Diary - 5 February to 2 May.

Diary - 5 February to 2 May.

Conferences and CoursesGaining and grading profitable clients;Managing change26, 28 February: Coursesorganised by the Law Society, to be held at 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 4pm to 7pm.

Each course costs 105.75 and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

Education law: issues for practitioners; Defending possession proceedings; Housing law: a practical introduction; Supervision skills in civil cases; Managing criminal contracts; Housing arrears and welfare benefits5, 7, 13, 19, 20, 21 March: Coursesorganised by the Legal Action Group, to be held at ETC Venues, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Education law is on 5 March, Possession proceedings is on 7 March, Housing law is on 13 March, Supervision skills is on 19 March, Criminal contracts is on 20 March, and Housing arrears is on 21 March.

Criminal contracts runs from 5.30pm to 8.45pm, costs 135 and carries 3 CPD hours.

The others run from 9.30am to 5.15pm, cost 239 each, and carry 6 CPD hours.

Contact Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434.

Self-management8 March: Courseorganised by the Law Society's local government group, to be held at Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1, from 11am to 4pm.

Cost: 125 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.

Lectures and SeminarsDisability issues ineducation law5 February: Seminarorganised by the Education Law Practitioners Group, to be held at Fisher Meredith, 209 Clapham Road, London SW4, from 5pm to 7pm.

Admission free but by ticket only.

For a ticket, e-mail angelaj@ fishermeredith.co.uk or contact Angela Jackman, tel: 020 7884 8032.Welfare benefits update6, 7, 20 February: Seminarorganised by Altior, to be held on 6 February at the Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street, London W8, on 7 February at the Thistle Park hotel, Park Place, Cardiff, and on 20 February at the Grand Moat House hotel, Colmore Row, Birmingham, from 2pm to 5.15.

Cost: 145 plus VAT.

3 CPD hours.

Contact: Janine Jones, tel: 029 2044 2036 or e-mail: janine@altior.co.uk

The Princeton principles on universal jurisdiction: what impact in the UK?7 February: Lectureorganised by the British Institute of Human Rights and REDRESS, to be held in the Great Hall, King's College London, 152-170 Strand, London WC2, from 1pm to 2pm.

Speakers: Lord Browne-Wilkinson, William Butler, President, American Association for the International Commission of Jurists, and Colin Warbrick, Professor of Law, University of Durham.

Admission free: no pre-booking required.

1 CPD hour.

Contact Hannah Pearce, tel: 020 7401 2712.

Money laundering - solicitors as gatekeepers14 February, 14, 21 March, 4, 18 April, 2 May: Roadshoworganised by Law Society regional offices, to be held on 14 February at the Crowne Plaza, Wellington Street, Leeds, from 4.30pm to 6.30pm (contact Sirkka Goodhind, tel: 01924 299096); on 14 March at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 4pm to 6pm (contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554); on 21 March at the Oake Manor Golf Club, Oake, near Taunton, from 5pm to 7pm (contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 01179 304824); on 4 April at the Tickled Trout Hotel, Preston New Road, Preston, from 4pm to 6pm (contact Kathy Smith, tel: 01772 561114); on 18 April at Girton College, Cambridge, from 4.30 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.The future of private transactional law21 February: Lectureorganised by University College London, to be held at the Faculty of Law, UCL, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1, at 6pm.

Speaker: Professor Michael Bridge of UCL.

Contact Lisa Penfold, tel: 020 7679 1514.

VAT and standard monthly payments for legal aid practitioners25 February: Seminarorganised by the Law Society office in Wales, to be held at the St David's Hotel and Spa, Havanna Street, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, from 1pm.

Cost: 50 plus VAT.

2.5 CPD hours.

Please note: the contact telephone number for Richard Jones is 029 2064 5254, not as printed in Gazette, 17 January, 32.

Conditional fee agreements for personal injuries27 February: Seminarorganised by the International Federation of Women in Legal Careers, to be held at the Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, London W1, at 6.45pm for 7pm.

Speaker: Angela Hanmore, solicitor, partner in Hodge Jones & Allen.

20 per head, including wine and snacks.

To book, send cheque made out to FIFCJ to Mary Webb, 8 York Avenue, London W7 3HT.

Contact Susan Fogarty, tel: 01473 328650.

Meetings and EventsElpida Hadzi-Vasileva22 February: Talkorganised by the Law Society's Art Group, to be held at Holman Fenwick & Willan, Marlow House, Lloyds Avenue, London EC3, at 6.30pm.

Sculptor Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva, nominee for the Jerwood Sculpture prize 2001, will talk about her recent solo exhibitions at ArtSway in Hampshire and the Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow.

Cost: 5.

Contact Tom Butler, tel: 020 8852 5567.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