CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Community care and housing; Key housing aid and advice part B17-18, 24-25 March: Coursesorganised by Shelter.
Community care will be held on 17 to 18 March (two-day course) at Shelter Training, Bentima House, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.
Cost: 229 to 279.
10 CPD hours.
Key housing will be held on 17 to18 and 24 to 25 March (four-day course) at the Bar Convent, Blossom Street, York.
Cost: 399 to 479.
20 CPD hours.
Each course runs from 10am to 4.30pm.
Contact Katy Ellis, tel 020 7490 6720.
Meeting clients' income requirements 17 March: Courseorganised by the Association of Solicitor Investment Managers, to be held at London Chamber of Commerce, 33 Queen Street, London EC4, from 9.30am to 4.15pm.
Cost: 195 plus VAT.
5 CPD hours.
Contact Elaine Reilly, tel: 01732 783548.
Police station updater18, 25 March: Coursesorganised by Crimeline Limited, to be held on 18 March at Copthorne Hotel, Paradise Circus, Birmingham, from 2pm to 5.15pm; on 25 March at the Royal Statistical Society, London, 12 Errol Street, London EC1, from 2pm to 5.15pm.
Cost: 99 plus VAT.
3 CPD hours.
Contact Tracy White, tel: 0845 644 9372.
Local elections update; Planning and waste management19, 22 March: Coursesorganised by the Local Government Group, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.
Local elections will be held on 19 March, from 10am to 4pm.
Cost: 169 plus VAT.
4.5 CPD hours.
Planning will be held on 22 March from 10am to 1pm.
Cost: 89 plus VAT.
2.75 CPD hours.
Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.
Contract compliance audit - best practice training and immigiration update20 March: Courseorganised by the Sri Lankan Lawyers Association, to be held at Manor Gardens Centre, Manor Gardens, London N7, from 10am to 5pm.
Cost: 60 to 75.
6 CPD hours.
Contact Upali Sudusinghe, tel: 020 7604 3572.
Annual planning update30 March: Conferenceorganised by Consensus Conferences, to be held at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8, from 9.30am to 5pm.
Cost: 129.
6 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Davies, tel: 01992 536891.
RTA/PI course - motorcycle accidents31 March: Courseorganised by the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, to be held at Marriott Hotel, Warwick Road, Birmingham, from 1pm to 5.30pm.
Cost: 75 to 95.
4 CPD hours.
Contact: Beverly Carr, tel: 01179 045970.
LMS legal aid management forum29 April: Conference and exhibitionorganised by the Law Management Section of the Law Society, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 9am to 5.30pm.
The conference will feature a keynote address by David Lammy MP, parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
Cost: 99 to 175 plus VAT.
5.5 CPD hours.
Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
A beginner's guide to pension sharing; Business solutions: avoiding costly disputes for employers; The youth justice system: good defence practice16, 17 March, 1 April: Seminarsorganised by the Law Society South West, to be held at the Law Society South West, 2nd Floor, Newminster House, 27-29 Baldwin Street, Bristol.
Pension sharing will be held on16 March, from 5pm to 7pm.
Cost: 50 plus VAT.
2 CPD hours.
Business solutions will be held on 17 March, from 5pm to 7.30pm.
Cost: 10 plus VAT.
2 CPD hours.
The youth justice system will be held on1 April.from 10am to 4 pm.
Cost: 95.32 plus VAT.
5 CPD hours.
Contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 0117 929 5171.
From Holmes to Hollywood - crime detection in film and fiction1 April: Lectureorganised by the Medico-Legal Society, to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street London W1 from 8.15pm to 9.30 pm.
Speaker: Dr Peter Dean.
1.25 CPD hours.
To join the society or to attend one initial meeting as a guest, contact Eloise Aspinall, tel: 020 7484 7538
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
AWS annual general meeting1 April: Meetingorganised by the Association of Women Solicitors, to be held at the University Women's Club, 1 Audley Street, London W1, from 6.30pm to 10pm.
Free admission to AGM (dinner afterwards costs 55).
Contact Judith McDermott, tel: 020 7320 5793.
Property association annual conference and dinner1,2 April: Conferenceorganised by The Property Litigation Association, to be held at Robinson College, Grange Road, Cambridge.
The dinner will be held on 1 April from 7pm; the conference will be held on Thursday 2 April, from 9.15am to 5pm.
Cost: 350 plus VAT.
6 CPD hours.
Contact Mary Block, tel: 020 88831700.
5-a-side football tournament5 April: Eventorganised by Cambridge Young Solicitors and Professionals Group, to be held at The Leys School Sports Complex, Trumpington Road, Cambridge, from 6pm to 9pm.
Cost: 30 per team (maximum of seven people per team).
Contact Adam Coulston, tel: 01223 559301.
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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