41st Face-to-Face MCLE Lecture Series
Dates: January 16,17, 23 & 24, 2025 (Thursday & Friday Schedule)
Venue: The Learning Hall, 5th Floor, Ship Hotel Cruise Institute of the Phils. Inc.,Yuchengco Tower 1, RCBC Plaza, Ayala corner Gil Puyat Street, Makati City

Day 1: January 16, 2025 (Thursday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | Trial and Pre-trial Skills | Significant Decisions and Updates on Criminal Procedure and the Guidelines for Continuous Trial of Criminal Cases | Atty. Christian Villasis | 2 CU |
10:15a.m. – 12:15a.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Salient Features of the Rules on Expedited Procedures in the First Level Courts | (Fmr.) Judge Marjorie Uyengco-Nolasco | 2 CU |
1:00p.m. – 3:00p.m. | MCLE Prescribed Subject-Specific areas of law/comparative law in other jurisdictions | Salient Features of the Internet Transactions Act (RA Act No 11967) | Atty. Rafael Angelo Padilla | 2 CU |
3:15p.m. – 6:15p.m. | Alternative Dispute Resolution | Modes of Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation and Arbitration | Atty. Arleo Magtibay, Jr. | 3 CU |
Day 2: January 17, 2025 (Friday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | Trial and Pre-trial Skills | Trial Techniques | Pros. Peter Ong | 2 CU |
10:15a.m. – 12:15p.m. | MCLE Prescribed Subject-Law and Economics | BIR Run After Tax Evaders (RATE) Cases: Updates | Pros. Peter Ong | 2 CU |
1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. | Legal and Judicial Ethics | The New Code of Professional Responsibility for Lawyers | Atty. Erickson Balmes | 3 CU |
4:15p.m. – 6:15p.m. | Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy | Legal Writing, Best Practices and A.I. | Atty. Aliakhbar Jumrani | 2 CU |
Day 3: January 23, 2025 (Thursday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | Alternative Dispute Resolution | Dealing with a Recalcitrant Party | Atty. Shirley Alinea | 2 CU |
10:15a.m. – 12:15p.m. | MCLE Prescribed Subject-Specific areas of law/comparative law in other jurisdictions | TRAIN & CREATE LAW vs CREATE MORE & EOPT: An Attempt to Reconcile Similarities and Differences Affecting Stakeholders Tax and Statutory Compliance | Atty. Willie Santiago | 2 CU |
1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. | Legal and Judicial Ethics | Ethical Standards for Lawyers in a VUCA World | Pros. Christian Castro | 3 CU |
4:15p.m. – 6:15p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Updates and Developments in Labor Law | Dean Voltaire Duano | 2 CU |
Day 4: January 24, 2025 (Friday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Insights on the New Rules on Inquest and Preliminary Investigation | Pros. Freddie Nojara | 2 CU |
10:15a.m. – 12:15p.m. | Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy | Powerful and Effective Legal Writing | Atty. Rosario Olivas | 2 CU |
1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Pleadings in Family Law Cases | Dean Ma. Soledad Deriquito-Mawis | 3 CU |
4:15p.m. – 6:15p.m. | International Law and International Conventions | Sovereign, Historic or Common? Understanding the Rights to the Natural Resources of the South China Sea | Atty. Fretti Ganchoon | 2 CU |
January 10, 2025 – Deadline for Registration