Diary - 27 September to 12 December

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

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.

Meeting quality mark business planning requirements; Maximising criminal costs 2; Surviving the Civil Costs Audit; Maximising civil costs10, 11, 15, 29 October; 5, 15, 19, 27, 29 November; 5 December: Coursesorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.

Quality mark will be held on 10 October at the Dolphin Hotel, High Street, Southampton.

Criminal costs 2 will be held on 11 October at the Quality Hotel, West Street, Brighton, on 15 November at Jury's Inn, 245 Broad Street, Birmingham, and on 29 November at the Premier Lodge, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Civil Costs Audit will be held on 15 October at Jurys Inn, 56 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester and on 5 November at the Armada House Conference Centre, Telephone Avenue, Bristol.

Maximising civil costs will be held on 29 October at the Apollo Hotel, Hagley Road, Birmingham, and on 5 December at Jury's Inn, 56 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester.

All run from 1.30pm to 5pm and carry 3 CPD hours except Maximising criminal costs 2, which runs from 9.30am to 5pm and carries 6 CPD hours.

Cost: 95 to 300 plus VAT.

Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.

Making human rights work25 October: Conferenceorganised by Justice and Sweet & Maxwell, to be held at the Royal Society of Arts, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2, from 9am to 5pm.

Cost 250 plus VAT (discounts available).

6 CPD hours.

Contact Ruth Allen, tel: 020 7762 6437.

Asylum caseworker training18-22 November, 4-6 December: Eight-day courseorganised by the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association, to be held at Devonshire Place, 78 London Road, Leicester, from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

42 CPD hours.

Cost: 400.

Refundable to LSC contracted suppliers.

Contact Jane Savory, tel: 020 7250 3757.

Serving children's interests? Conflicts in advocacy, representation, and human rights25 November: Conferenceorganised by NAGALRO, the professional association for family court advisers and independent social work practitioners and consultants, to be held at the Cavendish Conference Centre, Duchess Mews, London W1, from 10.15am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 65 to 130.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818504.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Compulsory purchase and compensation3, 9, 15, 17 October: Seminarsorganised by the British Urban Regeneration Association and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, to be held on 3 October at Addleshaw Booth, Sovereign House, Sovereign Street, Leeds; on 9 October at Shoosmiths, Lock House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham; on 15 October at the Maritime Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool; and on 17 October at Explosion!, Priddy's Hard, Gosport, Hampshire.

Each seminar runs from 4.30pm to 6.45pm, costs 50 to 70 plus VAT and carries 1.75 CPD hours.

Contact Victoria Dakin, tel: 020 7539 4030.

The future of the family7 October: Seminarorganised by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, to be held at Slaughter & May, 1 Bunhill Row, London EC1, from 6.15pm.

Free.

Speaker: Judge Christopher Compston.

Contact: John Lloyd, tel: 07947 069980.

Fraud and money laundering8 October: Seminarorganised by the UKAssociation of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, to be held at Investec Bank, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2, from 5.30pm to 8pm.

Cost: 35.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Shirley March, tel: 020 8958 6110.

Planning for a small island; Statutory nuisance16, 18 October: Lecture/seminarorganised by the Environmental Law Foundation and the Law Society.

Small island is a lecture, to be held on 16 October at Kings College, Strand, London WC2, from 6.30pm to 9pm.

Cost: 15 to 20.

Statutory nuisance is a seminar, to be held on 18 October at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, from 9am to 11am.

Cost: 33 to 44.

2 CPD hours each.

Contact ELF, tel: 020 7404 1030.

Contaminated blood; Jodie and Mary - conjoined twins14 November, 12 December: Lecturesorganised by the Medico-Legal Society, to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1, from 8.15pm to 9.30pm.

Contaminated Blood will be held on 14 November; Jodie and Mary will be held on 12 December.

1.25 CPD hours each.

To join the society or attend as a guest, contact Jill Crombie, tel: 020 7839 0278.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Evening social30 September: Eventorganised by the Freelance Solicitors Group, to be held at Hodgsons Wine Bar, 115 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.45pm.

Contact Janice Purssey, tel: 07814 133262.

Annual service of dedication of the legal year10 October: Eventorganised by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, to be held at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London EC4, from 6.30pm.

Contact: John Lloyd, tel: 07947 069980.

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