33rd MCLE Lecture Series
Dates: April 11, 12, 13 & 14, 2023 (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Schedule)
Venue: Old Swiss Inn Restaurant, Geneva Room, Ground Level, Somerset Olympia, Makati Avenue corner Sto. Tomas Street, Makati City
Day 1: April 11, 2023 (Tuesday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | Trial and Pre-trial Skills | Problems in Prosecuting Drug Cases | Pros. Freddie Nojara | 2 CU |
10:15a.m. – 12:15p.m. | MCLE Prescribed Subject-Law and Economics | TRAIN Law and CREATE Law | Atty. Nelson Gargoles | 2 CU |
1:00p.m. – 3:00p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Updates on Anti-Graft Laws and Jurisprudence | Asst. Ombudsman Leilanie Bernadette Cabras | 2 CU |
3:15p.m. – 6:15p.m. | Alternative Dispute Resolution | Arbitrating Disputes in Public Contracts | Prof. Mario Valderrama | 3 CU |
Day 2: April 12, 2023 (Wednesday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | MCLE Prescribed Subjects – Law on Social and Other Special Concerns | The Anti-Terrorism Act | Pros. Peter Ong | 2 CU |
10:15a.m. – 12:15p.m. | Trial and Pre-trial Skills | Trial and Pre-trial Techniques | Pros. Peter Ong | 2 CU |
1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. | Legal and Judicial Ethics | Updates in Legal Ethics | (Fmr.) Judge Marjorie Uyengco-Nolasco | 3 CU |
4:15p.m. – 6:15p.m. | Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy | Legal Writing | Judge Therese Dizon | 2 CU |
Day 3: April 13, 2023 (Thursday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | Alternative Dispute Resolution | Developments in and Techniques of Negotiation and Mediation | Atty. Rita Linda Jimeno | 2 CU |
10:15a.m. – 12:15p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | The New Adoption Law (R.A. 11642) | Atty. Aliakhbar Jumrani | 2 CU |
1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. | Legal and Judicial Ethics | Avoiding the Ethical and Digital Pitfalls of Lawyering | Dep Com Erickson Balmes | 3 CU |
4:15p.m. – 6:15p.m. | MCLE Prescribed Subject-International Legal Processes | The Law on Anti-Human Trafficking | Pros. Jedrek Ng | 2 CU |
Day 4: April 14, 2023 (Friday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | International Law and International Conventions | The South China Sea Arbitration: Settlement of Disputes under UNCLOS vis-à-vis General International Law | Atty. Fretti Ganchoon | 2 CU |
10:15a.m. – 12:15p.m. | Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy | Legal Writing and the Architecture of Clarity | Atty. Victoria Loanzon | 2 CU |
1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Updates in Labor Law | Dean Anna Maria Abad | 3 CU |
4:15p.m. – 6:15p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | An Appreciation of Data Privacy Law: A Revisit of Some of the Controversial Legal Opinions Issued by National Privacy Commission | Atty. Willie Santiago | 2 CU |
Updated as of February 2, 2023
April 4, 2023 – Deadline for Registration