21 May to 6 July


Conferences and Courses



Housing law: update; Housing possession proceedings: practice and procedure

21 May; 22-23 May: Courses
organised by Shelter. Housing law will be held on 21 May at Manchester YHA, Potato Wharf, Castlefield, Manchester, from 10am to 4.30pm. Cost: £130 to £205 plus VAT. 5 CPD hours. Housing possession will be held on 22-23 May at BVSC, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham, from 10am to 4.30pm each day. Cost: £255 to £330 plus VAT. 10 CPD hours in total

Contact Tara Doyle, tel: 0844 515 1155, email: training@shelter.org.uk.



Policing and human rights: myths, challenges and realities
24 May: Conference
organised by Justice and Sweet & Maxwell, to be held at Jolly Hotel St Ermin's, 2 Caxton Street, London SW1, from 9.30am to 5pm. Cost: £350 plus VAT. 6 CPD hours. Contact Merete Hatlestad, tel: 020 7393 7859, email: conferences@sweetandmaxwell.co.uk.



Adoption and Children Act 2002: new legislation for old hands; Assessing adult attachment for family courts
18 June; 3 July: Courses
organised by NAGALRO, to be held at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, 8 All Saints St, Regents Wharf, London N1. Adoption will run on 18 June, from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Cost: £95 to £145. 6 CPD hours. Assessing will run on 3 July from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Cost: £95 to £145. 6 CPD hours. Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818 504, email: nagalro@globalnet.co.uk.



Probate section 10th anniversary annual conference
5-6 July: Conference
organised by the probate section of the Law Society, sponsored by Bank of Ireland, to be held at the InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel, London W1. The conference will run from 1pm to 5pm on 5 July; and from 8.15am to 5pm on 6 July. 8 CPD hours in total. Cost: £395 plus VAT for probate section members (including gala dinner and accommodation), and £495 plus VAT for non-members (including free membership until January, gala dinner and accommodation). Email: probatesection@lawsociety.org.uk, tel: 020 7316 5678, or book online: www.probatesection.org.uk.



Lectures and Seminars



Managers or solicitors? Negotiating professional identity and business management
22 May: Seminar
organised by the Association of Women Solicitors (London Group), to be held at Irwin Mitchell, 150 Holborn, London EC1, from 6.30pm to 8pm. Cost: £30 to £35. 1 CPD hour. Contact Sandra Dawson, tel: 020 7837 0069.



Efficient tax investments in Spain
7 June: Lecture
organised by the British Spanish Law Association, to be held at Irwin Mitchell, 150 Holborn, London EC1, from 6pm to 7pm. Cost: £10 to £15. 1 CPD hour. Contact Carmen Calvo-Couto, tel: 020 7421 4703; email: carmen.calvo-couto@irwinmitchell.com.



The great pro bono debate: the British legal system in practice
7 June: Seminar
organised by the Young Solicitors Group, to be held at BPP Law School, 68-70 Red Lion Street, London WC1, from 6pm to 8.30pm. Cost: free (but registration necessary). 1.5 CPD hours. Contact Yvonne Treacy, tel: 020 7320 5796, or visit www.ysg.org.



Care plans: which case to make for permanency?
11 June: Workshop
organised by NAGALRO, to be held at Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1, from 5.30pm to 8pm. 2.5 CPD hours. Cost: £95 to £145. Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818 504, email: nagalro@globalnet.co.uk.



Homelessness
15 June: Seminar
organised by Garden Court North Chambers, to be held at Cheshire suite, Insitute of Directors Hub, Peter House, Peter Street, Manchester, from 9.30am to 5pm. Cost: £50 plus VAT. 5 CPD hours. Contact Helen Ray, tel: 0161 236 1840, email: hray@gcnchambers.co.uk.



The sixth Weekly Law Reports annual lecture
18 June: Lecture
organised by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting, to be held at the Great Hall of Lincoln's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, London WC2, from 6pm to 7.15pm. Cost: £5 (free for law students and barristers of less than three years call and solicitors within three years of admission). 1 CPD hour. Contact Louise Carlin, tel: 020 7242 6471, email: louise.carlin@iclr.co.uk.



Meetings and Events



Summer ball
1 June: Event
organised by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxford Young Solicitors Group, to be held at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Caversham Bridge, Reading, from 7.30pm (champagne reception) with meal at 8pm. Carriages at 1am. Cost: £45. Contact Catherine Heard, tel: 0118 951 6200, email catherine.heard@fsp-law.com.



Annual general meeting
13 June: Meeting
organised by the Solicitors Benevolent Association, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 12pm to 12.30pm. Contact Adrian Rees, tel: 020 8675 6440, email: sec@sba.org.uk.



Annual dinner
17 June: Event
organised by the British South African Law Association, to be held at the East India Club, 16 St James Square, London SW1, from 7pm to 10.30pm. Cost: £70. Contact Lance Terry, tel: 01329 227 916, email: secretary@bsala.org.uk.