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: November 7, 2024 (Thursday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Updates in Civil Procedure | Justice Mangdangal de Leon | 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-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: November 8, 2024 (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 | Legal Writing, Best Practices and A.I. | Atty. Aliakhbar Jumrani | 2 CU |
Day 3: November 14, 2024 (Thursday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | Alternative Dispute Resolution | Apology and Mediation | Atty. Araceli Habaradas | 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 | Updates in Legal Ethics | (Fmr.) Judge Marjorie Uyengco-Nolasco | 3 CU |
4:15p.m. – 6:15p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Updates on the Anti-Money Laundering Act | Dean Sergio Ceniza | 2 CU |
Day 4: November 15, 2024 (Friday)
Time | Subject | Topic | Lecturer | Credit Units |
8:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | International Law and International Conventions | From Expression to Refugee Convention: Examination and Application of International Legal Frameworks in the Philippines | Dean Rodel Taton | 3 CU |
10:15a.m. – 12:15p.m. | Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy | Legal Advocacy and Human Rights | Atty. Ray Paolo Santiago | 2 CU |
1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Developments in Intellectual Property Law | Atty. Darwin Angeles | 3 CU |
4:15p.m. – 6:15p.m. | Updates on Substantive and Procedural Laws | Insights on the New Rules on Inquest and Preliminary Investigation | Pros. Freddie Nojara | 2 CU |
Details TBA
March 6, 2025 – Deadline for Registration