CONFERENCES AND COURSES
General discrimination law
1, 4 June: Two-day course
organised by the London Discrimination Unit, to be held at the Commission for Racial Equality, St Dunstan's House, 201-211 Borough High Street, London SE1, from 10am to 5pm.
Cost: 160 to 250.
12 CPD hours.
Contact Brenda Jobe, tel: 020 7737 9770.
Accidents at work
2 June: Course
organised by the College of Personal Injury Law, to be held at the Eslington Villa Hotel, 8 Station Road, Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, from 9.30am to 5pm.
Cost: 229 to 287.
6 CPD hours.
Contact Kathryn Waplington, tel: 0115 938 8700.
21st Congress of the International Federation for European Law
2-5 June: Biennial meeting
organised by the International Federation for European Law, to be held at O'Reilly Hall, University College Dublin.
Registration and welcome reception will be on 2 June at the Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin; gala dinner on 4 June at Leopardstown Racecourse, Dublin.
Cost: 350 to 695.
Contact Evelyn O'Sullivan, tel: 00353 1 663 6556.
Maximising civil costs: a guide for family lawyers; Law Society management course stage one
8 June, 30 June, 7 July: Courses
organised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.
Maximising civil costs will be held on 8 June at the Thistle Hotel, Kings Road, Brighton, from 2pm to 5pm.
3 CPD hours.
Cost: 110 to 195 plus VAT.
Two-day management course will be held on 30 June and 7 July, at Bonhill House 1-3 Bonhill Street, London EC2, from 2pm to 5pm Cost per day: 110 to 195 plus VAT.
3.5 CPD hours per day.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
RTA/PI - Get out of jail (CPR problems - limitations and sanctions)
16, 17 June: Courses
organised by the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, to be held on 16 June at Jury's Inn, Scotswood Road, Newcastle from 1pm to 5.30pm; on 17 June at India Buildings, Water Steet, Liverpool from 1pm to 5.15pm.
Each course costs 75 to 95 and carries 4 CPD hours.
Contact: Beverly Carr, tel: on 01179 045970.
Human rights and the European Union: using EC fundamental rights and remedies in domestic law
25 June: Conference
organised by Justice, to be held at The Hatton Conference Centre, 51-53 Hatton Garden, London EC1, from 9.30am to 5.30pm.
Keynote speaker: Lord Justice Laws.
Cost: 295 plus VAT.
6 CPD hours.
Contact Caroline Stanger, tel: 020 7393 7859.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
How to attract profitable new clients; Professional indemnity
2 June, 30 June: Seminars
organised by Manchester Law Society.
How to attract clients will be held on 2 June at Manchester Law Society Committee Room, Rational House, 64 Bridge Street, Manchester, from 2pm to 5pm.
Cost: 50 to 75 plus VAT.
3 CPD hours.
Professional indemnity will be held on 30 June at the Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, from 5.30pm to 7.30pm.
Cost: 50 to 75.
2 CPD hours.
Contact Janet Richmond or Jenni Byrne, tel: 0161 819 1927.
Conveyancing update; Personal injury update
16, 23 June: Lectures
organised by Middlesex Law Society, to be held at Thames Valley University, St Mary's Road, Ealing, London W5.
Coveyancing will be held on 16 June; Personal injury will be held on 23 June.
Each lecture runs from 6pm to 8pm, costs 35 to 50, and carries 2 CPD hours.
Contact Peter Hesom, tel: 09730 386798.
Homelessness and allocations; Equality laws
16, 30 June: Seminars
organised by Tooks Court Chambers, to be held at Tooks Court Chambers, 40-43 Chancery Lane, London WC2.
Homelessness will be held on 16 June; Equality laws will be held on 30 June.
Each seminar runs from 5.45pm to 7.30pm, costs 15, and carries 1.5 CPD hours.
Contact: Carol Thomas, tel: 020 7405 8828.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Open source - free as in free speech or as in free beer - From drafting the patent to the High Court
2, 3 June: Meetings
organised by the Society for Computers and Law.
Open source will be held on 2 June at Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, Beaufort House, 15 St Botolph Street, London EC3, from 6.30pm to 7.30pm; From drafting the patent will held on 3 June at Room 3.32, Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol, Queens Road Bristol, from 6pm to 7pm.
Each meeting costs 23.50 to 41.13 and carries 1 CPD hour.
Summer ball
4 June: Event
organised by Bristol Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Thistle Grand Hotel, Broad Street, Bristol, from 7.30pm to 1am.
Cost: 38.
Contact Emma Perry, tel: 0117 9290333.
Annual open meeting
10 June: Meeting
organised by the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, to be held at the Lecture Theatre, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1, from 6pm to 8pm.
Seaker: Lord Bingham on an 'old constitution in a new world'.
Free admission.
Contact Mary Clements, tel: 020 7664 4904.
Summer dinner
6 July: Event
organised by West London Law Society, to be held at the Royal Air Force Club, 128 Piccadilly London W1, from 7pm to 10pm.
Guest speaker: Jeffrey Archer.
Cost: 40 to 45.
Contact Michael Nathan, tel: 020 7344 7655.
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.uk
Include telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation
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