20 April to 24 June
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Key points in employment law22 April: Courseorganised by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, to be held at the Town Hall, Market Street, Bolton, from 9.30am to 4pm.
Cost: 95.
6 CPD hours.
Contact Chetna Parmar, tel: 01204 331134.
Understanding business finance; Client loyalty26, 29 April: Coursesorganised by the Greater London regional office of the Law Society, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.
Business finance will be held on 26 April; Client loyalty will be held on 29 April.
Each course runs from 4pm to 7pm, carries 3 CPD hours, and costs 100 plus VAT.
Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.
Making the LSC contract compliance and costs assessment audit work for you5, 27 May; 24 June: Coursesorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.
LSC Contract Compliance will be held on 5 May in Bristol (venue to be confirmed), on 27 May in Brighton, Hilton Metropole Hotel, and on 24 June in London (venue to be confirmed).
Each course runs from 4.30pm to 7.30pm, costs 110 to 195 plus VAT, and carries 3 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
ASIM annual conference20-22 May: Eventorganised by the Association of Solicitor Investment Managers, to be held at the Cambridge Garden House Hotel, Granta Place, Cambridge.
A welcome dinner will be held on 20 May from 6.30pm to 10.30pm; the conference will be held on 21 May from 9am to 5.30pm, and on 22 May from 9am to 12.30pm.
Cost: 150 to 400 plus VAT.
CPD hours to be confirmed.
Contact Elaine Reilly, tel: 01732 783548.
Workshop in refugee law 21 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.
Speaker: by Professor James Hathaway of the University of Michigan.
Topic: being persecuted within the meaning of article 1A2 of the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Cost: 100 plus VAT.
6 CPD hours.
Contact Rosemary McMahon, tel: 01920 487672 before 30 April.
Money laundering for PI lawyers and proceeds of crime16 June: Courseorganised by Nottinghamshire Law Society, to be held at Nottinghamshire Law Society, 50 Carrington Street, Nottingham, from 2pm to 4pm.
Cost: 150.38.
2 CPD hours.
Contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 9505324.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Supporting human rights defenders in the Common-wealth - what can be done22 April: Seminarorganised by the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, to be held at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 28 Russell Square, London WC1, from 2pm to 7pm.
Contact Claire Martin, tel: 020 7862 8824.
Roundtable on law and the Olympics: Beijing 2008 to London 201223 April: Seminarorganised by the China Law Council (joint Law Society and Bar Council group), to be held at Barber-Surgeons Hall, Monkwell Square, London EC2, from 10am to 4.45pm.
Cost: 150.
Contact Fiona Whittenbury, tel: 020 7320 5770.
Work-life balance26 April : Seminarorganised by The Lawyers Christian Fellowship, to be held at Herbert Smith, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Free admission.The panel will include lawyers from every stage of practice.
Contact John Lloyd, tel: 07947-069980.
Opportunities and problems in the administration of estates29 April: Seminarorganised by Hogarth Chambers, to be held at the Lecture Theatre, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2 (access via the Victoria Embankment) from 2pm to 5.30pm.
3 CPD hours.
Cost: 75 plus VAT.
Contact Susan Yacoub, tel: 020 7404 0404.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Current commercial issues20 April: Meetingorganised by the Society for Computers and Law Thames Valley Group, to be held at Willoughby & Partners, Pembroke House, Pembroke Street, Oxford, from 6.30pm to 8pm.
Cost: 23.50 to 41.13.
1 CPD hour.Contact Caroline Gould, tel: 0117 923 7393.
Lawyers Music22 May: Concertorganised by Lawyers Music, to be held at St James's Church, Sussex Gardens, London W2, from 7.30pm.
Programme: Walton's 'Henry V Suite', Britten's 'Sea Interludes', and Elgar's 'The Music Makers'.
Tickets 7.50 on the door or by post.
Send SAE and cheque, payable to Lawyers Music, to: Lawyers Music Box Office, 33, Dukes Avenue, London W4 2AA.
Contact Margaret Kelly, tel: 020 8994 1998.
21st Congress of the International Federation for European Law2-5 June: Biennial meetingorganised by the International Federation for European Law, to be held at O'Reilly Hall, University College Dublin.
Registration and welcome reception will be held on 2 June at The Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin; gala dinner will be held on 4 June at Leopardstown pavilion, Leopardstown Racecourse, Dublin.
Cost: 350 to 695.
Contact Evelyn O'Sullivan, tel: 00353 1 663 6556 or view details on Web site: www.fide2004.org.
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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