Thank you to the Friendship Center for spotlighting our attorney Alix House!
Flathead Beacon: Federal Funding Freezes Have Chilling Effect on Rural Domestic Violence Resources
Federal funding freezes are making it harder for programs to help Montanans escaping domestic violence. Our Executive Director, Alison Paul, was recently featured in this article by the Flathead Beacon. Check out this article to learn more about how the uncertainty is impacting those rural communities.
Frontline Justice: Spotlight on MLSA Community Justice Worker Hayden Ramsey
As a community justice worker who is trained to help people who fall on hard times to access the aid and rights they are legally entitled to, our Community Justice Worker Hayden Ramsey sees her job as prevention. We are so proud to have Hayden as part of our team! Read more of her story …
Q2 Billings: YHDP Navigator at Billings Public Schools Job Fair
Our amazing Youth Demonstration Project Navigator, Shay Reiser, shares how MLSA serves Billings residents across a number of legal needs. Check out the article by clicking here.
A year later: Montana Supreme Court Ensures Equal Access to Justice with Significant Decision
January 30, 2025 will mark the one-year anniversary of the Montana Supreme Court ruling in favor of a self- represented civil litigant, overturning a lower court’s denial of a fee waiver that prevented her from pursuing her family law case. The ruling ensures that Montanans are unable to pay court costs fur to financial hardship …
ACF Office of Community Services (OCS): OCS Celebrates One Year Anniversary of MLP+
A year ago, the Office of Community Services under the U.S. Administration for Children and Families, awarded the first ever cohort of grant recipients, including MLSA, to receive funding from the Medical Legal Partnerships Plus (MLP+) program. Grounded in addressing the social determinants of health, medical-legal partnerships are multi-disciplinary care teams that incorporate legal experts …
Western News: MLSA gets grant to help low-income residents
The Legal Services Corporation announced recently that MLSA will be rewarded a Technology Initiative grant in the amount of $275,706 to overhaul and redesign our most-used automated legal forms. Click here to learn more! Many thanks to LSC for continuing to support the work we do.
Congratulations, Alison Paul: 2024 Pierce-Hickerson Award Recipient
A special congratulations to our Executive Director, Alison Paul, for being awarded the 2024 Pierce-Hickerson Award at the National Legal Aid and Defender Association’s Annual Conference in Atlanta last week. Created over two decades ago to celebrate civil legal aid advocates Julian Pierce and Robert Hickerson, the Pierce-Hickerson award honors outstanding contributions to the advancement …
Berkeley Law: BLAST Students to work with MLSA
Montana Legal Services Association is looking forward to working with Berkeley law students who will participate in the BLAST (Berkeley Law Alternative Service Trips) Montana program next year! During spring break 2025, students will have the chance to work on criminal record expungements for low-income Montanans, including those affected by domestic violence. Click here to …
Lake County Leader: Montanans can apply now for property tax rebate
Special thanks to Lake County Reader for spreading the word on the Montana Property Tax Rebate. Click here to learn more.