Diary - 30 April to 26 June

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Annual conference10 May: Conferenceorganised by Liberty, to be held at BPP Law School, 68-70 Red Lion Street, London WC1, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 20 to 35.

Contact Zoe Gillard, tel: 020 7378 3667.

Beginner's guide to civil and family file management14 May: Courseorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held at the Lace Market Hotel, 29-31 High Pavement, Nottingham, from 1.30pm to 5pm.

Cost: 100 to 200 plus VAT.

3 CPD hours.

Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.

Winning 'unwinnable' PI cases - essential employment law for PI lawyers; Risk assessment for CFA funding; Manual handling28, 29 May; 26 June: Coursesorganised by the College of Personal Injury Lawyers.

Unwinnable cases will be held on 28 May at Jurys Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol, and on 25 June at Montague on the Gardens Hotel, 15 Montague Street, London WC1.

Risk assessment will be held on 28 May, and Manual handling on 29 May, both at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Wellington Street, Leeds.

Each course runs from 9.30am to 5pm, costs 180 (members) or 225 (non members) and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Angela Ward, tel: 0115 938 8700.

National showcase for solicitors and legal professionals28, 29 May: Exhibition and conferenceorganised by American Lawyer Media's LegalTech tradeshow division, to be held at the International Convention Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham, from 11.15am to 3.45pm on 28 May, and from 11.15am to 3.45pm on 29 May.

Free.

3.75 CPD hours per day.

Contact Deepak Vohra, tel: 020 7936 9850.

Effective contract drafting; Effective commercial contracts10, 12, 24, 26 June: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Commerce & Industry Group.

Effective contract drafting will be held on 10 and 26 June at Nabarro Nathanson, Lacon House, Theobald's Road, London WC1, and on 12 June at 1 South Quay, Victoria Quays, Sheffield.

Commercial contracts will be held on 24 June at Lacon House.

Cost: 282 for one event or 564 for both.

Each course runs from 10am to 5pm and carries 5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Golding, tel: 020 7524 6711.

LSEG annual conference19, 20 June: Conferenceorganised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at the Bath Spa Hotel, Sydney Road, Bath, from 2.20pm to 5.30pm on 19 June (dinner at 7.30pm) and from 9.50am to 5.30pm on 20 June.

Cost: 335 to 545 plus VAT.

9.5 CPD hours.

Contact Jo Rae, tel: 01905 724 734.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Buying, selling, and letting property in London30 April: Lecture and discussionorganised by the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.30pm to 7.30pm.

Members free; non-members 7.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lhosa Daly, tel: 020 7466 2414.

Lexcel seminars30 April; 1, 8, 9, 12 May: Seminarsorganised by Axxia Systems, to be held on 30 April at the Copthorne Hotel, Paradise Circus, Birmingham; on 1 May at the Hilton, Neville Street, Leeds; on 8 May at the Lowry Gallery, Salford Quays, Manchester; on 9 May at the Holiday Inn, Victoria Street, Bristol; and on 12 May at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.

Local government will run from 9.30am to 1pm and private practice from 1.30pm to 5pm.

Free.

Contact Heidi Cranfield, tel: 01189 602627.

Presenting in the boardroom1 May: Seminarorganised by the Law Society's Commerce and Industry Group and Fennemores, to be held at Fennemores, 200 Silbury Boulevard, Milton Keynes, from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Admission free.

1 CPD hour.

Contact: Carolyn Roberts, tel: 0161 864 1866.

Strategic planning, new services and management; Influencing and conflict management; Managing clients to fuel fee income1, 15, 20 May: Seminarsorganised by the Law Society's eastern regional office, to be held at Girton College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge.

Strategic planning will be held on 1 May; Influencing will be held on 15 May; Managing clients will be held on 20 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.

Squatter's rights - out with the old, in with the new; The Blundell Debate: Do the Scots really do it better?; Can recent developments in the law of tort be reconciled with established principles of property law?; Side letters and collateral arrangements2, 9, 16, 23 June: Lectures/Debateorganised by Falcon Chambers, in aid of the benevolent associations of the Law Society, the Bar Council, and RICS.

Squatter's rights will be held on 2 June at the Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2; The Blundell Debate will be held on 9 June, and Law of tort on 16 June, both at Middle Temple Hall, London EC4; Side letters will be held on 23 June at the Royal College of Surgeons, address above.

Each session runs from 6pm to 8pm, costs 60 plus VAT (discounted rate for all four seminars: 216 plus VAT) and carries 1 CPD hour.

Contact Rachel Hiscox, tel: 020 7242 4141.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Poetry and spring6 May: Eventorganised by Poet in the City, to be held at Bates, Wells & Braithwaite, 138 Cheapside, London EC2, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Free.

Contact Brennie Richards, tel: 020 7551 7783.

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