Diary - 26 October to 14 December

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Taxis; Adoption law;Licensing committees;Annual education law conference30, 31 October; 6 November: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors.

Taxis is on 30 October, to be held at the Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street, London W8, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 139 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours.

Adoption law is on 31 October, to be held at the Park Crescent Conference Centre, 229 Great Portland Street, London W1, from10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 149 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Licensing committees is on 6 November, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 139 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours.

The education law conference is on 6 November, to be held at Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1, from 10am to 5pm.

Cost: 165 plus VAT.

5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Profiting from performance6, 13, 19, 21 November: Roadshowsorganised by the Law Society and Barclays Bank, to be held on 6 November at Lyngford House Conference Centre, Selworthy road, Priorswood, Taunton, Somerset; on 13 November at Girton College, Cambridge; on 19 November at Aston Business School, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham; and on 21 November at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield.

All run between 3.30pm and 6.30pm.

Cost: 58.75.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Angie Campbell, tel: 020 7320 5981.

The national judge and the practice of competition law11 November: Conferenceorganised by the Franco-British Lawyers Society, to be held at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 17 Russell Square, London WC1, from 6pm to 8pm.

Cost: 10 to 20.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Geraldine Fabre, tel: 020 7972 9720.

Motor Insurer's Bureau - Uninsured Drivers Agreement 199913 November: Courseorganised by the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, to be held at the Burlington Hotel, New Street, Birmingham, from 9.30am to 12.45pm.

Cost: 75 to 85.

3 CPD hours.

Contact Beverly Carr, tel: 0117 904 5970.

Police station overview; Landlord and tenant - some current issues13, 14 November: Courses organised by Nottinghamshire Law Society.

Police station overview will be held on 13 November, at the Galleries of Justice, Shire Hall, High Pavement, Nottingham, from 4pm to 7pm.

Cost; 50 to 75.

3 CPD hours.Landlord and tenant will be on 14 November, to be held at Nottingham Forest Football Ground, Brian Clough Stand, Scarrington Road, from 2pm to 5pm.

Cost: 60 to 75.

3 CPD hours.Contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 9505324.

Practising criminal law in a human rights context: Immigration, asylum and human rights law update29 November, 13 December: Coursesorganised by Liberty.

Criminal law will be held on 29 November at Herbert Smith, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2.

Immigration will be on 13 December at Linklaters, One Silk Street, London EC2.

Courses run from 10am to 5pm, cost 90 to 200 and carry 6 CPD hours.

Contact Zoe Gillard, tel: 020 7378 3667.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Reluctant imperialism: human rights, regime change and pre-emptive intervention7 November: Lectureorganised by the British Institute of Human Rights, to be held at the Great Hall, King's College London 152-170 Strand, London WC2, from 1pm to 2pm.

Free.

1 CPD hour.

Contact Hannah Pearce, tel: 020 7401 2712.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Law Society's Art Group26 October: Meetingorganised by Law Society's Art Group.

Visit to London Artists' Book Fair, to be held at the London Institute Building (next to Tate Britain), Atterbury Street, London SW1, from 11am to 6pm.

Free admission.

Contact Tom Butler, tel: 020 8852 5567

Networking for know-how29 October: Quarterly meeting organised by Networking for Know-how, a group of corporate professional support lawyers, to be held at Linklaters, 1 Silk Street, London EC2, from 6.15pm to 8.30pm.

Review of the current and future role of the professional support lawyer.

Free admission.

Contact Martina Butler, tel: 020 7456 3538.

Norwich & Norfolk Trainee Solicitors Group autumn ball9 November: Eventorganised by Norwich & Norfolk Trainee Solicitors Group, to be held at Sainsbury's Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich, from 7pm to 1am.

Cost: 28.

Contact Michael Lucas, tel: 01603 693293

Dinner dance16 November: Eventorganised by the Middlesex Law Society, to be held at the New Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2, from 7.30pm to 1am.

Cost: 48.

Contact Dave Debidin, tel: 020 8567 1381.

Stravinsky: symphony of psalms; Faure: requiem14 December: Concertorganised by the London Lawyers Symphony Orchestra and Choir, to be held at St.

Paul's, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge SW1, at 7.30pm.

Cost: 7.50.

Tickets available from LM Box Office, 4 Stone Road, Bromley BR2 9AU.

Contact Brenda Blankfield, tel: 020 8449 6162.

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