From Caroline Riss, MLSA Staff Attorney:I have been invited by The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center (MC) of The University of Montana (UM) to travel to Cambodia for three weeks in August. The program is supported by the U.S. Department of State and the Women’s Empowerment Exchange Program for Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. “The …
Montana Supreme Court Accepting Comments on Two Proposals
The first is the proposed creation of a pro bono appellate program. The proposed program description states that the Court and its staff may, after briefing is complete, identify issues where additional briefing with the assistance of an attorney to a self-represented litigant would be beneficial to the Court. Then the Court’s Pro Se Law …
A Vision for Justice- Justice Beth Baker, Montana Supreme Court
Recently I had the privilege of touring the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Displayed there, within an elegantly somber and dimly lit rotunda, are the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of our United States and the original Bill of Rights. Just next door, in its own vaulted space, is one of few remaining copies in …
MLSA Executive Director Alison Paul Announces New Advocacy Blog
As the Executive Director of MLSA, I am pleased to welcome you to MLSA’s new advocacy blog. Across the country, legal aid programs and others promoting access to justice have made the conscious decision to promote broad based advocacy, in addition to helping clients one case at a time. At MLSA, broad based advocacy means …