Diary 9 April to 15 May
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Achieve success through your team;Understanding the profitability of work;VAT and standard monthly payment;New firms9, 15, 24 April: Coursesorganised by the Law Society.
Achieve success through your team is on 9 April at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.
Cost: 105.75.
Profitability of work is on 15 April at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.
Cost: 105.75.
VAT is on 24 April at The Fairfield Hall, Park Lane, Croydon, CR9 1DG.
Cost: 58.75.
New Firms is on 24 April at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.
Cost: 105.75.
Each courses runs from 4pm to 7pm and carries 3 CPD hours.
Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.
Asylum caseworkers training project22-26 April, 8-10 May: Coursesorganised by the Legal Services Commission and the Immigration Law Practitioners Association, to be held at a city centre venue in Nottingham (to be confirmed) from 9.30am to 4.30pm.
Cost: fees range from 400 to 600.
5.4 CPD hours.
contact Jane Savory, tel: 020 7250 3757.
Managing change: to enhance your income, raise your profile25 April, 15 May: Coursesorganised by the Eastern Regional Office of the Law Society, to be held at Girton College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0JG.
Each course runs from 4 pm to 7 pm and costs 111.62.
Discounts given to Law Management Section members, sole practitioners and regular attendees.
3 CPD hours.
Contact Julie Bissmire, tel: 01223 328924.
The line between FSA and Law Society regulation30 April: Course organised by the Association of Solicitor Investment Managers, to be held at the London Chamber of Commerce, 33 Queen Street, London, EC4 from 9.45am to 4.30pm.
5 CPD hours (to be confirmed).
Cost: 295 plus VAT.
Contact Elaine Reilly, tel: 01892 870065.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Money laundering - solicitors as gatekeepers18 April, 2 May: Roadshowsorganised by Law Society regional offices, to be held on18 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.
Access to health after the Human Rights Act25 April: Lectureorganised by the Wales Public Law & Human Rights Association, to be held at Morgan Bruce, Bradley Court, Park Place, Cardiff, from 7pm to 8pm.
Lecture by Professor Bob Lee, of Cardiff Law School.
Free admission.
Contact Kathleen WIlliams, tel: 029 2070 8554.
Welfare benefits update2, 9 May: Seminarsorganised by Altior, to be held on 2 May at the Thistle Grand Hotel, Broad Street, Bristol, from 2pm to 5.15pm, on 9 May at the Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street, London, W8, from 2pm to 5.15pm, on 9 May at Thistle County hotel, Neville Street, Newcastle, from 9.45am to 1pm.
Each seminar costs 145 plus VAT (the price includes course materials and refreshments) and each one carries 3 CPD hours.
Contact Janine Jones, tel: 029 2044 2036.
Reforms in the Criminal Law9 May: 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: The Rt Hon Lord Justice Auld.
1.25 CPD hour.
To join the Society or to attend the meeting as a guest, contact Eloise Aspinall, tel: 020 7839 0278.
EVENTS AND MEETINGS
Construction law9, 16 April: Meetingsorganised by The Society of Construction Law.
The presentation of the 2001 SCL Hudson prize-winning papers will be on 9 April at the National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London SW1, at 6.15pm.
On 16 April, at Room G/19, Pariser Building, UMIST Campus, Manchester, Stuart Nash will give a talk titled delay and disruption: The Society of Construction Law protocol.
Free admission.
Registered for CPD points, at 6.30pm.
Contact Jackie Morris, tel: 01235 770606.
Judicial appointment17 April: Information evening organised by the Law Society, to be held at The Law Society's Reading Room, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL, runs from 6pm to 8pm.
Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC and members of the Lord Chancellor's Department judicial group will provide information on the judicial appointments process.
Participants will have an opportunity to network with colleagues who already hold judicial office.
Attendance is free.
Contact Linda Winter at the Law Society, tel: 020 7320 5680, or e-mail: linda.winter@lawsociety.org.uk
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
Annual charity quiz25 April: Quizorganised by the Shropshire Training Solicitors Group in aid of the West Midlands Hospice and Hope, to be held at the Lion Hotel, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury at 7.30pm.
Cost: 25.
Contact Hannah Knight, tel: 01743 248545.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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