Diary - 19 March to 15 May
Conferences and coursesImmigration law; Employment law19, 25 March: Coursesorganised by Two Garden Court Chambers.
Immigration law is at the Weston Conference Centre, Sackville Street, Manchester, from 10am to 5pm.
Contact Lucia Vanzo, tel: 020 7251 8708.
Employment law is at the Assembly Rooms, Frenkle Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 9.30am to 5pm.
Contact Andrew Eaton, tel: 020 7415 6366.
Each costs 20 to 50 plus VAT and carries 7 CPD hours.
Supervision skills in civil cases;Managing criminal contracts; Housing arrears and welfare benefits19, 20, 21 March: Coursesorganised by the Legal Action Group, to be held at ETC Venues, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.
Supervision is on 19 March, Criminal contracts is on 20 March, and Housing arrears is on 21 March.
Each runs from 9.30am to 5.15pm, costs 239, and carries 6 CPD hours.
Contact Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434.
The new housing benefit appeal system;The Children Act 1989 in practice;Mental health and housing; Representing at possession hearings;Human rights and housing; Support arrangements for asylum seekers and benefits for refugees20 March, 16, 17, 18.
19 April: Coursesorganised by Shelter, to be held at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.
Housing benefit is on 20 March; Children Act 1989 is on 16 April; Mental health and housing is also on 16 April; Possession hearings is on 17 April; Human rights and housing is on 18 April; Support arrangements is on 19 April.
Each runs from 10am to 4.30pm, costs 105 to 155 and carries 5 CDP hours.
Contact the training administrator, tel: 020 7490 6720.Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE);Introduction to sex discrimination at work22 March; 19 April: Coursesorganised by the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux.
TUPE is at Birmingham Voluntary Service Council, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham, on 22 March.
Sex discrimination is at Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, on 19 April.
Each runs from 10am to 4.30pm, costs 50 and carries 5 CPD hours.
Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.
Companies and regulators in the human rights era22 March: Conferenceorganised by JUSTICE, Lovells and Blackstone Chambers, to be held at the Royal Society of Arts, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.
Cost: 250 to 280 plus VAT.
6 CPD points.
Contact Lucy Gearing, tel: 020 7296 2442.
Early interventions - a framework for contact27 March: Conferenceorganised by New Approaches to Contact, to be held at the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1, from 10am to 4.15pm.
Cost: 89.
CPD applied for.
Contact Oliver Cyriax, tel: 020 8748 1081.
Maximising criminal costs 2The new means test - the first six months; Meeting the specialist quality mark business planning requirements3, 11, 30 April: Coursesorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.
Criminal costs is on 3 April at 150 Minories, London EC3, from 9.30am to 5pm.
Cost: 150 to 250, plus VAT.
6 CPD hours.
Means test is on 11 April at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel, Lime Street, Liverpool, from 1.30pm to 5pm.
Cost: members 95, non-members 190, plus VAT.
3 CPD hours.
Quality mark is on 30 April at Jury's Inn, 56 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, from 1.30pm to 4.45pm.
2.5 hours CPD.
Cost: members 95, non-members 190, plus VAT.
2.5 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.Child abduction to Islamic countries5 April: Conferenceorganised by South Manchester Law Centre, to be held in the Chancellor's Building, Moseley Road, Manchester, from 9.30am to 5.pm.
Cost: 50 to 99; CPD applied for.
Contact Nadia Siddiqui, tel: 0161 248 1879.
Strategic management skills for experienced managers; Immigration, asylum and housing rights; Relationship breakdown and property rights; Housing benefit: intermediate9-10, 11-12, 16-17 April: Coursesorganised by Shelter, to be held at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.
Management is on 9-10 April; Immigration is on 11-12 April; Relationship breakdown is also on 11-12 April; Housing benefit is on 16-17 April.
Each runs from 10am to 4.30pm and carries 10 CDP hours.
Cost: 199 to 297.
Contact the training administrator, tel: 020 7490 6720.
Achieve success through your team; Using clients' views of your service to enhance the relationship; Managing change10, 16, 25 April: Coursesorganised by the Eastern Regional Office of the Law Society, to be held at Girton College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge.
Achieve success is on 10 April; Clients' views is on 16 April; Change is on 25 April.
Each runs from 4 pm to 7pm, costs up to 111.62, and carries 3 CPD hours.
Contact Julie Bissmire, tel: 01223 328924.
Homelessness and allocations law: advanced10-11 April: Two-day courseorganised by Shelter, to be held at Millfield House, Jesmond Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 10am to 4.30pm.
Cost: 160 - 267, 10 CPD hours.
Contact the training administrator, tel: 020 7490 6720.
Ensuring equality: do we need protocol 12?15 April: Conferenceorganised by JUSTICE and the TUC, to be held at Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1, fromContinued on page 50Continued from page 4910am to 4pm.
Cost: from 35.
4.5 CPD hours.
Contact: Ruth Allen, tel: 020 7762 6437.
New developments in child law and adoption;The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001;Monitoring officers conference17, 19, 24 April: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group.
Child law is at the National Union of Teachers, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1, from 10am to 5pm.
Cost: 165 plus VAT.
5.5 CPD hours.
Educational needs is at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8, from 10am to 4pm.
Cost: 145 plus VAT.
4.5 CPD hours.
Monitoring officers is at Park Crescent Conference Centre, 229 Great Portland Street, London W1, from 10am to 4pm.
Cost: 145 plus VAT.
Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.
Housing law update;Welfare benefits update19, 26 April: Coursesorganised by Community Links Trust Ltd, to be held at 106 Barking Road, London E16.
Housing law is on 19 April: Welfare benefits is on 26 April.
Each runs from 1pm to 4.30pm, costs 78 and carries 3 CPD hours.
Contact David Lawson, tel: 020 7473 9641.
Competitive edge in business; Commerce against cancer26 April: Conference/dinnerorganised by the Law Society's Commerce and Industry Group in association with Manchester United Football Club, James Chapman & Co and Cancer Research UK, to be held at Manchester United Football Club, Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, Manchester, from 9.30am.
Speakers include Edward G Smethurst and Ann Page of the Law Society, and Peter Kenyon and Maurice Watkins of Manchester United.
There will be an optional tour of the football club.
Commerce against cancer dinner at 7pm.
Cost: conference only 235; dinner only 49, both conference and dinner 270.
Contact Jane Holmes, tel: 01925 832092.lectures and seminarsMoney laundering - solicitors as gatekeepers21 March, 18 April, 2 May: Roadshoworganised by Law Society regional offices, to be held on 21 March at the Oake Manor Golf Club, Oake, near Taunton, from 5pm to 7pm (contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 01179 304824); on 18 April at Girton College, Cambridge, from 4.30 to 6.45pm (contact Julie Bissmire, tel: 01223 328924) and on 2 May at Cardiff Law School, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, from 5pm to 7pm (contact Richard Jones, tel: 02920 645254).
Each costs 29.38 and carries 2 CPD hours.
Housing law; Welfare benefits 21, 25 March: Update lecturesorganised by West Essex Law Society, to be held at Packfords Hotel, 16 Snakes Lane West, Woodford Green, Essex.
Housing law is on 21 March, Welfare benefits is on 25 March.
Each runs from 5pm to 8.15pm, costs 80 plus VAT, and carries 3 CPD hours.
Contact Christine Montague, tel: 020 8505 4110.
Dignity at work26 March 2002: Lecture and discussionorganised by the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.30pm to 7.30pm.
Speaker: Janet Pareskeva, Chief Executive of the Law Society.
LYSG members free, non-members 7.
1.5 CPD hours.
Contact Jane Swan, tel: 020 7374 8000.
Disrepair9 April: Lectureorganised by North-West Housing Law Practitioners, to be held at CUBE, 113-115 Portland Street, Manchester, from 5pm to 7pm.
Cost: 10.
2 CPD hours.
Contact John Kershaw, tel: 0161 273 2474.
Terrorism, the rule of law, and trade: the aftershocks of 11 September10 April: Lectureorganised by Boston University, to be held at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7, at 6.30 for 7pm.
Free.
Contact Mena Ahmed, tel: 020 7835 0916.Young people in prison;Prisoners with special needs17 April, 15 May: Seminarsorganised by the Howard League for Penal Reform, to be held at 1 Ardleigh Road, London N1.
Young people is on 17 April and Special needs is on 15 May.
Each runs from 2pm to 5pm, costs 45 and carries 2.5 CPD hours.
Contact: Barbara Norris, tel: 020 7249 7373 ext 102.
VAT and standard monthly payments for legal aid practitioners18 April: Seminarorganised by the Law Society's Yorkshire and north-east regional office, to be held at Crown Plaza, Wellington Street, Leeds, from 2.45pm.
Cost: 50 plus VAT.
2.5 CPD hours.
Contact Sirkka Goodhind, tel: 01924 299096.
meetings and eventsAnnual dinner21 March: Eventorganised by the Law Society Commerce and Industry Group, to be held at the Caf Royal, 68 Regent Street, London W1, at 7pm for 7.30pm.
Tickets 49.50 members, 79.50 non-members.
Contact Jennifer Pennington, tel: 01925 225 131.
Annual general meeting27 March: AGMof the Bristol Young Solicitors' Group, to be held at the BSB Bar, Waterfront (near the Watershed), Bristol at 6.30 pm.
All committee positions are open for re-election.
Free bar after the meeting.
Contact Colin Ligman, tel: 0117 902 2789.
Black-tie ball5 April: Eventorganised by the London Trainee Solicitors' Group, to be held at the London Dungeon, 28-34 Tooley Street, London SE1, from 7.30pm.
Cost: 25 members, 30 non-members.
Contact Lucy Pickering, tel: 020 7655 5124.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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