5 September to 24 November

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Face-to-face contact and children in permanent placement; Secure accommodation5, 18 September: Coursesorganised by Nalagro, to be held at the Methodist International Centre, 81-103 Euston Street, London NW1.

Contact will be held on 5 September and Secure accommodation on 18 September.

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

Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818504.

Occupiers' liability and public liability; Training the trainers; Motor Insurers' Bureau; Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority10, 11 September: Coursesorganised by the College of Personal Injury Law.

Liability will be held on 10 September at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, Redcliffe Way, Bristol, from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost: 180 to 225.

6 CPD hours.

Training the trainers will be held on 11 September at the Park Plaza Hotel, 41 Maid Marian Way, Nottingham, from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost: 260 to 310.

6 CPD hours.

Contact: Lisa Fretwell, tel: 0115 938 8700.

Annual education law conference11 September: Conferenceorganised by the Local Government Group, to be held at the National Union of Teachers, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Local authority computer contracts22 September: Courseorganised by the Local Government Group, to be held at Berwin Leighton Paisner, Adelaide House, London Bridge, London EC4, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 149 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Credit control for legal accounting; Accounting for legal aid; ILCA solicitors' accounts rules workshop; VAT for legal accounting24 September; 7, 8, 9 October; 4, 5, 6, 20, 24 November: Coursesorganised by the Institute of Legal Cashiers and Administrators.

Credit control will be held on 24 September at ILCA, 146-148 Eltham Hill, London SE9, and on 5 November at the Jarvis Hotel, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester.

Accounting for legal aid will be held on 9 October at the County Hotel, 30-33 High Street, Canterbury, and on 24 November at the Thistle Hotel, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham; Solicitors' accounts rules workshop will be held on 7 October at the County Hotel, 30-33 High Street, Canterbury, on 6 November at the Jarvis Hotel, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester, and on 20 November at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel, West Ealing Common, London W5; VAT for legal accounting will be held on 8 October at the County Hotel, 30-33 High Street, Canterbury, and on 4 November at the Jarvis Hotel, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester.

Each course runs from 9am to 4.30pm, costs 160 to 250 (discounts available) and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Linda Willis, tel: 020 8294 2887.

Solicitors 2003: legal services - a future framework25 and 26 September: Annual conferenceof 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

Employers forum on disability10 September: Seminarorganised by the Employers Forum on Disability and the Law Society, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 9am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 58.75.

4 CPD hours.

Contact Jennifer Dowdie, tel: 020 7320 5730.

The new assets recovery strategy - your obligations17 September: Seminarorganised by Cooper Kenyon Burrows, to be held at the Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, from 4.30pm to 6.30pm.

Guest speaker: Jane Earl, director of the Assets Recovery Agency.

Cost: 20 plus VAT.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Madeleine Abas, tel: 0161 834 7374.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Professional Muslim singles matrimonial events12 September; 4, 18 October: Eventsorganised by Kamran A Beg.

Social events aimed at lawyers and other professionals, to be held on 12 September at Sanam Sweet House and Restaurant, 145-151 Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, Manchester, from 6.30pm to 11.30pm; on 4 October at Anams Restaurant & Banqueting Hall, 211 Great Horton Road, Bradford, from 6.30pm to 11.30pm; and on 18 October at the Bina Banqueting Hall, 4 Upper Tooting Road, London SW17, from 1pm to 6pm.

Tickets 40 each.

Contact Kamran Beg, tel: 07980 001426 or 07876 042660, e-mail: kamran@kamranabegevents.com.

Drinks evenings18, 25 September; 2, 9 October: Eventsorganised by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Young Solicitors Group, to be held on 18 September at the Catherine Wheel Hotel, 7-15 Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames; on 25 September at Bar Casa, Abbey Hall, 11-13 Kings Road, Reading; on 2 October at Bar Baby, 30 Walton Street, Oxford; and on 9 October in Newbury (venue to be confirmed).

Arrive from 6pm onwards.

Admission free and complimentary drinks available.

Contact Marni Lancaster, tel: 0118 951 6273.

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