ÒPARTISAN INFLUENCES ON ETHICS INVESTIGATIONSÓ
TO BE SUBJECT OF SYMPOSIUM

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 9 -- A symposium exploring
ÒPartisan Influences on Ethics InvestigationsÓ will be held at the
University of Virginia School of Law on Saturday, Feb. 11.
	Legal scholars, political scientists, government ethics
officials and practicing lawyers will discuss many of the recent
government ethics accusations and investigations, including the
Whitewater probe and House Speaker Newt GingrichÕs financial
dealings, and the role of partisan influences, sensationalism and
mudslinging by both Republicans and Democrats.
	The symposium will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Caplin
Auditorium.  Sponsored by the Journal of Law and Politics, it is
free and open to the public.
	Numerous participants will include Bob Schiff, staff
attorney with Ralph NaderÕs Public CitizenÕs Congress Watch; Leslie
Wilcox, associate general counsel with the U.S. Office of Government
Ethics; David Tell, communications director with the ÒProject for a
Republican FutureÓ; and Alexia Morrison, who served as independent
counsel under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 when the U.S.
Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of that post.
	For additional information contact the Journal of Law and
Politics at (804) 924-3743.
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February 8, 1995