Atty. Rashid Pandi

Rashid V. Pandi is a law professor at the Mindanao State University, where he concurrently serves as the Director of the Presidential Management Staff. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physics, cum laude, from the same university in 2010 and his Juris Doctor degree on an academic scholarship from the University of San Carlos in Cebu City in 2017, graduating as the class valedictorian and receiving the Gold Medal for Best Thesis. He was admitted to the Philippine bar in 2018.

In 2022, he completed his Master of Laws (LLM) degree as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar at Columbia University in New York City, supported by a Fulbright scholarship. He is also the recipient of The Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International and Comparative Law.

During his time in law school, Prof. Pandi was a member of the team that represented the Philippines in moot court competitions held in the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. He contributed to the team’s victories at the World Championship in Oxford University in 2018 and in Stetson University in Florida, USA in 2016.

Prior to joining MSU, Atty. Pandi was an associate at Romulo Law, the oldest and one of the largest law firms in the country. He was also a law professor at the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, where he taught public international law and commercial law.