s compliance with the requirements of Section 1 hereof, and shall not prescribe. Nothing in this Order shall be constructed to defeat the security of tenure and other privileges/entitlements of government officers and employees as provided under existing laws, orders, rules and regulations.
Section 4. — Repealing Clause —. — All executive orders, administrative orders, proclamations, rules and regulations or parts thereof that are in conflict with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 28 th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Ten.
(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) LEANDRO R. MENDOZA Executive Secretary