Diary - 12 May to 22 June

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Mental health; Housing law update12 May: Coursesorganised by Shelter.

Mental health will be held at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1; Housing law will be held at York CVS, Priory Street Centre, York.

Each course runs from 10am to 4.30pm, carries 5 CPD hours, and costs 90 to 170.

Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.

HIV and human rights - immigration article 3 applications; HIV - disability discrimination in employment; HIV - disability discrimination in services14, 28 May, 12 June: Coursesorganised by the Specialist Advice Centre, to be held at Lighthouse West, 111-117 Lancaster Road, London W11.

Human rights will be held on 14 May from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost: 100.

6 CPD hours; Disability discrimination in employment will be held on 28 May, from 10am to 2pm.

Cost: 50.

3.5 CPD hours.

Disability discrimination in services will be held on 12 June, from 10am to 2pm.

Cost: 50.

3.5 CPD hours.

Contact Jean Foreman, tel: 020 7831 0330.

Carers and mental health law20 May; Courseorganised by the Carers Training Unit, to be held at Carers UK, 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Cost: 110 to 180.

Contact Chris Hockley, tel: 020 7566 7632.

Prosecutions pt 2 - advanced22 May: Courseorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 149 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

National showcase for solicitors and legal professionals28, 29 May: Exhibition and conferenceorganised by American Lawyer Media's LegalTech tradeshow division, to be held at the International Convention Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham, from 10am to 5pm on 28 May, and from 10am to 5pm on 29 May.

Free.

3.75 CPD hours per day.

Contact Deepak Vohra, tel: 020 7936 9850.

Smartcards29 May: Conferenceorganised by the Society for Computers and Law, to be held at the Manchester Conference Centre, Weston Building, Sackville Street, Manchester from 6.30pm to 7.30pm.

Cost: members 23.50, non-members 41.13.

1 CPD hour.

Contact Caroline Gould, tel: 01179 237393.

Effective contract drafting; Effective commercial contracts - an international comparison10, 12, 24, 26 June: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Commerce & Industry Group.

Effective contract drafting will be held on 10 and 26 June at Nabarro Nathanson, Lacon House, Theobald's Road, London WC1, and on 12 June at 1 South Quay, Victoria Quays, Sheffield.

Commercial contracts will be held on 24 June at Lacon House.

Cost: 282 for one event or 564 for both.

Each course runs from 10am to 5pm and carries 5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Golding, tel: 020 7524 6711.

Safety first: protecting patients, supporting doctors16 June: Conferenceorganised by the Royal Society of Medicine and Action for Victims of Medical Accidents, to be held at the Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 40 to 100.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Laura Milne, tel: 020 7290 3942.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Exiling to conserve: a judiciary's agenda in India13 May: Seminarorganised by the School of Oriental and African Studies Law Department, to be held at SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1, from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Free admission.

Contact Philippe Cullet, tel: 020 78984651.

Legal drafting for the employment tribunal19 June: Seminarorganised by Citizens Advice Specialist Support Unit, to be held at the NCVO, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 100 to LSC contract holders.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.

Rights of temporary workers20 June: Seminarorganised by Rickerbys and Andrew Fraser Recruitment, to be held at the Moat House, Shurdington Road, Brockworth, Gloucester, from 9.15am to 12.30pm.

Cost: 40 plus VAT.

Contact Anne-Marie Delrosa, tel: 01242 246444.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

The Criminal Justice Bill and civil liberties12 May: Public meetingorganised by Liberty, to be held at the Houses of Parliament, London SW1, from 6pm to 8pm.

Free.

Seats must be reserved.

E-mail: zoeg@liberty-human-rights.org.uk or contact Zoe Gillard, tel: 020 7378 3667.

Annual chairman's reception16 May: Eventorganised by the National Association of Women in Property, to be held at the Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, London W1, from 6pm to 8pm.

Tickets 30.

Contact Fiona Alfred, tel: 020 7603 4746.

Solicitors Cycling Club meeting; First annual solicitors' cycling competition27 May, 22 June; Eventsorganised by the Solicitors Cycling Club.

The meeting will be held on 27 May at Leigh Day & Co, 25 St John's Lane, London EC1, from 6pm to 7pm.

The competition will be held on 22 June at Hillingdon cycle circuit, Springfield Road, Hillingdon.

Contact Michael Gray, e-mail: michael.gray@ wilmots.

co.uk or tel: 01285 712207.

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: diary@lawsociety.org.ukInclude telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation