Byron Williams is the Centre s specialist in regulatory law and has conducted a highly successful series of rate cases in auto insurance, cable and telecommunications services. He also works on Charter test case litigation in social services - welfare, unemployment insurance, housing, etc. Mr. Conner was a Gold Medalist in Law and obtained his Masters degree from Cambridge University. Betsy Gibbons has been the Centre s social science research specialist since 1988. The student is provided with a private office with phone and dictation equipment.
Secretarial staff is shared.
The Centre uses Windows WordPerfect word processing. The working environment is comfortable and modern, but not fancy. Bar Admission Course fees will be covered for the student. The Centre is a Manitoba Bar Association universal membership firm, so that the student s Bar Association membership fee is paid. The Public Interest Law Centre has had articling students for about the past 13 years, and four students have been hired as junior attorneys during that time.