Broad-Based Legal Advocacy MLSA attorneys and staff recently attended training on broad-based legal advocacy. Hannah E.M. Lieberman, national consultant with extensive litigation and legal practice management experience, provided the training. Broad-based legal advocacy achieves good outcomes for clients and others. Litigation is one method used to get good outcomes, but other methods are also used …
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 …
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: Legal Support for Women and Children
This is a blog post from Caroline Riss, MLSA Staff Attorney, who is in Cambodia on exchange to assist with a legal organization.I arrived in Cambodia safely and was met by our hostesses Soeum Soren and Soken at the airport. The seventeen hours of flying was a bit rough but so worth it!My first day …
On the Way to Cambodia
This is a blog post from Caroline Riss, MLSA Staff Attorney, who will be in Cambodia on exchange to assist with a legal organization. Tuesday, August 7, 2012 I left Helena this morning at 6 am and landed in Seattle at 8 am. My next flight leaves at 2 pm for Korea and then off to …