Diary - 24 September to 12 December

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Coaching skills24 September: Workshoporganised by the Association of Women Solicitors, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 2pm to 5.15pm.

Cost: 35.

3 CPD hours.

Contact Sandra Dawson, tel: 020 7837 0069.

Solicitors 2002 - the changing legal landscape27 and 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 CPD hours.

Contact Danielle Richards, tel: 01625 267880.

Assertiveness training for women; Training for trainers2-3 October and 5 November; 3-4 and 10 October; 21-22 and 28 November: Three-day coursesorganised by Shelter, to be held at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Assertiveness will be held on 2-3 October and 5 November; Trainers will be held on 3-4 and 10 October, and on 21-22 and 28 November.

Each course costs 290 to 420 and carries 15 CPD hours.

Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.

Freedom of Information Act 2000 in perspective3 October: Conferenceorganised by the Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors, to be held at Lancashire County Cricket Club, Old Trafford, Manchester, from 10am to 5pm.

Cost: 149 plus VAT.

5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Presentation skills for solicitors; Maximising performance; Client loyalty7 October; 11, 25 November: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Greater London regional office.

Presentation skills will be held on 7 October at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2; Maximising performance will be held on 11 November at the Ramada Jarvis hotel, Ealing Common, London W5; Client loyalty will be held on 25 November at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.

Each course runs from 3.30pm to 7.30pm, costs 120 plus VAT, and carries 4 CPD hours.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

Calculating loss of earnings, pension loss and benefits in kind in personal injury cases9, 10, 16, 17, 30, 31 October; 7, 14 November: Coursesorganised by the Tenon Group, to be held on 9 October at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2; on 10 October at Sumner House, St Thomas's Road, Chorley, Lancashire; on 16 October at the Thistle Hotel, Park Place, Cardiff; on 17 October at Highfield Court, Tollgate, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire; on 30 October at the Old Assembly Rooms, Newcastle upon Tyne; on 31 October at the Cedar Court Hotel, Ainley Top, Huddersfield; on 7 November at the Galleries of Justice, Shire Hall, High Pavement, Nottingham; on 14 November at the Copthorne Hotel, Paradise Circus, Birmingham.

Courses begin at 2pm, cost 94 and carry 3 CPD hours.

Contact Tim Sture, tel: 0161 827 8418.

Relationship breakdown and property rights; Disrepair and conditions - the legal framework; Essential management skills14-15, 21-22 October, 4-5 November: Two-day coursesorganised by Shelter.

Relationship breakdown will be held on 14-15 October, and Disrepair and conditions will be held on 21-22 October, both at Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester.

Each costs 200 to 290.

Management skills will be held on 4-5 November at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.

Cost: 215 to 310.

Each course runs from 10am to 4.30pm and carries 10 CPD hours.

Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.

Key advances in clinical management: shaken baby syndrome29 November: Conferenceorganised by the Royal Society of Medicine, to be held at 1 Wimpole Street, London W1, from 9.30am to 4.15pm.

Cost: 20 to 175.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Sharan Gallagher, tel: 020 7290 3946.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

PFI/PPP - documentation and risk management; I have no direct contract with the wrongdoer - how can I sue?15 October, 7 November: Lectureorganised by the Society of Construction Law.

Documentation will be held on 15 October at the National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London SW1; How can I sue will be held on 7 November at the Faculty of Law, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Lectures begin at 6.15pm, are free and carry1 CPD hour.

Contact Jackie Morris, tel: 01235 770606.

How to conduct a clinical negligence case; How to conduct a trial in the magistrates' court28, 29 October: Seminarsorganised by Altior.

Clinical negligence will be held on 28 October, and How to conduct a trial will be held on 29 October, both at the British Institute of Radiology, 36 Portland Place, London W1.

Each seminar runs from 10am to 5.30pm, costs 295 plus VAT and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Janine Jones, tel: 029 2044 2036.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Annual dinner28 September: Eventorganised by the Association of Muslim Lawyers, to be held at ArRum, 44-48 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1, from 7pm.

Cost: 35 to 40.

Contact Azmat Nisa, tel: 07971 273755 or Farah Khan, tel: 07970 812307.

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