MLSA Housing Attorney Amy Hall speaks to the changing landscape of mobile home renting and property ownership in Montana. Click here to read more.
NBC Montana: Montana Justice Foundation awards $1.6M to 22 nonprofits, including MLSA
We are incredibly grateful to the Montana Justice Foundation for supporting access to civil legal aid for low-income Montanans. Click here to learn more about the largest grant total award in MJF history.
Montana Free Press: Bozeman Considers Providing Legal Help to City’s Renters
Our Senior Housing Attorney, Amy Hall, speaks to how having the right to counsel in Evictions can impact both Bozeman renters and landlord alike in the current housing crisis.
Trauma-Informed Legal Assistance for Human Trafficking Survivors
Thank you to the Friendship Center for spotlighting our attorney Alix House!
Flathead Beacon: Federal Funding Freezes Have Chilling Effect on Rural Domestic Violence Resources
Federal funding freezes are making it harder for programs to help Montanans escaping domestic violence. Our Executive Director, Alison Paul, was recently featured in this article by the Flathead Beacon. Check out this article to learn more about how the uncertainty is impacting those rural communities.
Frontline Justice: Spotlight on MLSA Community Justice Worker Hayden Ramsey
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 …
Q2 Billings: YHDP Navigator at Billings Public Schools Job Fair
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.
A year later: Montana Supreme Court Ensures Equal Access to Justice with Significant Decision
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 …
Misdemeanor Expungement Clinic Coming to Bozeman, Billings and Helena
Special thanks to Bozeman Chronicle for getting the word out on our Clean Slate Clinics coming up in March!
ACF Office of Community Services (OCS): OCS Celebrates One Year Anniversary of MLP+
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 …