42nd Face-to-Face MCLE Lecture Series
Dates: January 30, 31, February 6 & 7, 2025 (Thursday & Friday Schedule)
Venue:Manhattan Function Rooom, 2nd Floor, Astoria Plaza, 15 J. Escriva Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City

Day 1: January 30, 2025 (Thursday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Updates and Developments in Labor Law | Dean Voltaire Duano | 2 CU |
10:15a.m. – 12:15p.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 |
1:00p.m. – 3:00p.m. | MCLE Prescribed Subject-International Legal Processes | National Security and International Armed Conflict | Dean Jeremy Gatdula | 2 CU |
3:15p.m. – 6:15p.m. | Alternative Dispute Resolution | Arbitration and Litigation: Face Off | Atty. Arthur Autea | 3 CU |
Day 2: January 31, 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 | Updates in Legal Ethics | (Fmr.) Judge Marjorie Uyengco-Nolasco | 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: February 6, 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-International Legal Processes | From Expression to Refugee Convention: Examination and Application of International Legal Frameworks in the Philippines | Dean Rodel Taton | 2 CU |
1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. | Legal and Judicial Ethics | Notarial Rules | Judge Theresa Dizon | 3 CU |
4:15p.m. – 6:15p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Untying the Knot: Developments on Psychological Incapacity as a Ground for the Declaration of Nullity of Marriages | Atty. Raymond Fortun | 2 CU |
Day 4: February 7, 2025 (Friday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy | Legal Advocacy and Human Rights | Atty. Ray Paolo Santiago | 2 CU |
10:15a.m. – 12:15p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Insights on the New Rules on Inquest and Preliminary Investigation | Pros. Freddie Nojara | 2 CU |
1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | An Appreciation of Data Privacy Law: A Revisit of Some of the 2024-2025 Controversial Legal Opinions Issued by the National Privacy Commission | Atty. Willie Santiago | 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 15, 2025 – Deadline for Registration