The UP Law Complex Institute for the Administration of Justice (IAJ) held a Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) program titled, “Yeah I’m the Taxman: A Taxation Law-Focused MCLE,” from April 27 to 30, 2026. Conducted in a hybrid format, the MCLE gathered 231 legal professionals for a practice-oriented and interdisciplinary discussion on contemporary taxation law and policy in the Philippines. Through a progression of themes delivered by 20 distinguished speakers from the judiciary, executive branch, leading law firms, and the academe, the program aimed to contextualize and deepen the understanding of taxation through institutional realities, practice, empirical data, and on-the-ground…