15 february to 20 june

15 february to 20 junelectures and seminarsHuman rights culture and Asian women in Britain15 February: Lectureorganised by the British Institute of Human Rights, to be held at King's College, 75-59 York Road, London SE1, from 1pm to 2pm.

Speaker: Independent columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.

Entrance free.

Contact Sarah Lucas, tel: 020 7401 2712.

The United Nations decade on elimination of poverty: what role for international law?22 February: Lectureorganised by the Faculty of Laws, UCL, to be held at Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1 at 6pm.

Free.

Speaker: Professor Christine Chinkin of the LSE.

Contact Lisa Penfold, tel: 020 7679 1514.

Ethics and medical law: do they ever meet?2 April: Seminarorganised by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, to be held at Allen & Overy, 1 New Change, London EC4.

Refreshments 6.15pm, seminar 6.30pm.

For details contact John Lloyd, tel: 07947 069980.

E-commerce: law and commerce in a virtual world25 April to 20 June: Seminarsorganised by University College London, to be held at BMA, Tavistock Square, London WC1 at 6.30pm.

A series of five evening seminars on e-commerce covering: the legal landscape of the Internet (25 April); facilitation of e-commerce (9 May); resolving disputes (22 May); electronic payment and finance (6 June), and; intellectual property (20 June).

Cost: 300 or 140 for concessions for all 5 seminars, or 70 or 35 for concessions per seminar.2 CPD and 2 NPP hours per seminar.

For details contact Lisa Penfold, tel: 020 7679 1514.

conferences and coursesGeneral election 200116 February: Conferenceorganised by the Local Government Group, to be held at the Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street, London from 10am to 5pm.

5.5 CPD hours.

Cost 145 plus VAT.

For details, contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.

Law Society's management course20/21 February: Courseorganised by the Local Government Group, to be held on 20 February at Birmingham City Council, the Council House, Birmingham and on 21 February at Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester.

Both courses are from 10am to 5pm, have 7 CPD hours and cost 165 plus VAT.For details, contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.

Disrepair in the public and private sectorMortgage advice: the prevention of homelessnessWelfare benefits: meeting the mandatory franchising requirements22 February to 7 March: Two-day coursesorganised by Shelter, to be held at 168-172 Old Street, London EC1 from 10am-4pm.

Disrepair in the public and private sector is on 22 and 23 February.

Mortgage advice is on5 and 6 March.

Welfare benefits is on 6 and 7 March; attendance satisfies the Legal Aid Commission's welfare benefits franchising requirement.

Each course has 10 hours' CPD.

Contact David Rees, tel: 020 7490 6720.

Top people: what they need to know and do27 February: Courseorganised by the Association of Solicitor Investment Managers, to be held at the London Chamber of Commerce, 33 Queen Street, London EC4, from 9.30am to 4.45pm.

6 CPD hours.

What managing partners may expect after the Financial Services and Markets Act.

For details, contact Wendy Goodwin, tel: 01892 870065.

Child protection and domestic violence: working together to keep children safe15 March: Conferenceorganised by the Women's Aid Federation of England, to be held at the Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1, at 9.20am.

Bursaries for groups running women's domestic violence services.

Health minister John Hutton and family judge Victor Hall are among the speakers.

For further details, contact Lesley Welch, tel: 0117 983 7126.

meetings and eventsAGM and dinner27 February: Annual general meetingof the West London Law Society, to be held at the RAF Club, 128 Piccadilly, London W1, at 6.30pm.

To book, send 25 cheque payable to West London Law Society to David Fleming, William Heath & Co, 16 Sale Place, Sussex Gardens, London W2 1PX, DX:38750 Paddington.

For details tel: 020 7402 3151.

Special general meetingWednesday 28 February: SGMof the Law Society, to be held at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2 at 2.30pm, to consider By-law and Charter amendments to implement proposed reforms of the Society's corporate governance.

For further information, contact Barbara Gastrell, tel: 020 7320 5723.

Poetry reading13 March: eventorganised by the Poet in the City Project, to be held at Clifford Chance, 200 Aldersgate Street, London EC1, at 6pm.

Bring a poem to read, or just come to listen.

For details contact Cathy Jones, tel: 020 7282 7000.

Annual general meeting22 March: AGM and electionsorganised by the Birmingham Trainee Solicitors' Society, to be held at Eversheds, Colmore Row, Birmingham, at 6.30pm.

The elections are for the committee.

Contact Catherine Parkinson, tel: 0121 234 0148.

Send entries to: Diary Section, Law Society's Gazette, Newspaper House, 8-16 Great New Street, London EC4A 3BN.

Fax: 020 7831 0869.

E-mail: steve.jones@lawsociety.org.ukInclude telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation.

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