Business Briefs

The New Jersey State Bar

Foundation will present a public seminar on divorce law Nov. 2. Speakers will be attorneys Amy Zylman Shimalla and Jerry S. D'Aniello.

"Everything You Always Wanted to Ask About Special Education: Parents' & Schools' Rights and Responsibilities" will be Nov. 15. Speakers include attorneys Rebecca K. Spar, Michaelene Loughlin, and David Giles.

A seminar on buying and selling a home will be Dec. 5. Speakers will be Stanley Fink and Jeffrey Apell, both well versed in real estate law.

All the above are free and run from 7-9 p.m. at the New Jersey Law Center, 1 Constitution Square, New Brunswick. Registration is required and may be done by calling (800) 373-3529.

The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners will hold a chapter meeting 5-7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Somerset Ramada, 60 Cottontail Lane. The cost is $10 for both members and nonmembers. Display tables are $110 for nonmembers, and $35 for members, which includes one admission. To R.S.V.P., call (732) 432 7754 or e-mail rsvp@somersetnjawbo.org .

The New Jersey Mental Health Institute Inc., Mercerville, will present a free conference, "Improving Treatment Quality Through Cultural Competence," Nov. 3 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sheraton Edison Hotel, Raritan Center. Keynote speaker will be Altha J. Stewart, M.D., president of the American Psychiatric Foundation. There will also be workshops that address cultural and related mental health issues for various minority groups, elderly immigrants and refugees, and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender clients. Up to four clinical continuing education units will be available, pending approval from the New Jersey Board of Social Work Examiners. For more information, call the Institute at (609) 838-5488, ext. 218.

Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce will present the seminar "Marketing in Newspapers - What to Avoid & Always Remember" Nov. 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Chamber office, 1 Distribution Way, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. Featured speaker will be Robert Provost, of a statewide daily newspaper. The cost is $45 for nonmembers and walk-ins, and $35 for members. For more information, call Debbie at (732) 821-1700, ext. 202, or e-mail Debbie@mcrcc.org .

"Good Morning Middlesex" will be presented Nov. 9 at 7:45 a.m. at One Woodbridge Center, Suite 545, Woodbridge. The cost is $25 for nonmembers, $20 for member walk-ins, and $15 for members. For more information, call Fred at (732) 821-1700, ext. 203, or e-mail Fred@mcrcc.org .