Diary - 14 August to 23 October

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

AIJA Congress26-30 August: Conferenceorganised by the International Association of Young Lawyers, to be held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, the Exchange, Edinburgh and the Caledonian Hilton Edinburgh, Princes Street, Edinburgh from 7pm on 26 August until 5pm on 30 August.

Gala dinner follows on 30 August until 1am.

Cost: 650 to members under 30 years, 750 to members aged from 30 to 45 years, 850 non-members.

Includes programme, food, accommodation and gala dinner.

Download booking form from: www.aija2003.com.

Contact Concorde Services, tel: 0141 331 0123 or e-mail: registration@aija2003.com.

Community care - complaints, ombudsman and judicial review; Community care law - recent developments; Charging for community care; Carers and their rights under the Carers Act 1995 and the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000; The new NHS - structure and implications2, 10, 16, 17, 30 September: Coursesorganised by Carers UK, to be held at 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1.

Community care complaints will be held on 2 September; Community care law will be held on 10 September; Charging for community care will be held on 16 Sepember; Carers and their rights will be held on 17 September; The new NHS will be held on 30 September.

Community care law is a half-day course.

It runs from 10am to 1.30pm, costs 60 to 100 and carries 2.5 CPD hours.

The others each run from 10am to 4.30pm, cost from 110 to 180 and carry 5 CPD hours.

Contact Chris Hockley, tel: 020 7566 7632.

Probate practice and procedure update 2003; Survival guide to the Land Registration Act 20029 September: Coursesorganised by Conveyancing Support Services, to be held at the Britannia Hampstead Hotel, Primrose Hill Road, London NW3.

Probate will be held from from 9.30am to 12.30pm, and Land Registration Act from 2pm to 5pm.

Each course costs 95 plus VAT and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact Jack Scaife, tel: 01482 679911.

Caseworker training - Introduction to direct and indirect discrimination; Small claims; Representation to SSAT; Introduction to disability discrimination10, 11, 11-12, 17, 18 September; 9 October: Coursesorganised by Citizens Advice.

Direct and indirect discrimination will be held on 10 September at Cardiff Citizens Advice, Quebec House, 5-19 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff.

Small claims will be held on 11 September at the Comfort Hotel, George Street, Nottingham; on 18 September at the St Asaph Oriel House Country Hotel, Upper Denbigh Road, St Asaph; and on 9 October at the Arundel House Hotel, Chesterton Road, Cambridge.

Representation to SSAT will be held on 11-12 September at Edward King House, The Old Palace, Minster Yard, Lincoln.

Disability Discrimination will be held on 17 September at 138 Digbeth, Birmingham.

Each daily session runs from 10am to 4pm, costs 65 to 150 and carries 5 CPD hours.

Contact Lynn Hughes, tel: 0151 282 9014.

Lexcel training for practices11 September: Courseorganised by the Law Society's Lexcel Office, to be held at the Malmaison hotel, Gore Street, Manchester, from 9.30am to 4pm.

Cost: 195 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Richard Watkins, tel: 020 7320 5749.

Solicitors 2003: legal services - a future framework25 and 26 September: Annual conferenceof the Law Society, to be held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London.

10.5 CPD hours.

Cost 225-325 plus VAT.

Discounts for students and trainees.

Download booking form from www.

events.lawsociety.org.uk.

Contact Judy Lane Consulting, tel: 01202 699 488, e-mail: solicitors2003@ btopenworld.com.

Human rights law17 October: Conferenceorganised by Justice and Sweet and Maxwell, to be held at Church House, Dean's Yard, Westminster, London SW1, from 9.30am to 5pm.

Keynote speaker: Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith QC.

Cost: 250 plus VAT.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Caroline Stanger, tel: 020 7393 7859.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Employment law - hot topics30 September: Seminarorganised by JSB Training and Development, to be held at Le Meridien Victoria & Albert Hotel, Water Street, Manchester, from 5.45pm to 8.45pm.

Admission free.

Contact: Loretta Serventi, tel: 020 8371 7044.

Abuse of process23 October: Lectureorganised by Crimeline, to be held at Queen Mary University, Mile End Road, London E1, from 4.30pm to 6.30pm.

Speaker: Rock Tansey QC.

Cost: 85 plus VAT.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Donna Gutteridge, tel: 0845 125 9010.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Summer ball15 August: Eventorganised by the London Trainee Solicitors Group, to be held at the Waldorf Hotel, Aldwych, London WC2, from 7pm to 1am.

Tickets: members 45, non-members 50.

Send cheques payable to LTSG to Julia Davenport, 11 Broadmeadows, Manhattan Drive, Cambridge CB4 1JS.

Contact Julia Davenport, tel: 01223 222413.

Cambridge YSG launch night18 September: Eventorganised by solicitors who are setting up a new branch of the Young Solicitors Group in Cambridge, to be held at the River Bar & Cafe, Quayside, Cambridge, from 7.30pm.

Free drinks and canaps.

Contact Victoria Moran, tel: 01223 225139.

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