CCDC conducts law orientation program to members in Tublay

Law student practitioners of Cordillera Career Development College (CCDC), together with their professor and supervising lawyer, retired judge Adolfo R. Malingan as the resource speaker, provided an orientation lecture to the barangay chairman and lupon members of Tublay Central, Tublay, Benguet on November 17, 2023. This program is in line with the objective of the CCDC Community Legal Aid Center of bringing legal services nearer to the people.

The Barangay Justice System, also known as the Katarungang Pambarangay, provides an alternative mode of dispute resolution to the costly and lengthy process of settling disputes in regular courts. Instead of going through the very technical procedure of filing formal pleadings and presenting evidence in courts, the parties of a dispute are given the opportunity to try and talk to each other and resolve their disputes amicably. 

This activity was conceived considering the recently concluded Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections and upon the request of the proponents in the Barangay Local Government Unit of Tublay Central, Tublay, Benguet. There is a need to conduct an orientation of the law, especially the conciliation proceedings in order to capacitate the implementers with enhanced knowledge and clarify issues and matters as regards the Katarungang Pambarangay Law. 

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