18 May 2022
DepEd MEMORANDUM
No. 045, s. 2022
SECOND MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION SEMINAR
FOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ATTORNEYS
To: Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau and Service Directors
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
All Others Concerned
1. The Department of Education (DepEd), through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legal Affairs, will conduct the Second Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Seminar for Department of Education Attorneys on May 23-24 and 30-31, 2022, via the online platform Zoom. The Institute for the Administration of Justice of the University of the Philippines Law Center (UP lAJ) will serve to facilitate the activity.
2. The conduct of the seminar is in accordance with the Department's thrust of institutional capacity building and is part of the efforts of the Legal Affairs Strand to capacitate the lawyers to effectively and efficiently handle the legal concerns brought to their respective offices.
3. The 2nd MCLE Seminar aims to
a. keep the lawyers abreast of law and jurisprudence in the field of education and government service in general;
b. inform them of developments in the legal profession, particularly in the ethics thereof;
c. enhance their skills and knowledge on matters relevant to their day-to-day work in DepEd (e.g., procurement, decision-writing, conduct of fact-finding and preliminary investigation, etc.);
d. assist the lawyers in complying with the MCLE requirement set out in Supreme Court Bar Matter No. 850; and
e. improve the overall discharge of the legal services and mandated functions of the Department.
4. The seminar will be held through the online platform Zoom to comply with the restrictions contained in the Amended Guidelines on the Nationwide Implementation of the Alert Level System for COVID-19 Response issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and pursuant to Board Resolution No. 08-2019 of the MCLE Board of Governors, which allows MCLE-accredited providers to conduct MCLE online. The list of requirements/guidelines from the UP IAJ to be complied with or observed during the MCLE seminar is provided in Enclosure No. 1.
5. Participant in the event include the attorney of the Legal Affairs Strand in the central, regional and schools division offices of DepEd. Invitation will also be extended to other lawyers in other strands/offices in the central office and the various field offices in the region and schools divisions.
6. Participant must register by accomplishing the Google Form (bit.ly/PreEnlistmentFormDepEdMay2022) on or before May 18, 2022. The link to and deails of the Zoom meeting and all other communications pertaining to the seminar will be sent to the respective email addresses of the participants. Thus participants are advised to make sure that all information entered in the form are correct and final.
7. The tentative program of the MCLE seminar is contained in Enclosure No. 2.
8. For inquiries or clarifications, please contact Mr. Allan Cairo M. Reyes, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legal Affairs, 3rd Floor, Mabini Building, Department of Education Central Office, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City through email at allan.reyes004@deped.gov.ph or at telephone number (02) 8636-6550.
9. Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired.
(SGD) LEONOR MAGTOLIS BRIONES
Secretary
Encls.:
As stated
Reference:
DepEd Memorandum No. 166, s. 2019
To be indicated in the Perpetual Index
under the following subjects:
EMPLOYEES
OFFICIALS
SEMINARS
TRAINING PROGRAMS
(Enclosure No. 1 to DepEd Memorandum No. 045, s. 2022)
Enclosure 1. Requirements and Guidelines during the MCLE Seminar.
MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
SYNCHRONOUS MCLE ONLINE PROGRAM
A. Application/Pre-Seminar Requirements
1. Strong, fast and uninterrupted internet and power connection. Create / Use a zoom account and email address registered in your name.
2. Attach current IBP-ID or two (2) primary government issued IDs bearing your photograph and signature.
3. Name of the participants, as described in the registration confirmation email, must be visible on the screen below his/her video throughout the duration of the lecture.
4. Must be in the Zoom “waiting room” at least fifteen (15) minutes before the start of the lecture.
5. A screenshot will be taken at random intervals during the lectures.
6. Screenshots will also be taken at random intervals during the lectures.
7. Registrant’s failure to attend the sessions or a portion thereof, for any reason, shall not be reimbursable or transferable to another activity/program.
8. UP-IAJ reserves the right to change the lecture or lecturers, or to re-schedule the activity/sessions.
B. House Rules
1. Observe proper decorum, dress code, non-use of virtual background nor still pictures while attending sessions. Observe proper net etiquette in attending the MCLE activity. Participants should focus on the lecture.
2. Do not turn off our camera. Be in “clear and full face view.”
3. Each participant must use only one device for the sessions. We shall only allow one device per participant to enter the lecture series.
4. To validate your attendance and avoid deduction of credit units DEVOTE FULL ATTENTION and extend due respect to the lecturer. The following are not allowed when the session is on-going:
• looping video display
• use of virtual background or video filter
• travelling
• working
• sleeping
• using other gadgets
• exercising and other activities that may disrupt your full attention from the lecture
• off-camera activity
5. Must answer the Online Evaluation Forms and submit the same at the end of the last lecture for the day. Failure to do so will result to the non-submission of their attendance records to the MCLE Office.
(Enclosure No. 2 to DepEd Memorandum No. 045, s. 2022)
Enclosure 2. Tentative Program
MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
SYNCHRONOUS MCLE ONLINE PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
May 23-24 and 30-31
DATE | TOPIC/SUBJECT | CREDIT HRS/TIME | LECTURE |
23 May Mon | Updates in Election Law Substantive and Procedural Law | 8:00 – 11:00 am 3 units | Atty. Luie Tito F. Guia |
Children’s Rights Substantive and Procedural Law | 11:45 – 1:45 pm 2 units | Prof. E. Leo D. Battad | |
Anti-Corruption Laws Legal Ethics | 2:00 – 4:00 pm 2 units | CSC Ariel G. Ronquillo | |
International Law Solutions to Philippine Law Problems International Law | 4:15 – 6:15 pm 2 units | Prof. Andre C. Palacios | |
24 May Tue | Preparing Document under the Government Procurement Law Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy | 8:00 – 10:00 am 2 units | Dir. Flor L. Ofilada |
Latest CSC Guidelines on ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution | 10:15–12:15 pm 2 units | Judge Marjorie T. Uyengco-Nolasco | |
Revisions of the Rule on Civil Procedure MCLE Prescribed | 1:00 – 4:00 pm 3 units | Justice Emily San Gaspar-Gito | |
Penalties under the Government Procurement Law Legal Ethics | 4:15 – 6:15 pm 2 units | Atty. Zoilo L. Andin, Jr. | |
30 May Mon | Decision Writing Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy | 8:00 – 10:00 am 2 units | Justice Maria Filomena Singh |
Trial skills and techniques Trial and pre-trial skills | 10:15–12:15 pm 2 units | Prof. Resurreccion-Medrano | |
Cyber Ethics Legal Ethics | 1:00 – 3:00 pm 2 units | Dr. Atty. Noel G. Ramiscal | |
Government Procurement Act MCLE Prescribed | 3:15 – 6:15 pm 3 units | Atty. Arthur F. Tantuan | |
31 May Tue | Remedies under the Government Procurement Law Trial and pre-trial skills | 8:00 – 10:00 am 2 units | Atty. Zoilo L. Andin, Jr. |
Updates in Land Registration Substantive and Procedural Law | 10:15–12:15 pm 2 units | Atty. Robert Nomar V. Leyretana | |
ADR: Negotiation, Mediation, and Arbitration Alternative Dispute Resolution | 1:00 – 4:00 pm 3 units | Atty. Roberto N. Dio | |
2019 Rules on Evidence Substantive and Procedural Law | 4:15 – 6:15 pm 2 units |
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