In October, MLSA has blogged each Thursday on relationship abuse/sexual abuse/stalking topics in honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We encourage you to share the information we blog on with your friends, family, and coworkers. — Please note: Always call 911 if you are in immediate danger.And know that if you are a domestic …
Pro Bono Celebration This Week
Do you know that this week is a National Pro Bono Celebration?At Montana Legal Services Association, we like to celebrate Pro Bono Attorneys all year long. Do you know that in 2012 so far, MLSA has placed 289 cases with Pro Bono Attorneys? That’s a lot of pro bono happening, which means a lot of …
Domestic Violence Fatality Review Commission
This post is by guest author Matt Dale, Director of the Montana Office of Consumer Protection & Victim Services, as part of the MLSA Advocacy Blog’s focus on domestic violence issues this October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month. MLSA thanks Matt for this contribution.This October we remember those who have died at the hands of their …
Relationship Abuse/Sexual Abuse/Stalking – Get Help and Information
In October, MLSA will blog each Thursday on relationship abuse/sexual abuse/stalking topics in honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We encourage you to share the information we blog on with your friends, family, and coworkers. ***** Domestic violence, relationship abuse, stalking, sexual assault . . . All such forms of violence are more common …
3 Women Die Each Day Because of Domestic Violence
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month The National Network to End Domestic Violence reports that 3 women die each day because of domestic violence. 1 woman in 4 experiences domestic violence in her lifetime. Startling statistics, right? But those stats are the reason–among others–that October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. MLSA Helps At Montana Legal …
Billings Gazette Opinion: Reaching Justice – Montanans Need Access to Courts
The Billings Gazette newspaper recently published an opinon about the Montana Supreme Court Self-Help Law Center in Billings. Click here to read the article.Want more information–including location and hours–of all the Montana Supreme Court Self-Help Law Centers in the state? Click here for information on the Self-Help Law Centers.
Montana Legal Services Association Leaders Chosen for Appointment and Award
MLSA is pleased to announce significant accomplishments by two of our leaders: Alison Paul, MLSA Executive Director, shown above, was appointed by the Montana Supreme Court to the newly formed Access to Justice Commission.The purpose of the Access to Justice Commission (ATJC) will be to assess, plan, coordinate, and make recommendations regarding access to justice …
Montana Justice Foundation to Receive $1.2 Million
The Montana Justice Foundation (MJF) will receive $1.2 million due to the efforts of Montana insurance commissioner Monica Lindeen, her chief legal counsel Jesse Laslovich, and private bar attorneys John Heenan and Randy Bishop. After Heenan and Bishop raised concerns about a proposed class action settlement with Farmers Insurance, further negotiations led to this result. …
How MLSA Uses “The Cloud” to Maximize Help to Montanans with Legal Needs
Montana is a state larger than Japan.Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) is a statewide law firm with only 13 case-handling attorneys.Yet in 2011, MLSA gave legal help to approximately 5,900 people with legal needs.How did we do it?Through hard work, determination, and by using “the cloud.”Recently, MLSA was spotlighted in an article by the Nonprofit Technology …
Dispatch From Cambodia: Last Day and Many Thanks
MLSA domestic violence attorney Caroline Riss is in Cambodia as part of the Women’s Empowerment Exchange Program and has been blogging about her experience. Saturday, August 25, 2012 Last Day in Cambodia I had a great last day in Cambodia. Soren, the Cambodian woman who came to Montana through the Women’s Empowerment Exchange Project in …