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This document outlines the mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements for members of the bar in the Philippines. It lists the required number of hours and topics for each subject area, including legal ethics, trials and pretrials skills, alternative dispute resolution, updates on substantive and procedural laws and jurisprudence, legal writing and oral advocacy, international law and conventions, and other subjects prescribed by the MCLE Committee. Topics range from using social media and dealing with police officers to cybercrime law, transportation law, civil procedure updates, and contemporary constitutional issues. The document provides structure for ongoing legal training in diverse areas relevant to legal practice.

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This document outlines the mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements for members of the bar in the Philippines. It lists the required number of hours and topics for each subject area, including legal ethics, trials and pretrials skills, alternative dispute resolution, updates on substantive and procedural laws and jurisprudence, legal writing and oral advocacy, international law and conventions, and other subjects prescribed by the MCLE Committee. Topics range from using social media and dealing with police officers to cybercrime law, transportation law, civil procedure updates, and contemporary constitutional issues. The document provides structure for ongoing legal training in diverse areas relevant to legal practice.

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MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

MCLE TOPIC

Legal Ethics • The Do’s and Don’ts of Members of the Bar in Using Social Media and
(6 hours) the Internet (A course that deals with legal ethical issues vis-à-vis growing trends
and force of Social media on policy formulation)
• Ethical Issues between Lawyers and the Philippine National Police
Officers (A course which discusses the dynamics of the relationship between
lawyers and police)
• Oral Argumentation before Quasi-Judicial Bodies (A course on improving

MCLE
Trials & oral trial and pretrial skills during deliberations of the issues before quasi-judicial
Pretrials Skills bodies)
(4 hours) • Investigating and Prosecuting “Bloggers” under the Cybercrime Law (A
course on the interpretation of Cybercrime Law and its scope on bloggers)
• Using Alternative Dispute Resolution in Environmental Cases (A course
Alternative in forming an efficient system of dispute resolution in environmental cases)
Dispute • Using Alternative Dispute Resolution of Civil Liabilities Arising from
Resolution Acts/Omissions of Drivers in Public Vehicles (A course which builds a
(5 hours) systematic way of resolving disputes regarding civil liabilities on public-vehicles
accidents and unlawful acts)
• Updates on Cyber Criminal Law, its Implementation, and Procedure (A
Updates on study on criminal law and criminal procedure regarding the the investigation and
Substantive enforcement of cybercrime through examining case law and statutory framework)
and Procedural • Registration and Reportorial Requirements of Public Transportation-
Laws & based Businesses (A course on the laws governing transportation-based
Jurisprudence businesses and its relevance on the transportation issues of the Philippines)
(9 hours) • Updates on Developments in Civil Procedure (A course on the formulation
of new procedures relating to civil actions)
• Technology’s Impact on the Practice of Law (A course that seeks to examine
Legal Writing how technology transforms the practice and the nature of law, and to train lawyers
& Oral to to be technology savvy in aid of their practice of law)
Advocacy • Upholding Correct Writing Style and Grammar even on Social Media (A
(4 hours) course about improving writing styles and grammar considering the evolving
influence of social media)
• Being Gender-Sensitive in Making Legal Documents (A course on the
developments about gender issues and its legal implication)

International • Refugees and International Human Rights Law (A course on the current
Law & international agreements among the states and their impact on the legal system
International of the Philippines)
Conventions
(2 hours)

• Extrajudicial Killings and the Rule of Law (A course on the present statistics
Subjects as of extrajudicial killings and the actions to be taken to uphold human rights
prescribed by especially the right to due process)
MCLE • Revisiting the Anti-Hazing Act of 1995 (A course regarding the pressing
Committee issues of Philippine society and its effect on the construction of the law especially
(6 hours) on liabilities of members of fraternities and sororities during initiation rites)
• Contemporary Issues on Constitutional Law (A study of competing theories
of constitutional interpretation that will examine current topics in constitutional
law) (2 hours)

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