Diary - 5 April to 25 May
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Race into Parliament5 April: Conferenceorganised by Hillingdon Law Centre and Brunel University, to be held at Brunel University, Cleveland Road, Uxbridge, from 10am to 4.30pm.
This conference will look at race discrimination in the political recruitment process.
Cost: organisations 15, individuals 10, and students 5.
Booking forms can be downloaded from the conference Web site at: www.raceintoparliament.org.ukContact Deborah King, tel: 020 8561 9400.
Key housing aid and advice: part A9-10, 16-17 April: Four-day courseorganised by Shelter, to be held at NACAB, 2nd Floor, Quintana Gate, Bartholomew Street East, Exeter, from 10am to 4.30pm.
Cost: 282 to 473.
20 CPD hours.
Contact the training administrator, tel: 020 7490 6720.
Risk management South West workshops: property and civil litigation17, 18, 29 April; 7 May: Coursesorganised by the St Paul in partnership with the Law Society's South West regional office.
Property is on 17 April at Alverton Manor Hotel, Tregolls Road, Truro; on 7 May at the Hatherley Manor Hotel, Down Hatherley Lane, Gloucester; civil litigation is on 18 April at St Loye's Foundation, Topsham Road, Exeter; and on 29 April at Cribbs Business Centre, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.
Each course runs from 2pm to 4pm, costs 50 plus VAT but is free to customers of the St Paul, and each course carries 2.5 CPD points.
Contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 0117 930 4824.
Welfare benefits17 April: Courseorganised by Legal Action Group, to be held at ETC Ltd, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.
Cost: 239.
6 CPD hours: Contact Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434.
The practical PI lawyer 22, 23 and 24 April: Coursesorganised by Taylor Vinters Solicitors (approved by the Law Society), to be held at Merlin Place, Milton Road, Cambridge, from 9.30pm to 5pm.
Cost: 550 plus VAT (includes refreshments and lunch).
16 CPD points.
Contact Jo Douglas, tel: 01223 423444.
Welfare benefits up-date2 May: Courseorganised by Nottinghamshire Law Society, to be held at 50 Carrington Street, Nottingham, from 2pm to 5pm.
For all practitioners who deal with publicly funded clients.
Cost: 50 to 75.
3 CPD hours.
Contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 9505324..
LMS Legal Finance Forum 20029 May: Conference and exhibitionorganised by the Law Management Section of the Law Society and sponsored by the Bank of Ireland, to be held at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds from 9am to 5pm.
Sessions will include banking behind the scenes; billing strategies; risk management; panel discussion by LMS member firms.
Cost: 195 plus VAT.
5 CPD points.
Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Claimed contemporary miracles11 April: Lecture and discussionorganised 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.
Speaker: Dr Peter May.
1.25 CPD points.
To join the society or to attend the meeting as a guest, contact Eloise Aspinall, tel: 020 7839 0278.
Child Support Agency12 April: Seminarorganised by Nottinghamshire Law Society and the Child Support Agency, to be held at the Strathdon Hotel, Derby Road, Nottingham, from 2pm to 5pm.
Cost: 30 including light refreshments.
3 CPD hours.
Contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 9505324.
Money laundering - solicitors as gatekeepers18 April, 2 May: Roadshowsorganised by Law Society regional offices, to be held on 18 April at Girton College, Cambridge, from 4.30pm to 6.45pm (contact Julie Bissmire, tel: 01223 328924) and on 2 May at Cardiff Law School, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, from 5pm to 7pm (contact Richard Jones, tel: 02920 645254).
Each roadshow costs 29.38 and carries 2 CPD hours.
All change please26 April: Seminarorganised by Devon & Exeter Law Society, to be held at St Loye's Foundation, Topsham Road, Exeter, from 7.30pm to 9pm.
A forum to highlight the different views on joining the Euro zone Cost: 23.50 (including VAT).
1.5 CPD points.
Contact Monique Bertoni, tel: 01392 411585.
Criminal law update 30 April: Lectureorganised by Central and South Middlesex Law Society, to be held at Thames Valley University, St Mary's Road, Ealing, W5 5RF, from 6pm to 8pm.
Cost: 20 members and 30 non-members.
2 CPD points.
Contact Trish McCready, tel: 020 8992 6643.
EVENTS
Studio visit: Tom Phillips RA20 April: Visitorganised by Law Society's Art Group, to be held at at 153 Bellenden Road, Peckham, London SE1, from 12.30pm.
Cost: 2.
Contact Tom Butler, tel: 020 8852 5567
Lawyers' music concert25 May: Concertorganised by Lawyers' Music Choir and Symphony Orchestra, to be held at St Paul's Church, Wilton Place, London, SW1, from 7.30pm.
Tenors and bases most welcome.Bartok Concerto for orchestra and Beethoven's Mass in C.
Cost: 7.50.
Contact Brenda Blankfield, tel: 020 8449 6162.
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: steve.jones@lawsociety.org.ukInclude telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation
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