Diary - 25 June to 17 July

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Effective networking and referrals for solicitors26 June: Courseorganised by East Midlands Association of Women Solicitors, to be held at 50 Carrington Street, Nottingham, from 2pm to 5.15pm.

Cost: 40 to 50 plus VAT.

3 CPD hours.

Contact Gina Harris, tel: 01335 350540.

Practice profitability; New firms27 June, 11 July: Coursesorganised by the Law Society, to be held at 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.

Each course runs from 3.15pm to 6.15pm, costs 105.75 and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

Homelessness and allocations case law update; Domestic violence and housing27, 27-28 June: Coursesorganised by Shelter.

Homelessness and Allocations is a one-day course, to be held on 27 June at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.

Cost: 113 to 166.

5 CPD hours.

Domestic violence is a two-day course, to be held on 27 and 28 June at Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester.

Cost: 131 to 240.

10 CPD hours.

Contact the training administrator, tel: 020 7490 6720.

Potential pitfalls of drafting planning obligations;Debt recovery;Dealing with difficult people3, 12, 15 July: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors.

Planning pitfalls is on 3 July, to be held at ETC Venues, Bonhill House, 1-3 Bonhill Street, London EC2, from 1.30pm to 5pm.

Cost: 79 plus VAT.

3.25 CPD hours.

Debt recovery is on 12 July (cost: 135 plus VAT), and Dealing with difficult people is on 15 July (cost: 165 plus VAT), both at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Both run from 10am to 4pm and carry 4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.

LMS Legal IT Forum 200210 July: Conference and exhibitionorganised by the Law Management Section of the Law Society and sponsored by BT Legal Call, Deltaseal Software, Technology For Business PLC and the Legal Technology Insider, to be held at the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel, 22 Portman Square, London W1, from 9am to 5pm.

Sessions will include: Formulating an IT strategy; Modernisation of the courts; Risk management and disaster recovery; Legal office of the future.

Cost: 195 to 295 plus VAT (discounts available).

5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Land Registration Act 2002 and Electronic Conveyancing26 June: Lectureorganised by Middlesex Law Society, to be held at Thames Valley University, St Mary's Road, Ealing, London W5, from 6pm to 8pm.

Speaker: Colin Tate, district Land Registrar.

Cost: 20 members, 30 non members.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Trish McCready, tel: 020 8992 6643.

To reserve a place, fax 020 8993 2204 or e-mail: diane.hodges@tvu.

ac.uk

The impact of human rights on employment law4 July: Seminarorganised by Wales Public Law and Human Rights Association, to be held at be held at Edwards Geldard, Dumfries Place, Cardiff, from 4pm to 6.15pm.

Speaker: Professor Bill Rees.

Members free: non-members 25.

1 CPD hour.

Contact Kathleen Williams, tel: 029 2070 8554.

Medical experts and lawyers working together9 July: Lectureorganised by the Berkshire Medico-Legal Society, to be held at Pitmans, 47 Castle street, Reading, from 6.30pm to 7.30pm.

Free.

Contact Justine Waby, tel: 01189 580224.

The work of the Serious Fraud Office10 July: Seminarorganised by the International Federation of Women in Legal Careers, to be held at the Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, London W1, at 6.30pm.

Cost: 20, including wine and snacks.

1 CPD hour.

To book, send cheques made out to FIFCJ to Susan Fogarty, The Gables, Brantham Court, Brantham, Suffolk CO11 1PP, by 5 July.

Contact Susan Fogarty, tel: 01473 328 650.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Summer reception25 June: Eventorganised by the British-Spanish Law Association, to be held at the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, London EC4, at 7.30pm.

Cost: 30.

Contact Alberto Prez Cedillo, tel: 020 7930 3593 or e-mail: cedillo@fscornik.co.uk

'Back to school' sports event and barbecue4 July: Evening activityorganised by the Sheffield Trainee Solicitors' Group, to be held at the HSBC Sports Ground, Hathersage Road, Dore, Sheffield from 6pm.

Free.

Individuals or teams of six to register by 21 June.

Contact Patricia Shaw, tell: 01909 544 009, or Kate Smith, tel: 0114 279 4022, or e-mail: sheffieldtsg@hotmail.com

Evening social17 July: Eventorganised by the Freelance Solicitors Group, to be held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7, from 6.30pm.

Meet at the Cromwell Road entrance.

Contact Janice Purssey, tel: 01322 435371.

CORRECTION

The contact telephone number for the courses Premises and pupils and Truancy, organised by the Law Society's Local Government Group and to be held at ETC Venues in London on 16 July, was given incorrectly in last week's diary.

The correct contact number for Lisa Hart is, tel: 08707 303040.

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