Andrea Karr graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce (Hon.) in 1993, specializing in Industrial Relations Management. She obtained her Bachelor of Laws from UBC in 1998 and articled at the Vancouver law firm of Campney & Murphy. While studying law, she developed a special interest in health law, particularly related to the issue of timely access to health services under a government funding monopoly (monopsony). Andrea was called to the B.C. Bar in September 1999 and then moved to practice at the Vancouver office of Schiller Coutts Weiler & Gibson, a boutique labour and employment law firm. Her article, Section 7 of the Charter: Remedy for Canada's Health Care Crisis, appeared in The Advocate as a two-part series in May and July of 2000. She now works as a consultant in the health care field, combining her dual interests in labour and health-related issues.