DATE 15 September to 15 October

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Youth justice system: good defence practice19 September; 2 October: Courseorganised by the Liverpool Law Society and the Youth Justice Board, to be held on 19 September at the Marriott Hotel, Queen Square, Liverpool, from 9.30am to 4pm (contact Jayne Blazeby, tel: 0151 236 6998, ext.

24); and on 2 October at the Law Society South-West, Newminster House, 27-29 Baldwin Street, Bristol, from 10am to 4pm (contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 0117 929 5171).

Cost: 112.

5 CPD hours.

Common land and village greens26 September: Courseorganised by the Local Government Group, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 149 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Local Government Group 9th annual housing law conference; Freedom of information and data protection for local authorities26 September; 1 October: Conferences organised by the Local Government Group.

Housing law will be held on 26 September at Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 195 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Freedom of information will be held on 1 October at Urbis, New Museum of Cities, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester, from 10am to 5pm.

Cost: 149 plus VAT.

5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Immigration status and housing rights; Asylum, refugees and housing rights; Homelessness case law update29, 30 September: Coursesorganised by Shelter.

Immigration will be held on 29 September and Asylum and Homelessness case law will be held on 30 September at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1V, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 115 to 170.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.

Property law miscellany29 September; 9, 13, 15 October: Courseorganised by the Property Law Web site (www.propertylawuk.net), to be held on 29 September at The Diskus, Transport House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn, London WC1; on 9 October at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Lakeview, Bridge Road, Impington, Cambridge; on the 13 October at the Butterfly Hotel, A12/A120 Ardleigh Junction, Colchester, and on 15 October at the Hilton Hotel, Cromer Road, Norwich, from 9.15am to 5.15pm.

Cost: 245 plus VAT (discounts available for trainees).

6 CPD hours.

Contact Gary Webber, tel: 01225 471595, or e-mail: courses@propertylawuk.net.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Deal rooms; The future of law; Recent developments in EC and UK competition law15, 23 September; 14 October: Seminarsorganised by the Society for Computers & Law and others.

Deal rooms will be held on 15 September at Denton Wilde Sapte, 1 Fleet Place, London EC4.

The future of law (organised by the SCL and the British Computer Society) will be held on 23 September at Sad Business School, Park End Street, Oxford.

EC and UK competition law (organised by the SCL and the Law Society's Commerce and Industry Group) will be held on 14 October at Norton Rose, Kempson House, Camomile Street, London EC3.

Each seminar runs from 6.30pm to 8pm, costs 23.50 to 41.13, and carries 1 CPD hour.

Contact Caroline Gould, tel: 0117 923 7393.

The role of the chiropractor in the medico-legal arena2 October: Lectureorganised by the Berkshire Medico-Legal Society, to be held at Pitmans offices, 47 Castle Street, Reading, Berkshire, from 6pm to 7.30pm.

Free admission.

Contact Justine Waby, tel: 01189 580224.

Calculating compensation in the employment tribunal2 October: Seminarorganised by the Citizens Advice Specialist Support Unit, to be held at Citizens Advice, Suite 5, Quintana Gate, Exeter, from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Cost: 100 to LSC contract holders.

Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.

Lawyers under attack7 October: Seminarorganised by Cloisters, to be held at the Commonwealth Club, 18 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London WC2, from 6pm to 7.30pm.

Free Admission.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Gerald Newman, tel: 020 7827 4050 or e-mail: geraldn@cloisters.com.

Full details at: www.cloisters.com/events.htm

Breaking international law: executing child offenders in the US10 October: Lectureorganised by Amnesty International UK and Reprieve, to be held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster Terrace, London W2, from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.

Speakers include Clive Stafford Smith.

Free admission.

Contact Janet Hague, tel: 020 7417 6368.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Law Society Cricket Club14 September: Cricket matchversus the Refreshers, to be held at Old Alleynians Cricket Club, Dulwich Common, London SE21, at 1pm.

Free.

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

Wine tasting evening25 September: Eventorganised by the Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Young Lawyers and Gloucestershire Young Accountants, to be held at the Town Hall, Imperial Square, Cheltenham, from 7.30pm.

Cost: 4 per person, includes all wine to be tasted on the night.

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