Legal Requirements

For Legal Requirements UP Manila Legal Office provides standard format of contracts that can be downloaded in their website: http://legal.upm.edu.ph/legal-forms using UPM Internet Access Only. You may use their standard format to facilitate / accommodate a faster review of contracts. If certain modification been made, kindly indicate it by using Font Style and Font Color.

To reduce the time for preparing and review of legal documents originating from any college, unit or offices in UP Manila, please be guided by the following procedure:

1. Check if the contract, MOA or any other agreement you need to prepare already has a standard format uploaded in the website of the UPM Office of Legal Services:

2. All contracts for review must submit a fully-accomplished checklist of information and supporting documents prior to the review by the Legal Officers/University Counsels. For future use, this template is available for downloading on the UPM Legal Office website:

3. Agreements can be reviewed by the legal office but cannot be endorsed without UPMREB approval.

4. If available, click the form you need to download it.

5. When downloaded, click “enable editing”

6. Click the button “REVIEW” and “Track Changes”

7. Edit the downloaded form.

8. Email them to upm-legal@up.edu.ph. If research agreements, kindly coordinate with Ryan Alba: rcalba@up.edu.ph

9. Wait for comments to clarify certain provision s or advise you to print the reviewed copy of the document. Number of copies should correspond to the number of parties plus an additional copy which the Notary Public will get.

10. Send the printed copies to UPM Office of Legal Services at t h e 8th floor, LCB, PGH build in g for endorsement to the proper signatory.

MEMO NO. JDGC-001-2018