8 May to 13 July
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Highways and development; Education admissions; Licensing committees10, 11, 12 May: Coursesorganised by the Local Government Group, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.
Highways and development will be held on 10 May, Education admissions on 11 May, and Licensing committees on 12 May.
Each course runs from 10am to 4pm, costs 169 plus VAT and carries 4.5 CPD hours.
Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.
Seventh annual financial services update; Essential guide to pensions; Commercial property law11, 18, 19 May: Coursesorganised by the Commerce and Industry Group.
Financial services will be held on 11 May at CMS Cameron McKenna, Mitre House, 160 Aldersgate Street, London EC1.
Pensions will be on 18 May at Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, 11 Pilgrim Street, London EC4; Commercial property law will be on 19 May at the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 33 Queen Street, London EC4.
Each course runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm, costs 282 to 346 and carries 5 CPD hours.
Contact the registrar, tel: 0121 355 0900.
The future of victimisation and employment law - update13 May: Courseorganised by the Birmingham Young Solicitors Group and the St Philips Chambers Employment Group, to be held at St Philips Chambers, 55 Temple Row, Birmingham, from 5.30pm to 7.30pm.
Cost: 7 to 10.
1.5 CPD hours.
Contact Peter Causton, tel: 0115 976 6000, e-mail: pcauston@brownejacobson.com.
Housing law in 200426 May: Courseorganised by North West Housing Law Practitioners, to be held at Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street Manchester, from 9.30am to 4.30pm.
Cost: 175.
5.5 CPD points.
Contact John Kershaw, tel: 0161 2732474.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Education - new law and emerging trends; Asylum support and welfare12, 26 May: Seminarsorganised by Tooks Court Chambers, to be held at the chambers, 40-43 Chancery Lane, London WC2.
Education will be on 12th May; Asylum will be on 26 May.
Each session runs from 5:45pm to 7:30pm, costs 17.62 and carries 1.5 CPD hours.
Contact Carol Thomas, tel: 020 7405 8828, e-mail: carol.thomas@tookscourt.com.
Is the adversary model really dead? Dilemmas of ethics, professional responsibility as legal institutions and roles evolve13 May: Lectureorganised by the Faculty of Laws, University College, London, to be held at the Faculty of Law, UCL, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1, from 6pm to 7pm.
Admission free.
1 CPD hour.
Contact Lisa Penfold, tel: 020 7679 1514, e-mail: lisa.penfold@ucl.ac.uk.
The crisis in legal aid: debate and dinner18 May: Lectureorganised by West London Law Society, to be held at the RAF Club, 128 Piccadilly, London W1, from 6pm until late.
Speakers: Greg Powell, Powell Spencer & Partners, and Richard Miller, director, Legal Aid Practitioners Group.
Cost: 35 to 40 including dinner.
2 CPD hours.
Contact Maurice Nadeem, tel: 020 7723 3424.
The UK's position on EC competition law reform: past, present and future19 May 2004: Lectureorganised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.15pm to 7.30pm.
Speaker: Jonathan Rees, director, consumer & competition policy, Department of Trade & Industry.
Cost: up to 35 plus VAT.1 CPD hour.
Contact Jo Rae, tel: 01905 724734; e-mail: lseg@everyevent.co.uk.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Professional Muslim singles matrimonial events8, 23, 30 May: Eventsorganised by Kamran Beg, to be held on 8 May at the President Restaurant, 406 Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham; on 23 May at the Kensington Holiday Inn, 97 Cromwell Road, London SW7; and on 30 May at the Hamara Healthy Living Centre, Tempest Road, Beeston, Leeds.
Each event runs from 1pm to 6pm and costs 45 per head.
Events will also take place in Dublin on 16 June and California on 20 June.
Contact Kamran Beg, tel: 07980 001426 or 07876 042660.
Solicitors charity singleton party8 May: Eventorganised by solicitors Jason Hadden and Alex Damon in association with the Young Solicitors Group, to be held at Jamies, 50/54 Kingsway, London WC2, from 7pm until late.
Proceeds to Whizz Kidz.
Admission 15.
Contact Jason Hadden, tel: 07753 926512.
Annual dinner14 May: Eventorganised by the Lawyers Christian Fellowship, to be held at the Savoy Hotel, Strand, London WC2, from 7pm until late.
Speaker: Mr Justice Cooke.
Tickets 5 from John Lloyd, tel 07947 069980.
Woman lawyers forum 2004 roadshows19 May, 3 June: Eventsorganised by the Woman Lawyers Forum, to be held on 19 May at the Law Society's south-west regional office, Newminster House, 27-29 Baldwin Street, Bristol, and on 3 June at Beachcroft Wansbroughs, St Ann's House, St Ann Street, Manchester.
Each roadshow runs from 6pm to 8pm, costs 15 and carries 2 CPD hours.
Contact Judith McDermott, tel: 020 7242 1222.
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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