| In 1994 Michael Cramsie was Managing Director (Chief
Executive) of the Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales. This is the largest legal
Aid commission in Australia, consisting of a staff of 550 and 20 regional offices
throughout New South Wales. At the time of the last conference he was Head of the
Commonwealth Government's Office of Legal Aid and Family Studies. He holds
qualifications in Law and Arts from the Macquarie and Canberra Universities specialising
in studies in administration and economics as well as law. He is admitted to
practice as a Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the Supreme
Court of The Australian Capital Territory and the High Court of Australia. He holds
an unrestricted practising certificate issued by the Law Society of New South Wales. |