A Legal Research Agenda for the Human Genome Initiative

This project will support two workshops to establish a Legal Research Agenda--a detailed and concrete statement of the science and technology associated with the Human Genome Initiative and of the legal issues that have emerged or are likely to emerge as a result of the Initiative. At the March 1991 workshop, scientists familiar with and active in the Human Genome Initiative will present detailed descriptions of the Initiative, as well as its goals, methodologies, and expected results, in a setting that permits full opportunity for questions and discussion by thoughtful representatives of the legal, ethical, and social science communities. At the May 1991 workshop, the legal, ethics, and social science participants will make presentations on the legal issues raised as a means of instigating full debate on the questions by all of the participants, including the geneticists. The principal investigator will draft the Legal Research Agenda, based on the recorded interchange at the workshops. Conference dates: March 14-16, 1991, May 18-20, 1991, Tempe, Arizona