1 June to 6 July


Conferences and Courses



Relationship breakdown and housing; Security of tenure introduction; Housing benefit: reviews & appeals

6, 13 and 19 June: Courses
organised by Shelter Cymru. Relationship breakdown to be held on 6 June at the Newport YMCA, Mendalgief Road, Newport. Security of tenure to be held at Plas Menai, The National Watersports Centre, Llanfairisgaer, Caernarfon. Housing benefit to be held at Bryngarw House, Bryngarw Country Park, Brynmenyn, Bridgend. All courses run from 9.45am to 4.30pm. Cost: £132 (lunch and refreshments will be provided). 5 CPD hours. Contact Michelle Alexander-Jones, tel: 01792 483 020, email: training@sheltercymru.org.uk.



International issues of children in need
8 June: Conference
organised by Immense Limited, to be held at The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 10am to 4.30pm. Cost: £249 plus VAT. 5 CPD hours. Contact Justin Belcher, tel: 023 8070 4500, email: immenselimited@aol.com.



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. Assessing will run on 3 July. Both run 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 tenth 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



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.



Civil partnerships
7 June: Seminar
organised by Tanfield Chambers, to be held at Tanfield Chambers, 2-5 Warwick Court, London WC1, from 6pm to 7pm. Free admission. 1 CPD hour. Contact Deborah Haigh, tel: 020 7421 5300, email: dhaigh@tanfieldchambers.co.uk.



Assessment and bringing people into the collaborative process
14 June: Seminar
organised by Collaborative Law in the East Anglian Region, to be held at the Hillside Business park in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (venue to be confirmed by email to delegates), from 12.15am to 5.15pm. Cost: £47 to £58.75. 3 CPD hours. Contact Ginny Colman, tel: 01603 703 225, email: ginny.colman@kcj.co.uk.



Homelessness
15 June: Seminar
organised by Garden Court North Chambers, to be held at Cheshire suite, Institute of Directors Hub, Peter House, St Peter's Square, Oxford 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: Same-sex relationships and the House of Lords
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. Lecture to be given by Baroness Hale of Richmond. Cost: £5 (free for law students, and barristers and solicitors within three years of call/admission). 1 CPD hour. Contact Louise Carlin, tel: 020 7242 6471, email: louise.carlin@iclr.co.uk.



The Hershman/Levy memorial lecture 2007
28 June: Lecture
organised by the Association of Lawyers for Children, to be held at Keyworth Centre, London South Bank University, London SE1, from 5.30pm to 8.30pm. Cost: £40 (members), £50 (non-members). 1.5 CPD hours. Contact Karen Goldthorpe, tel: 020 8224 7071, email: karen.goldthorpe@btinternet.com.





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. Cost: £45. Contact Catherine Heard, tel: 0118 951 6200, email: catherine.heard@fsp-law.com.



Summer ball
30 June: Event
organised by Newcastle and North-East Trainee Solicitors Group, to be held on board the Rover Escapes Fortuna, departing from the Quayside, Newcastle, from 6pm (sailing at 7.30pm). Cost: £35 (members), £40 (non-members). Contact Jaclyn Booth, tel: 0191 279 9584, email: jaclyn.booth@dickinson-dees.com.