Diary

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Disrepair and conditions: inspecting a house; Developing your advising and interviewing skills; Relationship breakdown and property rights2-3, 9-10, 11-12 July: Two-day coursesorganised by Shelter.

Disrepair and conditions will be held on 2-3 July at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.

Developing your advising and interviewing skills will be held on 9-10 July at Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester.

Relationship breakdown will be held on 11-12 July at the London venue.

Cost: 149 to 277.

All run from 10am to 4.30pm and carry 10 CPD hours each.

Contact the training administrator, tel: 020 7490 6720.

Security of tenure: advanced; Supporting people; Representing at possession hearings2, 3 July: Coursesorganised by Shelter.

Security of tenure will be held on 2 July at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.

Supporting people will be held on 2 July at Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester.

Representing at possession hearings will be held on 3 July at the London venue.

Cost: 85 to 166.

All run from 10am to 4.30pm and carry 5 CPD hours each.

Contact the training administrator, tel: 020 7490 6720.

Practice and procedure in the magistrates' court; Potential pitfalls of drafting planning obligations; Debt recovery; Dealing with difficult people2, 3, 12, 15 July: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors.

Practice and procedure will be held on 2 July at ETC Venues, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 5pm.

Cost: 165 plus VAT.

5.5 CPD hours.

Planning pitfalls will be held on 3 July at ETC Venues, Bonhill House, 1-3 Bonhill Street, London EC2, from 1.30pm to 5pm.

Cost: 79 plus VAT.

3.25 CPD hours.

Debt recovery will be held on 12 July (cost: 135 plus VAT), and Dealing with difficult people will be held on 15 July (cost: 165 plus VAT), both at the Avonmouth House address above.

Each runs from 10am to 4pm and carry 4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Introduction to employment tribunals; Supervision skills in civil cases4, 10 July: Coursesorganised by the Legal Action Group, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.

Cost: 239.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434 or email: courses@lag.org.uk

Survive the Civil Costs Audit9 July: Courseorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held at the Gonville Hotel, Gonville Place, Cambridge,from 1.30pm to 5pm.

Cost: 95 to 190.

3 hours CPD.

Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.

Asylum caseworker training29-31 July, 1-2 and 21-23 August:12-16 August and 2-4 September:9-13 September and 30 September, 1-2 October: Eight-day coursesorganised by the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association, to be held at Leeds Metropolitan University, Calverly Street, Leeds, on 29-31 July, 1-2 August and 21-23 August; at Birmingham Voluntary Service Council, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham, on 12-16 August and 2-4 September; and at the Comfort Hotel, George Street, Nottingham, on 9-13 September and 30 September and 1-2 October.

All sessions run from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Each course costs 400 to 600 (fees remibursed for LSC contracted suppliers) and carries 42 CPD hours.

Contact Jane Savory, tel: 020 7250 3757, or e-mail: actproject@ilpa.org.uk

Solicitors 2002 - the changing legal landscape27-28 September: Annual conferenceof the Law Society, to be held at the Manchester International Convention Centre, Windmill Street, Manchester.

Speakers include the Attorney-General, Lord Goldsmith, QC, (Friday) and the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, (Saturday).

Cost: 195 to 295, plus VAT.

Discounts for multiple bookings, trainees and young solicitors.

10 CPD hours.

Contact Danielle Richards, tel: 01625 267880, or e-mail: solicitors2002@rfb.co.uk

LECTURES AND SEMINARSWho wants to be a partner? Career development and post-qualification choices5 July: Seminar and AGMorganised by the Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 9am to 3.45pm.

Cost: 60.

4.45 CPD hours.

Seminar will be followed by the YSG's annual general meeting.

Contact Judith McDermott, tel: 020 7320 5793 or e-mail: judith.mcdermott@lawsociety.org.uk

MEETINGS AND EVENTSSummer Ball13 July: Eventorganised by Exeter and District Trainee Solicitors Group, to be held at Reed Hall, University of Exeter, Streatham Drive, Exeter, from 7.30pm to 1am.

Tickets 25 including dinner, drinks and wine.

Contact Anna Murrin, tel: 01392 436244, or e-mail: acm@michelmores.com

Law Society Cricket Club16, 23 July: Cricket matchesto be played on 16 July against Richmond at the Old Deer Park, Kew Road, Richmond, London, at 2pm, and on 23 July against the Lords and Commons at the Old Emanuel Club, Blagdon Lane, New Malden, London, at 11.30am.

Free.

Contact Richard O'Hagan, tel: 0118 951 6614.

Evening social17 July: Eventorganised by the Freelance Solicitors Group; meet at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road entrance, South Kensington, London SW7, from 6.30pm.

Contact Janice Purssey, tel: 01322 435371.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