Diary - 17 July to 15 October

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Submitting your bid for your civil contract21, 24, 29 July; 20 August: Conferenceorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held on 21 July at Armada House Conference Centre, Telephone Avenue, Bristol; on 24 July at Le Meridien Palace Hotel, Oxford Street, Manchester; on 29 July at Jurys Inn, 245 Broad Street, Birmingham; and on 20 August at HQ Global Workplaces, 150 Minories, London EC3.

Each conference runs from 1.30pm to 5pm, costs 100 to 200 plus VAT, and carries 2.5 CPD hours.

Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.

Young solicitors management conference 200324 July: Conferenceorganised by the law management section of the Law Society and the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 10.30am to 9pm.

Keynote speaker: Law Society President Carolyn Kirby.

Cost: 195 to 215 plus VAT (discounts).

7 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

HIV and homelessness; Asylum support and HIV; Disability living allowance appeals - representing people with HIV3, 10, 18 September: Coursesorganised by the Terrence Higgins Trust, to be held at Lighthouse West, 111-117 Lancaster Road, London W11, from 10am to 2pm.

Cost: 50 to Legal Services Commission civil contract holders.

3.5 CPD hours.

Contact Jean Foreman, tel: 020 7831 0330.

Face-to-face contact and children in permanent placement5 September; 6 October: One-day courseorganised by NAGALRO training, to be held at MIC, 81-103 Euston Street, London NW1, from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 80 to 110.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818504, e-mail: nagalro@globalnet.co.uk.

LMS legal finance forum 20039 September: Conference and exhibitionorganised by the law management section of the Law Society, to be held in central London (venue to be confirmed) from 9am to 5pm.

Cost: 195 to 295 (discounts available).

5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

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.

LMS management development programme 200314 to 17 September: Four-day residential courseorganised by the law management section of the Law Society, to be held at Horwood House, Little Horwood, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, from 3pm on 14 September to 5pm on 17 September.

Cost: 1,750 plus VAT.

27 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

Secure accommodation - the roles and responsibilites of representing the child; Adoption principles and practice - the legal framework and the role of the children's guardian and reporting officer18 September, 15 October: Coursesorganised by NAGALRO.

Secure accommodation will be held on 18 September at MIC, 81-103 Euston Street, London NW1, and on 15 October at Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester.

Adoption principles and practice will be held on 18 September at MIC, 81-103 Euston Street, London NW1.

Each course runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm, costs 80 to 115 and carries 5 CPD hours.

Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818504, e-mail: nagalro@globalnet.co.uk.

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

A practical guide to the Proceeds of Crime Act 200217 July: Seminarorganised by 33 Bedford Row Chambers, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6pm to 8pm.

Cost: 47.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Michael Lieberman, tel: 020 7421 5560.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Summer ball2 August: Eventorganised by Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Young Lawyers, to be held at the Royal Agricultural College, Stroud Road, Cirencester, from 7pm to midnight.

Cost: members 20, non-members 25 (includes champagne reception and three-course meal).

Contact Elizabeth Gedye, tel: 01249 444422.

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

Drinks reception followed by a three-course meal and disco.

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, e-mail: jns_davenport@yahoo.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