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PROGRAM AGENDA
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
Batch 1: September 7 to 16, 2021;
Batch 2: September 28 to October 7, 2021;
Batch 3: October 19 to 28, 2021 (8 days)
9:00 am to 11:00 am / 12:00 nn and 1:00 pm to 3:00 / 4:00 pm
via Zoom

Subject Credit
Day Time Topic Speaker
Area Units
Atty. Maria Dionesia A.
Rivera-Guillermo
Ethical Considerations
9:00 am to Attorney V, Legal and
in Government 2
11:00 am Research Division
DAY 1 Procurement
Government Procurement
Legal Ethics Policy Board-Technical
Sep 7 Support Office
(6 units)
Sep 28
Oct 19 Atty. Frederick I. Anciano

1:00 pm to Updates in Bar and Court Attorney IV

2
3:00 pm Bench Discipline Office of the Reporter
Supreme Court of the
Philippines

Atty. Ariel G. Ronquillo

The Revised Rules on
DAY 2 9:00 am to Legal Ethics
Administrative Cases in 2 Assistant Commissioner
11:00 am (6 units)
the Civil Service Office for Legal Affairs
Sep 8
Civil Service Commission
Sep 29
Oct 20 Trial and Significant Decisions
Atty. Christian G. Villasis
1:00 pm to Pre-Trial and Jurisprudential
2
3:00 pm Skills Developments in
Villasis Law Center
(4 units) Remedial Law

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 Trial and Hon. Magdangal M. de Leon
9:00 am to Pre-Trial Appellate Law Practice
2
11:00 am Skills (COA-related) Associate Justice (Retired)
DAY 3 (4 units) Court of Appeals

Sep 9 Prof. Rowena E.V.

Sep 30 Alternative Recognition and Daroy-Morales
Oct 21 1:00 pm to Dispute Enforcement of
2
3:00 pm Resolution International Associate Professor,
(5 units) Arbitration Awards College of Law,
University of the Philippines

Atty. Mario E. Valderrama

Alternative
9:00 am to Dispute Arbitration of Disputes
3 General Counsel
12:00 am Resolution in Public Contracts
Construction Industry
DAY 4 (5 units)
Arbitration Commission
Sep 10 Updates on
Oct 1 Substantive
Oct 22 Atty. Leonor D. Boado
and Updates in Criminal
1:00 pm to
Procedural Law specifically on 3
4:00 pm Law Professor
Laws and Public Officers
Bar Reviewer
Jurisprudence
(9 units)

Updates on
DAY 5 9:00 am to Substantive Updates on Rules on Hon. Maria Filomena D.
3
12:00 am and Civil Procedure Singh
Sep 13 Procedural
Oct 4 Laws and Updates on Rules on Associate Justice
1:00 pm to
Oct 25 Evidence 3
4:00 pm Jurisprudence Court of Appeals
(9 units)

Atty. Ma. Tanya Karina A.

International
Lat
Law and Philippine Practice in
9:00 am to
International International Law: 2021 2
DAY 6 11:00 am Professorial Lecturer,
Conventions Updates
College of Law,
(2 units)
Sep 14 University of the Philippines
Oct 5 Atty. Emerson S. Bañez
Oct 26 MCLE
1:00 pm to Prescribed Data Privacy Act and
2 Assistant Professor, College of
3:00 pm Subjects Digital Signatures
Law
(6 units)
University of the Philippines

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 Atty. Manuel R. Riguera
9:00 am to Rules on Electronic
2
11:00 am Evidence
Riguera & Riguera Law Office
DAY 7 MCLE
Prescribed Atty. Rowena Candice M.
Sep 15 Efficient Procurement
Subjects Ruiz
Oct 6 Measures During a
Oct 27 1:00 pm to (6 units) State of Calamity or
2 Executive Director V
3:00 pm Implementation of
Government Procurement
Community Quarantine
Policy Board-Technical
or Similar Restriction
Support Office

DAY 8 9:00 am to Legal Drafting of Pleadings

2 Atty. Renan E. Ramos
11:00 am Writing and and Motions
Sep 16 Oral
Assistant Solicitor General
Oct 7 1:00 pm to Advocacy Drafting of Decisions,
2 (ret.)
Oct 28 3:00 pm (4 units) Resolutions, and Orders

TOTAL 36

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