Diary - 30 April to 17 June

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

National conference9, 10, 11 May: Conferenceorganised by the Sole Practitioners Group, to be held at the Renaissance Hotel, Blackfriars Street, Manchester.

Welcome party will be held on 9 May from 8pm to midnight; the business programme will be held on 10 May from 8.30am to 8pm, and on 11 May from 10am to 12.15pm.

Sessions include working the room, networking skills; maximising costs in civil litigation; Land Registration Act; scams and solicitor fraud; one-stop searching; client care; and prepare for inspection visits to your practice.

Cost: 70 to 350.

7 CPD hours.

Contact Fran Eccles, tel: 0161 831 7337.

LMS/Lexcel Quality Forum 200320 May: Conference and exhibitionorganised by the Law Society's law management section and Lexcel office, and sponsored by Barclays and AFP Consulting, to be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Peter Street, Manchester, from 9am to 5.30pm.

Presentations on quality and risk management.

Cost: 120 to 295 plus VAT (discounts available) 5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

Legal drafting for the employment tribunal22 May: Courseorganised by Citizens Advice specialist support unit, to be held at Wells Place Centre, Eastleigh Baptist Church, Wells Place, Eastleigh, Hampshire, from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Cost: 100 to LSC contract holders.

Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.

LMS Legal IT Forum 20035 June: Conference and exhibitionorganised by the Law Society's law management section and sponsored by Legal Technology Insider, to be held at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, NEC, Birmingham, from 9am to 5.30pm.

Presentations include e-conveyancing, e-commerce, risk management, digital dictation, IT funding, and case management.

Cost: 120 to 295 plus VAT (discounts available) 5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

Making rights real: challenging discrimination in the civil courts16 June: Conferenceorganised by the Discrimination Law Association, to be held at Sadler's Wells theatre, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.

A look at promoting equality in education, housing and planning, social care and law enforcement.

Cost: 65 to 125.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Central Conference Consultants, tel: 0115 916 3104.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

How to succeed when working under pressure; Strategic planning, new services and management; Influencing and conflict management30 April; 1, 15 May: Seminarsorganised by the Law Society's eastern regional office, to be held at Girton College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge.

Working Under Pressure will be held on 30 April; Strategic Planning will be held on 1 May; Influencing and conflict management will be held on 15 May.

Each seminar runs from 4 pm to 7 pm, costs 99 plus VAT (discounts available) and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact Julie Bissmire, tel: 01223 328924.

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 - changes for leaseholders6 May: Seminarorganised by Arden Chambers, to be held at the Naval Club, 38 Hill Street, London W1, from 6pm to 9pm.

Cost: 58.75.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Iphie Modu, tel: 020 7242 4244.

Risk management - managing the life cycle of a file6, 7, 8 May: Seminarorganised by the Law Society's south-west regional office in partnership with The St Paul, to be held on 6 May at Alverton Manor, Tregolls Road, Truro, on 7 May at Taunton School, Staplegrove Road, Taunton, and on 8 May at the University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol.

Each seminar runs from 4pm to 6pm, costs 58.75 and carries 2 CPD hours.

Contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 0117 930 4824.

The future of Parliament7 May: Lectureorganised by the International Federation of Women in Legal Careers, to be held at the Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, London W1, from 6.30pm to 8pm.

Speaker: Lord Borrie QC, chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority.

Cost: 20 (students 16), to include drinks and snacks.

1 CPD hour.

Contact Susan Fogarty, tel: 01473 328650 or e-mail: susan@fogarty.fsbusiness.co.uk.

The future of publicly funded legal services; Managing billing20 May; 2, 17 June: Lecturesorganised by the Law Society's Greater London regional office.

Publicly funded legal services will be held on 20 May at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, and on 17 June at the Moat House, Worthy Lane, Winchester, Hampshire, from 5pm to 7pm.

Admission free.

Managing billing will be held on 2 June at Ealing Town Hall, New Broadway, Ealing, London W5, from 4pm to 7pm.

Cost: 90 plus VAT.

3 CPD hours.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

Avoiding complaints21 May: Lectureorganised by South London Law Society, to be held at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 3pm to 5pm.

Cost: members 15, non-members 20.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Quarterly meeting29 April: Meetingorganised by Networking for Know-how, to be held at Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, 11 Pilgrim Street, London EC4, from 6pm.

to 8.15pm.

Free admission.

Contact Ilana Menachemson, tel: 020 7782 8171.

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