Biography

Salma Pir T. Rasul is a lawyer by profession, admitted to the practice of law in the Philippines as well in the states of New York and Maryland.  She is currently the Programs Director of the Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy.  She is also the Director for the Islamic Law Studies of the University of the Philippines Law Center (UPLC) and likewise serves as   the Programs Development Consultant of the Institute of Administration of Justice of the same center. She currently lectures for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) program of the UPLC and at the Lyceum of the Philippines College of Law.  Atty. Rasul is part of the study group on Federalism, organized by the Local Government Development Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

She obtained her LLB in Law from the University of the Philippines  College of Law.  She has earned her undergraduate degree  Business Economics from the University of the Philippines School of Economics. Atty. Rasul is a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Philippine Bar Association.