Diary

19 September to 27 November

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Housing law update; Small claims procedure and housing cases; Stress awareness; Harassment and illegal eviction19, 25, 26 September: Coursesorganised by Shelter.

Housing law will be held on 19 September at Friends' Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester.

Small claims procedure and Stress awareness will be held on 25 September, and Harassment on 26 September, at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.

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

Cost: 90 to 280.

Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720 or visit: www.shelter.

org.uk/training.

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.

Know your client, suitability and complaints30 September: Course organised by the Association of Solicitor Investment Managers, to be held at the Law Society, Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost 195 to 295 plus VAT.

5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Elaine Reilly, tel: 01892 870065.

Immigration - HIV and article 3 appeals; Community care and HIV; Guide to disability living allowance for advisers working with people living with HIV1, 8 October; 6 November: Courses organised by the Terrence Higgins Trust, to be held at Lighthouse West, 111-117 Lancaster Road, London W11.

Immigration - HIV and article 3 appeals will be held on 1 October from 10am to 5pm and carries 6 CPD hours; Community care and HIV will be held on 8 October from 10am to 2pm and carries 3.5 CPD hours; Guide to disability living allowance for advisers will be held on 6 November from 1pm to 5pm and carries 3.5 CPD hours.

Cost: 50 to 100 to Legal Services Commission civil contract holders.

Contact Jean Foreman, tel: 020 7831 0330.

Housing law - a practical introduction; Inquests8, 16 October: Coursesorganised by Legal Action Group, to be held at 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Housing law will be held on 8 October and Inquests will be on 16 October.

Both courses run from 9.30 am to 5.15 pm, cost 259 plus VAT and carry 6 CPD hours.

Contact Anji Mouelhi, tel: 020 7833 7429.

Legal aid - where next?17 and 18 October: Conferenceorganised by the Legal Aid Practition- ers Group, to be held at the Holiday Inn, 129 St Nicholas Circle, Leicester, from 10am on 17 October to 1.15pm on 18 October, followed by lunch.

Speakers include the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs.

Cost: 295.

8 CPD hours.

Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.

Managing for success - LMS annual conference and AGM18 November: Conference and exhibitionorganised by the Law Management Section of the Law Society, to be held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, Hyde Park, London W2, from 9am to 5.30pm.

Cost: 120 to 330 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Dishonest company directors; Stress cases; Sexual orientation discrimination; Employment tribunal jurisdiction; Religious belief discrimination; Disability discrimination and mental impairment6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16 October: Seminarsorganised by Cloisters, to be held at the Commonwealth Club, 18 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London WC2.

Dishonest directors will be held on 6 October; Stress cases will be held on 8 October; Sexual orientation discrimination will be held on 13 October; Employment tribunal jurisdiction will be held on 14 October; Religious belief discrimination will be held on 15 October; and Disability discrimination will be held on 16 October.

Each seminar runs from 6pm to 7.30pm and carries 1.5 CPD hours.

Free admission.

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

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

Trafficking in association with Anti-Slavery International21 October: Meetingorganised by the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association and the Law Society, to be held at the Law Society, Council Chamber, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6pm to 8pm.

Free admission.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Rekha Shah, tel: 020 7320 5746 or e-mail: rekha.shah@lawsociety.org.uk.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Poetry drop-in: Poetry power breakfast: Poetry evening30 September, 9 October, 27 November: Eventsorganised by Poet in the City.

Poetry drop-in will be held on 30 September at Loble Solicitors, the Grain Stores, 70 Weston Street, London SE1, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Featuring poet in the City John Mole on satire.

Poetry power breakfast will be held on 9 October at Decherts, 2 Serjeants' Inn, London EC4, from 8am to 9am.

Poetry evening will be held on 27 November at Penningtons Solicitors, Bucklersbury House, 83 Cannon Street, London EC4, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Featuring Australian poet Katherine Gallagher and John Mole.

All events free.

Contact Lucinda Vinnicombe, tel: 020 7939 9139.

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