10 September to 30 October


Conferences and courses



Challenging homelessness decisions; Tenants' rights to repair: introduction; Housing benefit: crash course

12, 19, 26-27 September: Courses
organised by Shelter Cymru. Challenging homelessness to be held on 12 September at The Halliwell Conference Centre, Trinity College, College Road, Carmarthen. Tenants' rights to be held on 19 September at North East Wales Institute of Higher Education, Plas Coch Campus, Mold Road, Wrexham. Both courses run from 9.45am to 4.30pm and cost £132. 5 CPD hours each. Housing benefit is a two-day course to be held on 26-27 September at Pembroke House, 1 Conway Road, Canton, Cardiff, from 9.30am to 4pm. Cost: £265. 10 CPD hours in total. Contact: Michelle Alexander-Jones, tel: 01792 483 020, email: training@sheltercymru.org.uk.



Annual employment law update 2007
13 September: Course
organised by Thurrock Council and a consortium of local authorities, to be held at the Council Chamber, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays, Essex, from 2pm to 5.15pm. Speaker: barrister Susan Belgrave. Cost: £89.3 CPD hours. Contact: Nattie Coplen, tel: 01375 652 834, fax 01375 652782, email: ncoplen@thurrock.gov.uk.



Current issues in housing and land law
14 September: Conference
organised by City University Law School and Arden Chambers, to be held at City University, Northampton Square, London EC1, from 9.30am to 5.30pm. Cost: £140. 6 CPD hours. Contact: Ian Loveland, tel: 020 7040 8302, email: i.d.loveland@city.ac.uk.



Introduction to judicial review; Actions against the police (beginners)
18, 24 September: Courses
organised by the Legal Action Group, to be held at NCVO, 8 All Saints Street, London N1, from 9.15am to 5.15pm. Cost: £185 plus VAT. 6 CPD hours each. Tel: 020 7833 2931, email: lag@lag.org.uk.



Immigration and asylum issues in child care cases; Adoption and children act 2002
21, 28 September: Courses
organised by NAGALRO, to be held at NCVO, 8 All Saints Street, Regents Wharf, London N1, from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Cost £95 to £145. 6 CPD hours each. Contact: Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818 504, email: nagalro@globalnet.co.uk.



LCCSA European conference
5-7 October: Conference
organised by the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association, to be held at the Hotel Gellert, Budapest, Hungary, with lectures on the Saturday and Sunday morning. Cost: from £199 excluding flights. 5 CPD hours. Contact: Sandra Dawson, tel: 020 7837 0069, email: sandra@admin4u.org.uk.



The human rights law conference
30 October: Conference
organised by Justice and Sweet & Maxwell, to be held at the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, London WC1, from 9.30am to 5pm. Cost: £350 plus vat (£292.50 for Justice members). 6 CPD hours. Contact: Aude Bezler, tel: 020 7393 7859, email: conferences@sweetandmaxwell.co.uk, or visit www.justice.org.uk/trainingevents.





Lectures and Seminars



Work-life balance
10 September: Seminar
organised by the Association of Women Solicitors (London Group), to be held at Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, 150 Holborn, London EC1, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Cost: £30 (members), £35 (non-members).1 CPD hour. Contact: Sandra Dawson, tel: 020 7837 0069, email: sandra@admin4u.org.uk.



Contact with older vulnerable persons
20 September: Seminar
organised by Tanfield Chambers, to be held at Tanfield Chambers, 2-5 Warwick Court, London WC1, from 6pm to 7pm. Cost: free. 1 CPD hour. Contact: Deborah Haigh, tel: 0207 421 5300, email: dhaigh@tanfieldchambers.co.uk.



Employment law seminar and mock tribunal hearing
20 September: Seminar
organised by Middlesex Law Society, to be held at St Marys Campus of Thames Valley University, St Marys Road, Ealing W5, from 8.30am to 10.30am. Cost £40 (members), £60 (non members). 2 CPD hours. Contact: Robert Woods, tel: 020 7430 1660, email: robertwoods@7nsq.com.





Meetings and Events



Contemporary issues in UK and EC merger control
10 September: Meeting
organised 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 7.15pm. Cost: from free to £35 (depending on status). 1 CPD hour. Contact: Hannah Walker, tel: 01905 724 744, email: lseg@everyevent.co.uk.



Film screening
26 September: Event
organised by the British South African Law Association, to be held at South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, London WC2, from 6.30pm. Screening of the film 'Red Dust', based on the book by Gillian Slovo, who will make remarks after the screening. Cost: free. Contact: Lance Terry, tel: 01329 227 916, email: secretary@bsala.org.uk.



A Japanese musical evening
26 September: Event
organised by the British Japanese Law Association (in association with the Japan Society), to be held at St Lawrence Jewry Church, Guildhall, Gresham Street, London, EC2, from 7pm. Cost £10. Contact: Martin J Day, tel: 020 7917 7551, email: mjd@farrer.co.uk.



Send entries to: Diary Section, Law Society's Gazette, 19 Bell Yard, London WC2A 2JR. Fax: 020 7841 5513. Email: diary@lawsociety.org.uk. Include telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation