Diary

16 September to 5 November

CONFERENCES and coursesEuropean legal resources on the World Wide Web: research and exploitation20 September: Courseorganised by the Institute of European Law, to be held from 9.30am to 4.15pm at the University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Cost 65 for IEL associates, 75 for all others.

Contact Nadene Bryan for further details, tel: 0121 414 6298, fax: 0121 414 3585.

Standard monthly payments26 September, 10 October: Courseorganised by Legal Aid Practitioners Group and Institute of Legal Cashiers and Administrators, to be held from 9.30am to 4.30pm at Armoury House, City Road, London EC1 on 26 September and St.

James's Park, Newcastle upon Tyne on 10 October.

5 CPD points.

Cost 120 for LAPG members, 190 for non-members.

Call Barbara Moody for more details, tel: 020 7336 8565.

Investment management in solicitors' firms2 October: Conferenceorganised by the Association of Solicitor Investment Managers, to be held at the City Conference Centre, 80 Coleman Street, London EC2R, from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost 180 for ASIM members, 220 for non-members.

Contact Wendy Goodwin for more details, tel: 01892 870065.

Best value and partnering16 October: Conferenceorganised by the Practical Partnering Forum, to be held at Denton Wilde Sapte, 1 Fleet Place, London EC4M 7WS.

Full day from 9.30am.

Free of charge.

6 CPD points.

Contact Jan Middleton, tel: 020 7320 6416.

Solicitors 2000 S2K4-5 November: Law Society annual conferenceorganised by the Law Society, to be held at the Law Society's Hall,113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.

Two-day conference and dinner at The Royal Courts of Justice with guest speaker Lord Woolf.

Conference fee is 95 plus VAT per delegate.

8 CPD hours.

Conference dinner tickets cost 45.

For details, call Amanda Graham-Brown, tel: 01403 823246.

LECTURES and seminarsManaging billing - how to create a win/win strategy19 September: Workshoporganised by the Eastern Region Office of the Law Society, to be held at 4pm at the Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich.

Cost 85 (20% off for Law Management Section members), 2.5 CPD points.

Call Julie Bissmire, tel: 01223 328924.

Managing emotional clients22 September: Workshoporganised by Relate Colchester and North East Essex, to be held at Myland Hall, Education Centre, Highwoods, Colchester, Essex.

6 CPD points.

Cost 100 including lunch.

For further information, call Louise Jackson, tel: 01206 578948.

Civil contracting - an update5 October: Seminarorganised by the Nottinghamshire Law Society, to be held at 10a Byard Lane, Nottingham from 5pm.

Cost 25.

1.5 CPD points.

Contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 9505324.

Personal injury law updates19, 31 October: Seminarsorganised by Old Square Chambers, to be held from 5.30pm to 7pm at the Hotel du Vin, Sugar House, Narrow Lewins Mead, Bristol on 19 October and Staple Inn Hall, High Holborn, London WC1 on 31 October.

1.5 CPD points.

Cost 50.

Call Karine Bernasse, tel: 020 7269 0338.

Lawyers' training day on domestic violence28 October: Seminarorganised by the Northern Circuit Domestic Violence Therapy Group, to be held from 9.30am to 4.30pm at the Adelphi Hotel, Ranelagh Street, Liverpool.

Cost 50 plus VAT.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Joy Morton, tel: 0151 650 5092.

EVENTSLesbian and Gay Law Association annual meeting16 September: Meetingorganised by International Lesbian and Gay Law Association, to be held at C.O.C Centre, Rozenstraat 14, 1016 NX Amsterdam, Netherlands from 9am to 5pm in advance of the International Bar Association conference.

The meeting is free of charge.

For further details, contact Andrea Woelke, tel: 020 7940 4000.

Annual dinner16 September: Dinnerorganised by the Birmingham Trainee Solicitors' Society, to be held at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole from 7pm.

Cost 60.

Black tie.

For more information contact Catherine Parkinson, tel: 0121 234 0148

Evening social19 September: Meetingorganised by the Freelance Solicitors Group, to be held at Hodgsons Wine Bar, Chancery lane, London WC2 from 6.45pm.

Call Janice Purssey, tel: 01322 435371.

New members meeting28 September: Meetingorganised by the Association of Women Solicitors, to be held at Pannone & Partners, 123 Deansgate, Manchester at 6pm.

Cost 5, including dinner.

Contact Carole Bale, tel: 0161 428 4833.Viennese gala evening30 September: Dinner, concertorganised to mark Nottinghamshire Law Society's 125th anniversary, to be held at Albert Hall, Derby Road, Nottingham at 7.15pm.

Cost 25 per person for tables of 8-10, 20 per person in the stalls.

Black tie.

Contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 9505324.

2000 Halloween YSG Ball26 October: Dinnerorganised by the Young Solicitors Group of Gloucester and Wiltshire, to be held from 7pm at the Stratton House Hotel, Gloucester Road, Cirencester.

Cost 30.

For details contact Claire Lander, tel: 01285 650000.

Address for entries: Diary Section, Law Society's Gazette, 6th Floor, Newspaper House, 8-16 Great New Street, London EC4A 3BN.

Fax: 020 7831 0869.

Include contact details, venue, cost and CPD accreditation.