PHILIPPINE
CONSULATE GENERAL IN
SYDNEY
HOLDS CONTINUING PHILIPPINE LEGAL EDUCATION SEMINAR FOR FILIPINO-AUSTRALIAN
SOLICITORS
19 September 2007—The Philippine Consulate General in
Sydney
successfully held a one-day Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Seminar
aimed at updating Filipino-Australian solicitors and other legal practitioners
of recent Philippine jurisprudence and other important legal issues.
Philippine
Consul General to Sydney Maria Theresa Lazaro reported that the seminar was held
on 15 September at the Consulate and was attended by twenty-four (24)
Filipino-Australian solicitors and legal practitioners. A team of four legal
practitioners based in the
Philippines
composed of the Hon. Judge Marissa Guillen and Attys. Soledad Cagampan de
Castro, Arturo de Castro and Marilen Ramiro were the seminar's speakers.
The speakers' topics covered the following: (1) special
Issues in Family Law which covered the effects of marriages and divorces under
Philippine law, annulment and adoption procedures; (2) property acquisition and
alienation procedures in the
Philippines
; and (3) Philippine citizenship and immigration issues.
Consul
General Lazaro remarked: "The Legal Education Seminar on special issues of
Philippine law, in particular those covering family, property and citizenship,
is a welcome and timely opportunity for Filipino-Australian solicitors who wish
to update themselves of the latest Philippine jurisprudence. Considering the
fact that most of them conduct their practice within the Greater Sydney Area
where 68,000 Filipino reside and are most likely their regular clients, this
course will greatly aid them in providing timely legal advice to questions
concerning Philippine law and procedures."
The MCLE Course will be officially accredited as part of the
professional development program under the Professional Conduct and Practice
Rules of the New South Wales (NSW) Law Society. The Society is the statewide
professional regulating body for legal practitioners. END