Diary - 23 July to 21 November
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Disrepair and conditions - the legal framework;Homelessness law - introductory;Community care and housing; Project management7-8, 20-21, 21-22, 29-30 August: Two-day coursesorganised by Shelter, to be held at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.
Disrepair will be held on 7-8 August; Homelessness law will be held on 20-21 August; Community care and housing will be held on 21-22 August; Project management will be held on 29-30 August.
Cost per course: 199 to 310.
10 CPD hours each.
Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.
Analysing financial statements12 September: Courseorganised by the Association of Solicitor Investment Managers, to be held at the London Chamber of Commerce, 33 Queen Street, London EC4, from 9am to 5pm.
6 CPD hours Contact Elaine Reilly, tel: 01892 870065.
LMS management development course15-19 September: Four-day courseorganised by the Law Management Section of the Law Society, to be held at the Crewe Hall Hotel in Cheshire.
A four-day residential management programme combining modern management thinking and practice for those in management in law firms.
Cost: 1,995 plus VAT.
22 CPD hours.
Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.
Community control: restitution or incarceration17-18 September: Two-day conferenceorganised by the Howard League for Penal Reform, to be held at New College, Oxford, from 9.30am to 4pm.
Cost 249.
10.5 CPD hours.
Contact Barbara Norris, tel: 020 7249 7373, ext 102.
Solicitors 2002 - the changing legal landscape27-28 September: Annual conferenceof the Law Society, to be held at the Manchester International Convention Centre, Windmill Street, Manchester.
Speakers include the Attorney-General, Lord Goldsmith, QC, (Friday) and the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, (Saturday).
Cost: 195 to 295, plus VAT.
Discounts for multiple bookings, trainees and young solicitors.
10 Hours CPD.
Contact Danielle Richards, tel: 01625 267880, or e-mail: solicitors2002@rfb.co.uk
Management course 117 October: Courseorganised by Nottinghamshire Law Society, to be held at 50 Carrington Street, Nottingham, from 9.30am to 5pm.
Cost: 150 to 175 plus VAT.7 CPD hours.
Contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 9505324.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
IP Update: recent developments in patent litigation in the UK and Japan24 July: Lectureorganised by the British-Japanese Law Association, to be held at Clifford Chance, 200 Aldersgate Street, London EC1, from 6.30pm to 8pm.
Free.
Contact Maureen Lothian, tel: 020 7006 2026 or e-mail: maureen.lothian@cliffordchance.com
Employment law: the changing face of discrimination8 August: Lectureorganised by the London Trainee Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.
Cost: 10 members/ 15 non-members.
CPD: 1-1.5 points.
Contact Emma Heavey, e-mail: emmaheavey@gordondadds.com
Medicine for lawyers: practice and pitfalls3, 24 September: Lecturesorganised by the Royal Society of Medicine, to be held at 1 Wimpole Street, London W1, from 6pm to 8.45pm.
The first lecture is Basic medicine, physiology and anatomy to be held on 3 September followed by Abdominal surgery on 24 September.
Cost: 50 to 60 per lecture; 900 for all 22 lectures in the series.
Lectures will be held on the second Tuesday of each month until May 2004.
2 CPD hours per lecture.
Contact Natalie Barter, tel: 020 7290 2965 or e-mail: natalie.barter@rsm.
ac.uk
How to handle housing cases:Drafting disrepair claims;Possession proceedings27 September: Half-day seminarorganised by Altior, to be held at Altior, 136 Newport Road, Cardiff.
Disrepair claims is from 9.30am to 12.45pm and Possession proceedings is from 1.45pm to 5pm.
Each seminar costs 145 plus VAT and carries 3 CPD hours.
Book for both and receive a 10% reduction.
Contact Janine Jones, tel: 029 2044 2036 or e-mail: janine@altior.co.uk
Introduction to Social Security Appeals Tribunals;Welfare benefits for family lawyers;Introduction to consumer credit;Welfare benefits for immigration advisors;Introduction to Employment Tribunals22 October, 12 November; 21 November, 19 September, 1 October: Seminars organised by Community Links Trust, to be held at Texaco Training Room A, Community Links, 105 Barking Road, London E16, from 1.30 pm to 4.45 pm.
Cost: 78.
3 CPD hours.
Contact: David Lawson, tel: 020 7473 9641.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Law Society Cricket Club23, 28 July: Cricket matchesorganised by the Law Society cricket club, to be held on 23 July against the Lords and Commons at 11.30am and on 28 July against the bar at 2pm, both at the Old Emanuel Club, Blagdon Lane, New Malden.
Free.
Contact Richard O'Hagan, tel: 0118 951 6614.
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
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