Diary - 29 July to 6 November

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Introduction to employment law; Intermediate employment law18, 19 August; Coursesorganised by the Race Discrimination Unit, to be held at the Commission for Racial Equality, St Dunstan's House, 201-211 Borough High Street, London SE1.

Employment law will be held on 18 August, and Intermediate employment law on 19 August.

Each course costs from 80 to 100 (discounts available), runs from 10am to 5pm, and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Brenda Jobe, tel: 020 7737 9770.

First family mediation conference12-13 September: Conferenceorganised by the Solicitors Family Law Association, to be held at University of Nottingham, Cripps Hall, University Park, Nottingham.

Reception and dinner to be held on 12 September from 7pm.

Sessions on 13 September run from 11am to 3.45pm.

Cost: 100 to 160 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Sue Gunn, tel: 01689 850227, or Christine Shirley, tel: 01689 850 227.

Returner course for solicitors12-19 September: Residential courseorganised by the Association of Women Solicitors and the Law Society, to be held at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, from 6pm on Friday 12 September to 1pm on Friday 19.

Cost: 650 including food and accommodation.

32 CPD hours for working solicitors.

Contact Judith McDermott, tel: 020 7320 5793.

After crime?17-18 September: Residential conferenceorganised by the Howard League for Penal Reform, to be held at New College, Oxford, from 9.30am on 17 September to 3.30pm on 18 September.

Cost: 265.

9.5 CPD hours.

Contact Barbara Norris, tel: 020 7249 7373 ext 102.

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 for students and trainees.

Download booking form from www.events.lawsociety.org.uk.

Contact Judy Lane Consulting, tel: 01202 699 488, e-mail: solicitors2003@ btopenworld.com.

Legal implications of drains and sewers; Health and safety at work: investigation and prosecution; Food Safety Act litigation; Local government investigatory powers: investigation and prosecution; Legal aspects of housing repairs and nuisance; Statutory nuisance litigation2, 9, 16, 21, 30 October; 6 November: Coursesorganised by the University of Surrey, to be held in the Oak Suite, Oak House, University of Surrey, Guildford.

Drains and sewers will be held on 2 October; Health and safety will be held on 9 October; Food Safety Act will be held on16 October; Local government will be held on 21 October; Housing repairs and nuisance will be held on 30 October; Statutory nuisance litigation will be held on 6 November.

Local government runs from 1.45pm to 5pm, costs 95 and crries 3 CPD hours.

The others run from 9.45am to 5pm, cost 180 each and carry 6 CPD hours each.

Contact Dawn Birt, tel: 01483 686242.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Registered social landlords lawyers' forum29 July: Seminarorganised by the Sanctuary Housing Association, to be held at Sanctuary Housing, Worcestershire Suite conference room, Chamber Court, Castle Street, Worcester, from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Cost: to be confirmed.

Contact Patrick Jaggard, tel: 01905 338625.

Introduction to workplace mediation14 October: Seminarorganised by Professional Mediation Resolutions Ltd, to be held at Regents College Conference Centre, Regents Park, London NW1, from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 147.

Contact Nora Doherty, tel: 01626 776857.

Purposeful activity in prison; Real work; Healthy prisons22 October; 19 November; 10 December: Seminarsorganised by the Howard League for Penal Reform, to be held at the Howard League Centre for Penal Reform, 1 Ardleigh Road, London N1.

Purposeful activity will be held on 22 October; Real work will be held on 19 November; Healthy prisons will be held on 10 December.

Each seminar runs from 2pm to 5pm, costs 65 and carries 2.5 CPD hours.

Contact Barbara Norris, tel: 020 7249 7373 ext 102.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Law Society Cricket Club30 July, 14 August; 14, 21 September: Cricket matchesversus the Chartered Accountants, to be held on 30 July at Brondesbury Cricket Club, Harman Drive, London NW2, at 11.30am; versus Maidenhead & Bray, to be held on 14 August at Maidenhead & Bray Cricket Club, Hibbert Road, Bray, Berkshire, at 2pm; versus The Refreshers, to be held on 14 September at Old Alleynians Cricket Club, Dulwich Common, London SE21; and versus Middleton Stoney, to be held on 21 September at Middleton Stoney Cricket Club, Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire.

Admission free.

Contact Richard O'Hagan, tel: 0118 951 6614.

Bridge club11 August, 8 September: Meetingsorganised by the Law Society Duplicate Bridge Club, to be held at the East India Club, 16 St James's Square, London SW1, at 7.30pm.

Cost: 9.

Contact Nicholas Lakeland, tel: 020 7749 2700.

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