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Irene De Torres Alogoc
Atty. Irene De Torres Alogoc is the inaugural Executive Director V of the Office for Alternative Dispute Resolution (OADR), an attached agency of the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Atty. Irene is a trained government manager and a Career Executive Service eligible. She has over ten (10) years of extensive law practice and has held key positions in all three branches of the government, namely: Acting Director IV of the Internal Audit Service of the Department of Agriculture, Court Attorney V at the Judicial and Bar Council, and Director II at the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal. She formerly served as Secretary and Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Government Internal Auditors, Inc. (AGIA).

She had her training on Strategic Conflict Management for Professionals (Modules I and II) at the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) and on Comprehensive Course on International Arbitration under the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - New York Branch and the Columbia Law School. She is also a Trained Arbitrator of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. (PDRCI). She is a professor at the New Era University College of Law and Tarlac State University School of Law. She delivers lectures in Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) covering topics in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).

Atty. Irene represents the Philippines as one of the delegates to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Arbitration and Conciliation/Dispute Settlement (Working Group II), and Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform (Working Group III). She has also been appointed as Principal Representative of the DOJ to the National Board of Judges of the 2021 Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentive Awards (LTIA). Atty. Irene obtained her law degree from the Arellano University School of Law and Bachelor of Arts degree in Legal Management from the University of Santo Tomas.

Atty. Irene is the author of the book titled “Philippine Alternative Dispute Resolution”, which highlights the different ADR mechanisms and practices in the country like arbitration, mediation, ADR in the judiciary, ADR under the Katarungang Pambarangay System, ADR practice of indigenous peoples, and other ADR forums. Her book, which features simplified illustrations of pertinent legal provisions, updated rules and procedures, relevant jurisprudence and DOJ opinions, sample pleadings, and legal forms, aims to keep readers abreast with the latest developments on ADR. She is also a TESDA certified Bread and Pastry Chef.