Diary - 27 June to 26 September

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

School transport - how to avoid the legal pitfalls; Education admissions; Managing the local authority legal department - sharing best UK practice; Prosecutions stage 12, 3, 8, 11 July: Coursesorganised by the Local Government Group.

Managing the local authority legal department will be held at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8; the others will be held at ETC Venues, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

School transport will be held on 2 July and Education admissions on 3 July, both from 10am to 4pm.

Each costs 149 plus VAT and carries 4.5 CPD hours.

Legal department will be held on 11 July from 10am to 5pm, and Prosecutions Stage 1 will be held on 11 July from 10am to 5pm.

Each costs 195 plus VAT and carries 5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Age discrimination2 July: Conferenceorganised by Lewis Silkin, to be held at the Commonwealth Club, 18 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2, from 9am to 6pm.

Cost: 111.63.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Laurie Buis, tel: 020 7074 8085.

Case management conference - a workshop for solicitor-advocates2 July: Conferenceorganised by the Solicitors' Association of Higher Court Advocates, to be held at Clifford Chance, 200 Aldersgate Street, London EC1, from 2.15pm to 6.30pm, followed by reception.

Cost: non-members 140, SAHCA members 90, including reception.

3.5 CPD hours.

Contact Sandra Dawson, tel: 020 7837 0069.

Secure and assured tenancies - problems in practice; Using the small claims court for housing cases; The Children Act 19893, 8, 14 July: Coursesorganised by Shelter, to be held at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1, except for Small claims which will be held at the Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester.

Tenancies will be held on 3 July, Small claims on 8 July, and the Children Act on 14 July.

Each course runs from 10am to 4.30pm, costs 110-170 and carries 5 CPD hours.

Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720 or visit: www.shelter.org.uk/training.

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 plus VAT (members) and 200 plus VAT (non-members), and carries 2.5 CPD hours.

Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.

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 available.

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

JCT clients - form of contract1 July: Lectureorganised by the Society of Construction Law, to be held at the National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London SW1, from 6.15pm.

Admission free.

1 CPD hour.

Contact Jackie Morris, tel: 01235 770606.

Mortgages and undue influence - Etridge [2001] House of Lords1 July: Seminarorganised by Arden Chambers, to be held at the Naval Club, 38 Hill Street, London W1, from 6pm to 8.30pm.

Cost: 58.75.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Iphie Modu, tel: 020 7242 4244.

Enterprise Act 2002 for small legal firms2 July: Seminarorganised by BDO Stoy Hayward, to be held at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London W1, from 4.30pm to 6pm.

Free admission.

Contact Laura Merrigan, tel: 020 7893 2171.

To fee or not to fee2 July: Lectureorganised by the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Speaker: Michael Napier, senior partner at Irwin Mitchell.

Cost: 10 non-members, 5 trainees.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Alison Corner, tel: 01689 829418.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

School disco3 July: Eventorganised by Mid and South Wales Trainee Solicitors Group, to be held at Sams Bar, St Mary's Street, Cardiff, from 8pm till late.

Entry 2 (3 on the door).

Contact Mark Watson, tel: 029 2047 4831.

Professional support lawyers3 July: Meetingorganised by the financial servies and banking law know-how network for professional support lawyers, to be held at Herbert Smith, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2, from 5.30pm to 6.45pm.

Free admission.

Contact Martin Day, tel: 020 7466 2908.

Poetry evening: theme - 'moving'8 July: Eventorganised by Poet in the City, to be held at Clifford Chance, 200 Aldersgate Street, London EC1, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Poet: John Mole.

Free admission.

Contact Ryan Myint, tel: 020 7006 4242.

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