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EPISODE 140: The Price of Faking an MCLE Compliance Number
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Episode EPISODE 140: The Price of Faking an MCLE Compliance Number
What is Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) compliance and why is it significant in a lawyer's authority to practice? When can falsifying an MCLE compliance number constitute an offense which would warrant a lawyer's disbarment?
Listen to the #SupremeCourtPH Podcast with guest Atty. Ronald Paz Caraig, Executive Officer of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Office (MCLEO). Prior to his appointment as MCLEO Executive Officer, he served in various capacities at the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA), where he was the Chief Judicial Staff Officer of the Publications Division of PHILJA’s Research, Publications and Linkages Office. He is also a resource person and lecturer for various seminars and workshops of the Supreme Court Office of Administrative Services, including those on RA 9710 or the 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯, Gender Sensitivity Training and the 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘤𝘵 for Supreme Court employees.
Supreme Court Chief Communications Officer Atty. Mike Navallo and Atty. Caraig discuss the significance of compliance with the MCLE requirement within the context of the case of In Re: Civil Case No. B-10581 v. Atty. Jose R. Hidalgo, A.C. No. 14311. This Per Curiam Decision was promulgated by the Supreme Court 𝘌𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘤 on October 7, 2025.
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