ATTY. CZARINA V. PACIS

Atty. Czarina Maybellyne V. Pacis is a Solicitor at the Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines. She represents the Republic of the Philippines in legal proceedings involving the State. She also serves as a member of the Junior Secretariat providing direct legal support to the Solicitor General.

Formerly, Czarina served as a Court Attorney (Law Clerk) of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in which she provided extensive legal research and analysis on constitutional and international law matters.

Apart from government service, Czarina also teaches Public International Law and Constitutional Law at San Beda University.

Czarina graduated Class Valedictorian of San Beda University and recipient of the Most Outstanding Law Graduate Award, Justice Florenz Regalado Memorial Award, and the Dean’s Award. She likewise earned her Bachelor of Science in Legal Management, cum laude, from the Ateneo de Manila University. She was also the Class Valedictorian in grade school and high school.

Czarina co-authored the Philippine Law Journal article, “An Untrammeled Chief Architect: Examining the Binding Effect of the so-called ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ between the Philippines and China vis-à-vis the President’s Treaty-Making Powers,” which examines the constitutional and international law implications of the West Philippine Sea dispute. The Article was conferred the 2025 OSG Best Publication Award.

Czarina is a Fellow from the United Nations Regional Courses in International Law, and alumna of Philippine International Law of the Sea Academy and Hague Academy of International Law. She was recently accepted in the Yeosu Academy of the Law of the Sea.

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