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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Special thanks to Lake County Reader for spreading the word on the Montana Property Tax Rebate. Click here to learn more.
In an article speaking to Q2 Billings, Housing attorney Amy Hall speaks to the rise of calls to MLSA from Montanans requesting help with an eviction, and the potential pressures felt by both renters and property owners throughout the state due to lack of housing and rising property taxes. Click here to read more!
In an article concerning the recent ruling of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which argues that municipalities can enforce bans on sleeping outside, MLSA Housing Attorney Amy Hall speaks to the potential ramifications of the decision in Montana.
