Ateneo Law School launches Dean Joey Hofileña Scholarship Fund

2026-03-10 - 09:34

In honor of the late dean Jose Maria “Joey” G. Hofileña, the Ateneo Law School community is establishing a scholarship named after him to “carry forward” his mission of bringing down the barriers to education at one of the country’s top law schools. The Ateneo Law School announced the establishment of the Dean Joey Hofileña Scholarship Fund in a post on the Ateneo de Manila University website on Monday, March 9. It said the fund is in memory of the beloved law school dean “whose life and leadership profoundly shaped the Law School.” “Dean Joey deeply believed in the transformative power of education and in the responsibility of lawyers to serve others. Throughout his years at the Ateneo Law School, he consistently championed student formation and the expansion of financial aid so that deserving students, regardless of circumstance, could pursue legal education and dedicate their talents to the service of justice,” the announcement said. “The Dean Joey Hofileña Scholarship Fund seeks to provide similarly-minded individuals an opportunity to carry forward this mission by providing grants to students who not only demonstrate financial need but who, as Dean Joey put it, also display the resolve to become lawyers who are skillful as well as ‘kind, decent, principled human beings,'” it added. Hofileña’s determination to carry out his mission was evident in the law school’s Aid Upon Admission Program, which was launched during the COVID pandemic, school year 2021-2022. According to