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# Raúl Arnaldo Candelario López

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · Associate Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
- State: Puerto Rico
- Role: Associate Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

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## Sources

- [Official profile](https://poderjudicial.pr/tribunal-supremo/composicion-del-tribunal-supremo/)
- [Official roster](https://poderjudicial.pr/tribunal-supremo/composicion-del-tribunal-supremo/)
- [Poder Judicial de Puerto Rico official judicial roster](https://poderjudicial.pr/tribunal-supremo/composicion-del-tribunal-supremo/)
- [SUMAC, Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos](https://poderjudicial.pr/tribunal-electronico/sumac/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Puerto Rican jurist who became Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico on January 16, 2025, appointed by Governor Jenniffer González-Colón
- On January 16, 2025, Governor Jenniffer González-Colón nominated him as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, a position confirmed by the Senate through NM 45

### Education

- obtained a Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences in Political Science and Public Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in 1988, later receiving his Juris Doctor in 1992 from the same university’s School of Law During his studies, he was recognized with the Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges distinction, the Judge Alex H. Hotchkiss Award, and is a member of the Phi Eta Mu fraternity

### Additional information

- Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Candelario López is the fifth of eight siblings
- He completed secondary school at Colegio Ponceño



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Puerto Rico Supreme Court Rules](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-1eda345778c37f823db432fa) — Supreme Court only; dated 2011 compilation with later amendments listed by publisher. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://poderjudicial.pr/Documentos/Supremo/Reglas/Reglamento-Tribunal-Supremo.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.