CONFERENCES: The Popular Culture Association will be meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, April 1418, 1982. The theme of the conference will be "Images of the Professions." Please address inquiries to Professor Jennifer Tebbe, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Division of Liberal Arts, 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. (617) 732-2904.

On November 17, 1981, the Rutgers University Committee on Professions and Public Accountability, in cooperation with the Bureau of Educational Research and Development, sponsored a forum entitled: "The Professions and Ethics: Views and Realities in New Jersey." For further information, contact the BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. Graduate School of Education, 10 Seminary Place, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. (201) 932-7280.

The American Society of Law & Medicine, in cooperation with The Institute for the Interprofessional Study of Health Law of the University of Texas, will sponsor a "Human Life Symposium: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Concept of Person." The symposium will be held March 11-13, 1982 at the Shamrock Hilton in Houston, Texas. Far further information, contact: American Society of Law and Medicine, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, 16th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02215. (617J 262-4990.

A conference on the "Legal & Ethical Aspects of Health Care for Children" will be sponsored by the American Society of Law & Medicine, March 31 to April 2, 1982, at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles. California. A variety of professionals will meet in order to discuss problems of common interest. Contact: A. Edward Doudera, J. D., Executive Director, American Society of Law & Medicine. 765 Commonwealth Avenue, 16th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02215. (617) 262-4990.

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Society for Business Ethics will hold its Spring meeting, in conjunction with the Western Division Meetings of the American Philosophical Association, in Columbus. Ohio at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Friday, April 30 at 7:00 p.m. The topic for the session will be: "THE RIGHT TO REGULATE." Papers dealing with any aspect of government regulation are welcome. Please limit reading time to 20 minutes (10-12 pages). Papers should be sent in duplicate to: The Society for Business Ethics, Loyola University of Chicago, 820 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611. Deadline: January 1, 1982.

NEW PUBLICATIONS: The Center far Philosophy and Public Policy, with the University of Maryland School of Law, announces the publication of the first two working papers in a series on legal ethics. David Luban, in "The Adversary System Excuse," reviews and rejects the traditional justifications offered for the adversary system, which often requires lawyers to serve clients in ways that contradict their ordinary moral obligations. The second paper, by Robert Condlin. "The Moral Failure of Clinical Education," challenges the assumption that the legal clinic is a superior method of moral instruction.

These working papers are the first results of a project to create curricular materials for teaching legal ethics, supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Maryland Bar Foundation. The working papers are available for $2.00 per copy by writing or calling: Elizabeth Cahoon, Center for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. (301) 454-6573.

Caroline Whitbeck, a philosopher at the Institute for the Medical Humanities in Galveston, Texas, has designed a series of self-instructional units to teach basic ethical concepts to medical students. For more information, or to obtain the units (in return for comments on them), contact Caroline Whitbeck, Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77550.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science announces publication of two volumes. The first, Professional Ethics Activities in the Scientific and Engineering Societies, is a report which includes: detailed statistical information from the AAAS Professional Ethics Project Survey; summary of discussions held at a two-day workshop on professional ethics; papers presented at the workshop; detailed information on the ethics activities of thirteen professional activities; and a bibliography. Copies of this 240 page volume are $4.00. The second is a set of reprints of articles, editorials, and letters from Science on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility. Twenty reprints. 3-8 pages each, cost $10. Both can be ordered from: Dept. A, Order Dept., American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036.

The Opinion Research Corporation conducted a survey, in 1980, of corporations and trade associations with codes of ethics, to determine current methods for code development, implementation, and assessment, and to ascertain the nature of anticipated and realized benefits deriving from the code. Copies of their book-length research report, titled "Implementation and Enforcement of Codes of Ethics in Corporations and Associations," may be obtained for $17.50 plus postage from Ethics Resource Center, 1730 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., Washington,D.C. 20036. (202) 223-3411.