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ROPES & GRAY
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May 8, 2000
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION - VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Barr Rosenberg Variable Insurance Trust (the "Trust");
(File Nos. 333-50529 and 811-08759);
Rule 497(j) Filing
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is being transmitted by means of electronic submission by
the Trust pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"). I hereby certify on behalf of the Trust that the
form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have
been filed by the Trust pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act would not
have differed from that contained in the Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No.
5 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A relating to the Barr Rosenberg
VIT Market Neutral Fund, which was filed by electronic transmission on May 2,
2000.
If you have any questions regarding this filing, please do not
hesitate to contact the undersigned.
Sincerely,
/s/ JOHN B. MCGINTY, JR.
John B. McGinty, Jr.
cc: Edward H. Lyman, Esq.
William Wiebe, Esq.
Linda Kuroda
J.B. Kittredge, Esq.
