Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellows

MLSA sponsors an AmeriCorps Legal Fellows program for attorneys committed to expanding access to justice.  This program is funded in part by Equal Justice Works.  In addition to providing services to clients, fellows also conduct outreach and recruit attorneys and law students to provide services pro bono.  Each fellow serves a term of approximately one year, which may be renewable for a second year.  Fellows receive an AmeriCorps living allowance and a supplement, and are also eligible to receive an education award upon successful completion of the term of service.   If you would rather learn about one of MLSA's other AmeriCorps programs, please click the appropriate link:  MLSA AmeriCorps VISTA Project or AmeriCorps State Justice for Montanans Project.

Currently, Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellows serve with MLSA's Consumer, Indian, and Public Benefits Units.

Each year, MLSA evaluates the fellows' projects and MLSA's needs and, in conjunction with national AmeriCorps and Equal Justice Works staff, tailors new projects for any incoming fellows.  MLSA typically recruits for fellows in the spring.  If we are currently accepting applications, we will provide a link to an application and any other relevant information here.

	Jessie Lundberg is serving her second year with MLSA’s Consumer Law Unit in the Missoula office. Originally from Missoula, Jessie received her undergraduate degree in social work and her law degree at the University of Montana. Before law school, Jessie was a foreclosure prevention specialist and financial educator at homeWORD, a housing non-profit in Missoula. During law school, she was a Steiger Fellow with the Consumer Protection Bureau of the Montana Attorney General’s Office, and also drafted consumer law forms for MLSA’s Self-Help Law Unit. After law school, Jessie clerked for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for Judge James R. Browning and Judge Sidney R. Thomas. She also practiced for one year with Bohyer, Simpson & Tranel, P.C., in Missoula.  In her first year with MLSA, Jessie substantially restructured MLSA's bankruptcy services, and is continuing her efforts this year.  Jessie is a founding board member, coach, and skater for the Hellgate Rollergirls, Missoula's flat-track roller derby league.
	Jaimie Park serves with MLSA’s Indian Law Unit in the Billings office. Originally from Asheville, North Carolina, Jaimie received her undergraduate degree in Political Science at the University of North Carolina – Asheville, and is a recent graduate of Michigan State University College of Law's Indigenous Law Program. Before law school, she served as an AmericorpsVISTA volunteer with the National Society of American Indian Elderly (NSAIE) on the Navajo Nation, and with the Oregon Native American Business and Entrepreneurial Network (ONABEN) in Portland, Oregon.  During law school she clerked with the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) in Alaska and with the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples in Ottawa.  Prior to serving with MLSA, she was working as a Tribal Law Advocate in the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal Court on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.  At MLSA, Jaimie develops materials for self-represented litigants on Montana’s Indian reservations, recruits law students and pro bono attorneys to work on Indian law issues, and provides direct services to clients in the area of estate planning. She looks forward to learning from Montana's Indigenous Nations.
	Jessica Millward serves with MLSA’s Public Benefits Unit and the Montana Family Advocacy Program, a Medical Legal Partnership between RiverStone Health and MLSA. Originally from Mohnton, Pennsylvania, Jessica received her undergraduate degree from Trinity College, Hartford, majoring in both Political Science and English with a concentration in literature. During law school at American University, she served as Executive Chair of Washington College of Law’s Equal Justice Foundation and spent her summers clerking at The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia and New Hampshire Legal Assistance. As part of MLSA’s Public Benefits Unit, Jessica helps develop resources for the unit and provides services to clients. Jessica also serves with the Montana Family Advocacy Partnership, which provides a wide variety legal services to underserved patients at RiverStone Health. Jessica is excited to live in Montana for the first time.

If you have questions about MLSA's Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellows program, please contact Elaine Dahl at edahl@mtlsa.org or 406-442-9830 x 38.