Diary - 17 June to 26 September

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Employment of children; School transport - how to avoid the legal pitfalls; Education admissions; Managing the local authority legal department18 June; 2, 3 July: Coursesorganised by the Local Government Group.

Employment of children will be held on 18 June, School transport will be held on 2 July, and Education admissions will be held on 3 July, all at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Each of these courses runs from 10am to 4pm, costs 149 plus VAT and carries 4.5 CPD hours.

Managing the local authority legal department will be held on 2 July at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, Kensington, London, W8, from 10am to 5pm.

Cost: 195 plus VAT.

5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Legal drafting for the employment tribunal26 June: Courseorganised by Citizens Advice Specialist Support Unit, to be held at BVSC, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 100 to LSC contract holders.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.

Housing and community care1 July: Courseorganised by Carers Training Unit, to be held at Carers UK, 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 110 to 180.

5 CPD hours.

Contact: Chris Hockley, tel: 020 7566 7632.

Anti-social behaviour - a corporate approach9 July: Courseorganised by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council and the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, to be held at Bolton Town Hall, Bolton, Lancashire, from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 95.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Sharon Gerrard, tel: 01204 331119.

Returner course for solicitors12-19 September: Residential courseorganised by the Association of Women Solicitors and the Law Society, to be held at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, from 6pm on Friday 12 September to 1pm on Friday 19.

Cost: 650 including food and accommodation.

32 CPD hours for working solicitors.

Contact Judith McDermott, tel: 020 7320 5793.

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.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

The future of publicly funded legal services17 June: Lectureorganised by the Law Society's Greater London regional office, to be held on 17 June at the Moat House, Worthy Lane, Winchester, Hampshire, from 5pm to 7pm.

Admission free.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

Corporate accountability; Rights of cohabitees on relationship breakdown; Women and crime18, 24 June; 1 July: Seminarsorganised by the Society of Labour Lawyers, to be held at the House of Commons, Westminster, London SW1, from 6.30pm to 8pm.

Corporate accountability will be held on 18 June; Rights of cohabitees will be held on 24 June; Women and crime will be held on 1 July.

Admission free.

Contact Sally Hughes, tel: 020 8858 7936, e-mail: sallysallyhughes@aol.com.

Live issues in the law of death23 June: Seminarorganised by Hogarth Chambers and the Birmingham Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners, to be held at the Kingston Theatre, Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street, Birmingham, from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost: 100 plus VAT.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Susan Yacoub, tel: 020 7404 0404.

Exclusions law1 July: Seminarorganised by the Education Law Practitioners' Group, to be held in the Hardwicke Building, New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London WC2, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Speakers: barristers Clive Rawlings and Althea Brown.

Admission free.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Angela Jackman, tel: 020 7622 4468, e-mail: angelaj@ fishermeredith.co.uk

The duties and responsibilities of charity trustees and ways of limiting liability2 July: Workshoporganised by Stone King, to be held at Stone King, 39 Cloth Fair, London EC1, from 4pm to 5pm.

Admission free.

Contact Avia Johnson, tel: 020 7796 1007.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Drinks and social evening20 June: Eventorganised by the Devon Young Solicitors Group, to be held in the Southernhay Wine Bar, 38-40 Southernhay East, Exeter, from 6pm.

Contact Darren White, tel: 01884 242111.

YSG chair's dinner and disco4 July: Eventorganised by the Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 7pm until 1am.

Speaker: Helena Kennedy QC.

Tickets 75.

Contact Linda Warminger, tel: 01727 896088.

Training weekend26-27 July: Two-day eventorganised by the Law Society Yacht Club, to be held on the Solent, from 9am to 4pm.

All abilities welcome.

Cost: 120.

contact Lou Cadd, tel: 020 7695 1005, e-mail: lou.cadd@hilldickinson.com.

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