29 March to 21 May

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Tax planning for private clients21 April: Courseorganised by the Association of Solicitor Investment Managers, to be held at the London Chamber of Commerce, 33 Queen Street, London EC4, from 9.30am to 4.15pm.

Cost: 195 to 295 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Elaine Reilly, tel: 01732 783548.

Intellectual property law update; Entertainment law update 22 April: Coursesorganised by the University of Westminster, to be held at 4 Little Tichfield Street, London W1.

IP is from 9.30am to 12.45pm and Entertainment from 2pm to 5pm.

Each costs 150 (275 for both) and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact Marie-Odile Landernau, tel: 020 7911 5000.

Civil litigation procedures for secretaries and paralegals26 April: Courseorganised by Nottinghamshire Law Society, to be held at 50 Carrington Street, Nottingham, from 10.30am to 12.30pm.

Cost: 40.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 950 5324.

Management and supervision course28 April, 12 May: Courseorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held at The Hatton, 51-53 Hatton Garden, London EC1, from 2pm to 5pm.

Cost: 110 to 195 plus VAT.

CPD to be confirmed.

Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.

Legal aid management forum29 April: Conference and exhibitionorganised by the law management section of the Law Society, to be held at 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 9am to 5.30pm.

Cost: 99 to 175 plus VAT.

5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

Workshop in refugee law21 May: Course organised by the Law Society's immigration law committee in association with Catriona Jarvis, immigration adjudicator, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 9am to 5pm.

Cost: 100 plus VAT.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Rosemary McMahon, tel: 01920 487672 before 30 April.

Mediation: see it in action21 May: Conferenceorganised by the Devon & Exeter Law Society, to be held at the Woodbury Park Hotel, near Exeter, from 9.30am to 5.30 pm.

Cost: 75 to 150 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Monique Bertoni, tel: 01392 411585.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

The legal issues of the rural delivery review29 March: Lectureorganised by the nature conservation working party of the United Kingdom Environmental Law Association, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6pm to 8pm.

Free admission.

Contact Lisa McGill, tel: 0115 976 6276.

The relationship between the government and the private sector: Winsor v Bloom in context5 April: Lectureorganised by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting For England & Wales, to be held at Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Lane, London EC4, from 6pm to 7pm.

Speaker: Tom Winsor, the rail regulator.

Cost: 35.

1 CPD hour.

Contact Martha Hawting, tel: 020 7242 6471.

Money laundering22 April: Lectureorganised by the City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society, to be held at Lawrence Graham, 190 Strand, London WC2, from 6pm to 7.30pm.

Speaker: Louise Delahunty of Peters & Peters.

Cost: 25.

1 CPD hour.

For tickets, send SAE and cheque made out to City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society to EJ Beesley, 25 Rotherwick Road, London NW11 7DG.

Tel: 020 8209 1039.

Rethinking article 82 EC: the challenges ahead27 April: Seminarorganised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.15pm to 7.30pm.

1 CPD hour.

Cost: 10 to 35.

Contact Jo Rae, tel: 01905 724734.

Forensic archaeology and anthropology and the investigation of genocide13 May: Lectureorganised by the Medico-Legal Society, to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1, from 8.15pm to 9.30pm.

Speaker: Professor Margaret Cox, professor of forensic archaeology and anthropology, Bournemouth University.

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

Spring social31 March: Eventorganised by the Law Society's Commerce and Industry Group, Tyne Tees region, to be held at The Apartment, Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 7.30pm to 10pm.

Cost: 25 to 45.

Contact Andrew Wrigley, tel: 0161 864 1866.

Lawyers Fishing Club - beginners' day3 April: Eventorganised by the Lawyers Fishing Club, to be held at Rib Valley Lakes, near Ware, Herts, from 9am to 6pm.

Cost: 41.

Contact Nick Marshall, tel: 020 7782 8924.

Edward Vuillard exhibition 6 April: Private guided visit organised by Law Society's Art Group, with Ann Dumas, consultant curator, at the Royal Academy of Arts, 100 Piccadilly, London W1, from 6pm to 7.30pm.

Meet in the foyer.

Cost: 10.

Contact Tom Butler

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