Diary

18 December to 23 April

conferences and coursesDisability, welfare and work/Disability Discrimination Act17 January 2002: Conferenceorganised by North Staffordshire Law Society and Staffordshire University, to be held at the Ashley Centre, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke, from 9.15am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 40.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Pat Holdcroft, tel: 01782 294689.

Human rights in practice:one year on18 January 2002: Courseorganised by Liberty, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 5pm.

Cost: 60 to 120.6 CPD hours.

Contact Zoe Gillard, tel: 020 7378 3667.

Please note: this course has now been extended from a half day to a full day, with the venue moved from Matrix Chambers to ETC Venues.

Homelessness28 January 2002: Courseorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group, to be held at Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2, from 10am to 5pm.

Cost: 125+VAT.

5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.

Recent developments in housing law;Introduction to mental health review tribunals31 January; 6-7 February: Coursesorganised by Legal Action Group, to be held at ETC Venues, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Housing law will be held on 31 January from 9.30am to 5.15pm.

Cost: 239.

6 CPD hours.

Tribunals will be held on 6-7 February from 9.30am to 5.15pm.

Cost: 395.

12 CPD hours.

Contact Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434.

Planning: prosecution and injunction;Local Government Act Workshop - access to information4 and 6 February 2002: Conferencesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group, to be held at Local Government House, Smith Square, London SWI, from 10am to 4pm.

Planning will be held on 4 February and costs 145 plus VAT.

Local Government Act workshop is organised in conjunction with the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors.

It will be held on 6 February and costs 125 plus VAT.

Each carries 4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.

Asylum case worker training project14, 15, 18, 19, 20 February; 11, 12 & 13 March: Eight-day courseorganised by the Immigration Law Practitioners Association, to be held at a Cambridge City centre venue to be announced, from 9.30am to 4.30pm each day.

Cost: 400 cost per person.

The Legal Services Commission will reimburse course fees for contracted suppliers.

6 CPD hours per day.

Contact Jane Savory, tel: 020 7250 3757.

Planning and the Human Rights Act4 March 2002: Course organised by the Law Society's Local Government Group, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street London SE1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 145 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.

lectures and seminarsHow to comply with the new specialist quality mark10 January: Lectureorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held in Newcastle (venue to be confirmed), from 1.30pm to 5pm.

Cost: members 80, non-members 150.

3 CPD hours.

Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.

The Land Registration Bill - a revolution in conveyancing7 February 2002: Half-day seminarorganised by Falcon chambers, to be held at the Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2, from 2pm to 5.40.

Applicable for 3 CPD hours.

Cost: 125 plus VAT.

Contact Rachel Hiscox, tel: 020 7242 4141.Same-sex relationships: a comparative assessment of legal developments across Europe13 February: Lectureorganised by University College London, to be held at Clifford Chance, 200 Aldersgate Street, London EC1, from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Speaker: Professor Michael Coester (University of Munich and UCL) Cost: up to 10.

CPD: 1.5 CPD hours.

Contact: Lisa Penfold, tel: 020 7679 1514.

VAT and standard monthly payments for legal aid practitioners20 and 25 February; 12 and 13 March; 18 and 23 April 2002: Seminarorganised by Law Society regional offices, to be held on 20 February at the Tickled Trout, Preston New Road, Preston, from 1pm; on 25 February at the St David's Hotel & Spa, Havanna Street, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, from 1pm; on 12 March at Girton College, Cambridge, from 2.45pm; on 13 March at Armada House Conference Centre, Telephone Avenue, Bristol, from 2.30pm; on 18 April at Crown Plaza, Wellington Street, Leeds, from 2.45pm; and on 23 April at Fairfield Hall, Park Lane, Croydon, from 1pm.

Cost: 50 plus VAT.

2.5 CPD hours.

Contact Simone Tomlinson, tel: 020 7320 5817.

meetings and eventsChristmas social18 December: Eventorganised by the Freelance Solicitors Group, to be held at the Oxo Tower, Bargehouse Street, London SE1.

Meet in the bar from 6.45pm.

Contact Janice Purssey, tel: 01322 435371.

Bridge club14 January, 11 February, 11 March: Meetingsof the Law Society Duplicate Bridge Club, to be held at the East India Club, 16 St James's Square, London SW1, from 7.30pm.

Contact Jane Giret, tel: 020 7831 6381.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