A person must meet the following requirements in order to be appointed to the Supreme Court: (1) natural - born citizenship; (2) at least 40 years old; and (3) must have been for fifteen years or more a judge of a lower court or engaged in the practice of law in the Philippines. An additional constitutional requirement, though less precise in nature, is that a judge "must be a person of proven competence, integrity, probity, and independence. '' Upon a vacancy in the Court, whether for the position of Chief Justice or Associate Justice, the President fills the vacancy by appointing a person from a list of at least 3 nominees prepared by the Judicial and Bar Council.
qualification of the members of the supreme court in the philippines
natural - born citizenship at least 40 years old must have been for fifteen years or more a judge of a lower court or engaged in the practice of law in the Philippines must be a person of proven competence, integrity, probity, and independence