27 November to 17 December
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Benefits for carers - advanced; Community care law - advanced; Carers and their rights under the Carers Act 1995 and the Carers and Disabled Children Act 20002, 16, 17 December: Coursesorganised by the Carers Training Unit, to be held at Carers UK, 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1.
Benefits for carers will be held on 2 December, Community care law on 16 December, and Carers and their rights on 17 December.
Courses run from 10am to 4.30pm and cost 110 to 180.
Community care law carries 4.5 CPD hours; the others carry 5 CPD hours each.
Contact Chris Hockley, tel: 020 7566 7632.
Completing your LSC competitive bid2 December: Courseorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held in London (venue to be confirmed), from 2.30pm to 5pm.
Cost: members 80, non-members 160, plus VAT.
2 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
On the right track? Debating the future of the Community Legal Service4 December: Conference organised by the Legal Action Group and the Advice Services Alliance, to be held at the Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London W1.
Cost: 76.50 to 125, plus VAT.
5 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Silverman, tel: 020 7833 7434.
The current state of environmental impact assessment in law and custom8 December: Conferenceorganised by the Centre for Law and the Environment at University College London, to be held at the Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1, from 10am to 5pm.
Cost: 60 to 150.
5 CPD hours.
Contact Lisa Penfold, tel: 020 7679 1514.
Practitioners' workshop12 December: Courseorganised by the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers, to be held at Stewarts, 63 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2, from 9am to 5pm.
Cost: 390.
6 CPD hours.
Contact Amanda Hill, tel: 01923 286 888.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Topical issues in civil litigation3 December: Seminarorganised by accountants Smith & Williamson, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6pm to 8pm.
1.5 CPD hours.
Contact Elle Godliman, tel: 020 7612 8772.
Ethical standards - enforcement, fairness and democracy9 December: Seminarorganised by Arden Chambers, to be held in central London (venue to be confirmed), from 6pm-8.30pm.
Cost: 50 plus VAT.
2 CPD hours.
Contact Joanna Rumbelow, tel: 020 7242 4244.
The rule of reason under article 81 in the light of Metropole and modernisation11 December: Lectureorganised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.15pm to 715pm.
Speaker: Thomas Sharpe QC.
Cost: up to 35.
1 CPD hour.
Contact Jo Rae, tel: 01905 724734.
A harmonised approach to the regulation of drug use in sport - the world anti-doping code11 December: Lecture and discussionorganised by the Sports Law Centre at King's College, London and the British Association of Sport and the Law, to be held at Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.
Panel includes Richard Pound, chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Admission free.
Contact Jonathan Taylor, tel: 020 7655 0250.
Islamic wills14 December: Seminarorganised by the Association of Muslim Lawyers, to be held at the Rex Centre, Coventry Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, from 8.45am to 1.15pm.
Cost: 10 to 20.
3 CPD hours.
Contact Ifath Nawaz, tel: 07780 604 931 or after 4 December Farah Khan, tel: 07970 812 307.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Civil contracts 2004 bid round - emergency meeting27 November: Meetingorganised by the Black Solicitors Network, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Free.
Contact Cordella Bart-Stewart, tel: 020 8802 6037.
Antipodean evening; An evening with Emyr Lewis27 November; 16 December: Poetry eveningsorganised by Poet in the City.
Antipodean evening, featuring Australian poet Katherine Gallagher and Poet in the City John Mole, will be held on 27 November at Penningtons, Bucklersbury House, 83 Cannon Street, London EC4; An evening with Emyr Lewis, the leading Welsh language poet, will be held on 16 December at David Keltie Associates, 2 Fleet Place, London EC4, both from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Admission free.
Contact Lucinda Vinnicombe, tel: 020 7939 9139, e-mail: lucinda@loble.co.uk
Christmas cocktail party2 December: Eventorganised by the Yorkshire branch of the Association of Women in Property, to be held at Tiger, Tiger, Albion Street, Leeds, from 6.30pm to 12pm.
Cost: 30 to 35.
Contact Ailsa Embleton, tel: 0113 202 1599.
Could you be a judge?3 December: Eventorganised by the Law Society, with the Bar Council and the Department for Constitutional Affairs, to be held at the Leeds Club, 3 Albion Place, Leeds, from 6pm to 8pm.
How to apply for judicial office and the experiences of being a judge.
Admission free.
Contact Linda Winter, tel: 020 7320 5680.
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
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