45th Face-to-Face MCLE Lecture Series
Dates: March 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2025 (Thursday & Friday Schedule)
Venue:The Heritage Hotel Manila, Roxas Boulevard corner EDSA, Pasay City

Day 1: March 20, 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. – 12:15p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Updates in Civil Procedure | Justice Mangdangal de Leon | 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 | 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: March 21, 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 | Ethical Standards for Lawyers in a VUCA World | Pros. Christian Castro | 3 CU |
4:15p.m. – 6:15p.m. | Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy | Efficient and Ethical use of A.I. for Legal Writing | Atty. Aliakhbar Jumrani | 2 CU |
Day 3: March 27, 2025 (Thursday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | Alternative Dispute Resolution | Court interventions in Arbitration | Atty. Rita Linda Jimeno | 2 CU |
10:15a.m. – 12:15p.m. | MCLE Prescribed Subject-Specific areas of law/comparative law in other jurisdictions | Data Privacy Act of 2012: Navigating Through the Vast PrivaSea | Atty. Juan Paolo Fajardo | 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. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Updates in Election Law | Atty. Antonio Carlos Bautista | 2 CU |
Day 4: March 28, 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 | Legal Writing, Online Correspondence and Tricks to Writing for the Better | Dean Rodel Taton | 2 CU |
1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Updates on Anti-Graft and Related Laws and Jurisprudence | Asst. Ombudsman Leilanie Bernadette Cabras | 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 |
March 6, 2025 – Deadline for Registration