2020-2021 JFM Members during Close of Service training
Are you ready to be part of something BIG?
Then join AmeriCorps through the Justice for Montanans Project. National service includes everyone. The Justice for Montanans Project is committed to including all in service to our communities. By actively recruiting persons with a broad range of backgrounds and abilities to help improve services and programs, we raise awareness about the value of diversity in our communities.
AmeriCorps State Justice for Montanans Available Service Opportunities
Spend a summer in Big Sky Country! This year we will have two summer internship opportunities available with the Justice for Montanans AmeriCorps program. Applicants are reviewed and interviewed as we receive them, so apply today!
Montana Legal Services Association - (MLSA) is a nonprofit organization that provides legal services to low-income people throughout Montana
- Helena, Outreach & Communications - Filled
Self Help Law Centers make our court systems work for all Montanans by providing helpful, accessible, easy-to-use information. Montana Supreme Court’s Self-Help Law Centers.
- Billings - Filled
We are beginning to accept applications for the 2023-24 service term running September 5, 2023-August 9, 2024. Interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis. Position descriptions and benefits will not be updated until mid-2023, but please email us if you have any specific questions about our program. Apply today!
Montana Legal Services Association is here to protect and enhance the civil legal rights of, and promote systemic change for, Montanans living in poverty.
- Team Leader.Helena - Filled
- Pro Bono Concentration.Billings - Filled
- Front Desk-Legal Services Navigator.Helena - Filled
- Pro Bono Concentration.Missoula - Filled
- Statewide Pro Bono.Helena - Open
- Tribal Law Concentration.Helena - Filled
- Legal Services Navigator.Helena - Open
- Legal Services Navigator.Helena - Open
- Housing Law/Eviction Concentration.Helena - Open
Self Help Law Centers make our court systems work for all Montanans by providing helpful, accessible, easy-to-use information. Montana Supreme Court’s Self-Help Law Centers.
- Billings - Open
- Billings - Open
- Great Falls - Open
- Bozeman - Filled
- Bozeman - Filled
- Helena - Filled
- Missoula - Filled
Office of Child and Family Ombudsman (OCFO) responds to the requests of citizens who have concerns about children involved in the child protection system or in need of protection. OCFO helps educate and protect the rights of Montana families and children with both case specific and systems change interventions.
- Helena - Open
Legal Services Developer Program focuses on serving Montanans 60 and over at pro-bono legal document clinics around the state and providing legal services through various programs like Justice Served and phone legal advice clinics.
- Helena - Open
YWCA Missoula is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
- Missoula - Open
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Defenders Office provides holistic criminal and civil legal services to tribal members and hope to contribute to positive change in the community.
- Pablo - Filled
Montana Innocence Project works to free the innocent and unjustly incarcerated, and advocate for systems of Justice that are accurate, accountable, and fair for all.
- Missoula - Open
Benefits of Service
Summer 2023 Internships
- Living allowance up to $4,338.95-$6,074.53 divided across the 9 or 13 week term of service.
- An AmeriCorps Education Award of $1,459.26-$1,824.07 upon successful completion of 300-450 hours of service. Members aged 55 and over may transfer the education award to a child, grandchild or foster child
- Eligible for deferment on qualified student loans
- Hands-on experience and training working in the legal field with lawyers, judges, and other professional staff
- Practical law and social services related experience
- Opportunity to live, serve, and be part of the AmeriCorps team in the state of Montana
2023-2024 Cohort
- Living allowance of $22,560 divided equally over 48-week term of service
- An AmeriCorps Education Award of $6,895 upon successful completion of 1,700 hours of service. Members aged 55 and over may transfer the education award to a child, grandchild or foster child
- Guaranteed health benefits, as well as child care assistance if qualified
- Relocation allowance of up to $550 if the service site is 50 miles or more from current residence.
- Hands-on experience and training working in the legal field with lawyers, judges, and other professional staff
- Practical law and social services related experience
- Opportunity to live, serve, and be part of the AmeriCorps team in the state of Montana