As the
seventh Compliance Period for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) for
members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines closes in April 2023, new and
exciting programs start to line up for the opening of the eighth period. Most
compliant lawyers now enjoy more options as online, traditional, and hybrid
learning setups comprise the interesting mix that prioritizes their convenience
and personal choices.
Like law
practitioners across the globe, learners in the country consider four major
factors when choosing MCLE programs to enroll in—topic or content, cost,
reputation of MCLE facilitators, and the learning setup.
Always ahead
of the times and leading its industry, ACCESS MCLE, a duly recognized learning
institution facilitating MCLE courses for local attorneys, has started opening
new programs that learners can sign up for the Eighth Compliance Period.
Currently,
there are nine available courses, with 16 more to be uploaded.
It is the
proponent of online MCLE as it presented the setup for virtual learning for
lawyers to the Supreme Court even before the onset of the pandemic.
ACCESS MCLE
has even introduced a new version of the online class or synchronous setup. The
Flexi-Synch option makes MCLE program schedule identical all year round.
Learners who miss a session can catch that same lesson on the same day and time
on the following month.
Topics and
carefully-selected facilitators
“We aim to
make fellow lawyers realize that MCLE is worthwhile and necessary,” said ACCESS
MCLE Co-Founder Atty. Ma. Louella M. Aranas. “It has always been our commitment
to set the standard higher.”
Since Day 1,
ACCESS MCLE has been prioritizing the requirements, needs, and interests of
Filipino lawyers. It is continuously working with numerous law experts and
legal luminaries to identify and develop programs that would further enrich
local attorneys amid significant changes in the judicial landscape.
So far,
ACCESS MCLE has offered numerous MCLE courses in seven different
categories—updates on substantive and procedural laws, MCLE prescribed
subjects, legal and judicial ethics, alternative dispute resolution, legal
writing and oral advocacy, trial and pre-trial skills, and international laws.
“ACCESS is
committed to delivering new curated topics for the Eighth Compliance Period on
top of the courses for the Seventh Compliance Period that remain to be
available. Some of our current popular topics are the laws of war; hunger and
the right to adequate food, and even the right to die,” Atty. Aranas said.
The
institution is equally proud of its roster of lecturers, which include legal
luminaries and some of the most credible subject matter experts. ACCESS MCLE
has a deliberate selection process for inviting the best lecturers who are real
authorities in their respective legal practices. “We take most of our
recommendations for lecturers from Dean Ada Abad of Adamson University College
of Law,” Atty. Aranas disclosed.
Costs and
learning setups
Being the
first accredited online on-demand and synchronous MCLE provider in the Philippines,
ACCESS MCLE has been instrumental in democratizing continuing legal education
for lawyers. It was among the proponents of online MCLE as it had started
introducing the virtual learning setup for lawyers even before the onset of the
pandemic and before the Supreme Court formally endorsed online MCLE as an
option for those meeting compliance.
ACCESS MCLE
has even introduced a new version of the online class or synchronous setup. The
Flexi-Synch option makes MCLE programs available all year round. Learners who
miss a session can catch that same lesson on the same day and time on the
following month.
Aside from
the reasonable fees per course, online sessions logically help lower compliance
expenses by eliminating the need to spend on transportation. Thus, learners
from all local regions don’t need to fly to the metro just to attend sessions.
“A huge
factor that makes lawyers enroll in an MCLE seminar is the program schedule. It
can be hard for a working professional to find time to attend a lecture that directly
conflicts with their schedule. Moreover, the lineup of lecturers, topics to be
discussed, and rate or pricing are other points that lawyers factor in when
making the decision to enroll in a program,” Atty. Aranas summed up.
To learn
more about ACCESS MCLE and its programs, visit https://accessonline.ph/.
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