Oliver Xavier “Oliver” A. Reyes has been a member of the Philippine Bar since 2002. He is a graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Law, where he served on the Editorial Board of the Philippine Law Journal.

He previously worked for the Supreme Court of the Philippines as a Judicial Staff Head. During his service with the judiciary, he was the Secretary for the Sub-Committee on Rules for Special Commercial Courts and participated in the drafting of the Manual of Judicial Writing.

Oliver then worked with the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative as Senior Program Manager, working on a project for the automation of Philippine trial courts, and with the Southeast Asia Internet Freedom Project, which built the capacity of lawyers in the region to litigate cases involving freedom of expression online and online privacy.

A co-founder of the internet rights advocacy group Democracy.Net.Ph, Oliver is also currently a Policy Officer with the Law, Technology, and Policy Program of the University of the Philippines Law Center.

At present, he is a professorial lecturer at the University of the Philippines College of Law, the De La Salle University College of Law, and the Lyceum of the Philippines College of Law.

University of the Philippines College of Law