Diary

Conferences and Courses

24 July: Young solicitors management conference 2003

Organised by the Law Management Section of the Law Society and the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 10.30am to 9pm.

Keynote speaker: Law Society President Carolyn Kirby.

Cost: 195 to 215 plus VAT (discounts).

7 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

2, 10, 16, 17, 30 September: Community care - complaints, ombudsman and judicial review; Community care law - recent developments; Charging for community care; Carers and their rights under the Carers Act 1995 and the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000; The new NHS - structure and implications

Organised by Carers UK, to be held at 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1.

Community care complaints will be held on 2 September; Community care law will be held on 10 September; Charging for community care will be held on 16 Sepember; Carers and their rights will be held on 17 September; The new NHS will be held on 30 September.

Community care law is a half-day course.

It runs from 10am to 1.30pm, costs 60 to 100 and carries 2.5 CPD hours.

The others each run from 10am to 4.30pm, cost from 110 to 180 and carry 5 CPD hours.

Contact Chris Hockley, tel: 020 7566 7632.

3, 10, 18 September: HIV and homelessness; Asylum support and HIV; Disability living allowance appeals - representing people with HIV

Organised by the Terrence Higgins Trust, to be held at Lighthouse West, 111-117 Lancaster Road, London W11, from 10am to 2pm.

Cost: 50 to Legal Services Commission civil contract holders.

3.5 CPD hours.

Contact Jean Foreman, tel: 020 7831 0330.

9 September: LMS legal finance forum

Organised by the Law Management Section of the Law Society, to be held in central London (venue to be confirmed) from 9am to 5pm.

Cost: 195 to 295 (discounts available).

5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

12-19 September: Returner course for solicitors

Organised by the Association of Women Solicitors and the Law Society, to be held at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, from 6pm on Friday 12 September to 1pm on Friday 19.

Cost: 650 including food and accommodation.

32 CPD hours for working solicitors.

Contact Judith McDermott, tel: 020 7320 5793.

14 to 17 September: LMS management development programme 2003

Organised by the Law Management Section of the Law Society, to be held at Horwood House, Little Horwood, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, from 3pm on 14 September to 5pm on 17 September.

Cost: 1,750 plus VAT.

27 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

18 September, 15 October: Secure accommodation - the roles and responsibilites of representing the child; Adoption principles and practice - the legal framework and the role of the children's guardian and reporting officer

Organised by NAGALRO.

Secure accommodation - roles and responsibilities will be held on 18 September at MIC, 81-103 Euston Street, London NW1, and on 15 October at Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester.

Adoption principles and practice will be held on 18 September at MIC, 81-103 Euston Street, London NW1.

Each course runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm, costs 80 to 115 and carries 5 CPD hours.

Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818504, e-mail: nagalro@globalnet.co.uk.

25 and 26 September: Solicitors 2003: legal services - a future framework of the Law Society, to be held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London.

10.5 CPD hours.

Cost 225-325 plus VAT.

Discounts for students and trainees.

Download booking form from www.

events.lawsociety.org.uk.

Contact Judy Lane Consulting, tel: 01202 699 488, e-mail: solicitors2003@ btopenworld.com.

Lectures and seminars

9 September, 9 December: Key elements of the local Government Bill; Ethical standards - enforcement, fairness and democracy

Organised by Arden Chambers, to be held at the Naval Club, 38 Hill Street, London W1.

Local Government Bill will be held on 9 September and Ethical Standards on 9 December.

Each seminar runs from 6pm to 9pm, costs 58.75 and carries 2 CPD hours.

Contact Iphie Modu, tel: 020 7242 4244.

Meetings and events

17 July: LYSG party

Organised by the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Prophet Bar, 5-11 Worship Street, London EC2, from 6.30 pm onwards.

Members free, non-members 10.

Contact Emma Rawlins, tel: 020 7327 6768.

2 August: Summer ball

Organised by Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Young Lawyers, to be held at the Royal Agricultural College, Stroud Road, Cirencester, from 7pm to midnight.

Cost: members 20, non-members 25 (includes champagne reception and three-course meal).

Contact Elizabeth Gedye, tel: 01249 444422.

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: diary@lawsociety.org.ukInclude telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation