2 December to 8 February


Conferences and Courses



Step two - intermediate legal accounting; Step one - elementary legal accounting

5-6, 12-13 December: Courses

organised by the Institute of Legal Cashiers and Administrators. Step two will be held on 5-6 December at the Britannia Hotel, Portland Street, Manchester; Step one will be held on 12-13 December at the London Chamber of Commerce, 33 Queen Street, London EC4. Each runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm, costs £300 to £460, and carries 12 CPD hours. Contact Linda Willis, tel: 020 8302 2867, email: info@ilca.org.uk.





Housing law

13 December: Conference
to be held at the Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London NW1, from 9am to 5.40pm. Cost: £180 to £220. 6.10 CPD hours. Contact Rosemary McMahon, tel: 01920 487672.





Adoption and Children Act

23 January, 8 February: Courses
organised by NAGALRO, to be held on 23 January at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, 8 All Saints Street, Regents Wharf, London N1; and on 8 February at Norwich City Football Club, Carrow Road, Norwich. Each course runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm, costs £95 to £145, and carries 6 CPD hours. Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818504.





Meetings and Events



Concert

2 December: Event
organised by Lawyers Music, to be held at St Augustine's Church, 117 Queen's Gate, London SW7, from 7.30pm to 9.40pm. Programme by London Lawyers Symphony Orchestra & Chorus: 'Tragic' Overture by Brahms, Two Motets by Bruckner and Symphony No9 'Choral' by Beethoven. Cost: £8. Contact Geoffrey Hunter, tel: 020 7572 6361, or see www.lawyersmusic.org.uk.





Christmas quiz

4 December: Event
organised by the London group of the Association of Women Solicitors, to be held at Holborn Colony, 33 Brooke Street, London EC1, from 7pm to 10pm. Proceeds to breast cancer charity. Cost: £22 to £25. Contact Sandra Dawson, tel: 020 7837 0069, email: sandra@admin4u.org.uk.





Jazz night

5 December: Event
organised by the West London Law Society, to be held at the Atrium, Finers Stephens Innocent, 179 Great Portland Street, London W1, from 6.15pm to 9.15pm. Music by jazz duo L'Estranges in the Night. Cost: £25 to £30. Contact Michael Nathan, tel: 020 7344 7655.





Exhibition of paintings and work

6 December: Event
organised by Tooks Chambers, in association with Amnesty International and Bail for Immigration Detainees, to be held at Tooks Chambers, 8 Warner Yard, London EC1, from 6.30pm to 9pm. Preview of an exhibition of paintings and works by Ricky Romain titled 'In the Absence of Justice'. Contact Carol Thomas, tel: 020 7841 6100.





Lawyers' carol service

7 December: Event
organised by the Lawyers Christian Fellowship, to be held at the Temple Church (off Fleet Street), London EC4, from 6.30pm to 7.30pm (the service will be followed by mince pies and mulled wine in the round of the church). Traditional Christmas carols and readings, with an address by the Reverend Vaughan Roberts, Rector of St Ebbe's Church, Oxford. Free admission. Contact John Lloyd, tel: 07947 069980.





North West Housing Law Practitioners

12 December: AGM
to be held at Pizza Express, Old Colony House, South King Street, Manchester, from 6pm to 7.30pm (refreshments to follow). Cost: £7 to £10. Contact Ben Taylor, tel: 0161 224 3311.





Carol service

18 December: Event
organised by the Lawyers Christian Fellowship and the Christian Medical Fellowship, to be held at Downing College Chapel, Regent Street, Cambridge, from 6pm to 7pm. Free admission. Contact Jane Oakes, tel: 01223 311141.





Annual dinner

12 January: Event
organised by Cambridge and West Suffolk Resolution with the Family Law Bar Association, to be held at Peterhouse College, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, from 7.30pm till late. Cost: £50. Contact Elisabeth Sneade, tel: 01284 761233.





Annual charity ball

3 February: Event
organised by Manchester Law Society, to be held at the Midland Hotel, Peter Street, Manchester, from 7.30pm till late. Cost: £85 plus VAT. Contact Fran Eccles-Bech, tel: 0161 831 7337.





Lectures and Seminars



You be the judge

7, 14 December: Lectures
organised by the United Kingdom Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, the Jewish Learning Institute and Chabad House of Hendon, to be held at 112-114 Brent Street, Hendon, London NW4, from 8.30pm to 9.45pm. Cost: £75 (£55 to UKAJLJ members) for both lectures. 1.25 CPD hours. Contact David Katz tel: 020 8202 1600, email: ukajlj@ jewishlawyers.co.uk.





The Competition Commission's approach to remedies

11 December: Seminar
organised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.15pm to 7.30pm. Speakers: David Roberts and Cathryn Ross of the Competition Commission. Cost: £10 to £35.

1 CPD hour. Contact Hannah Walker, tel: 01905 724734