Montana – Voices for Civil Justice

Missoula renters, landlords squeezed by COVID-19

News Story (Montana)

Missoula renters, landlords squeezed by COVID-19

March 25, 2020 | Patrick Reilly | Missoulian (MT)
In Missoula, Montana, as in every rental market right now, tenants are struggling to pay bills and feed their families with a lot less income. Many landlords are sympathetic but are in a bind as well. Amy Hall, an attorney with the Montana Legal Services Association, urges tenants to communicate with their landlords to try to work out an agreement.
Tags: Coronavirus | COVID-19 | Housing: Eviction

Alissa Chambers

Legal Aid Advocate (Montana)

Alissa Chambers

Partner at Crowley Fleck in Helena, MT, and a member of the board of trustees for Montana Legal Services Association.

Legal Aid helps break cycle of intimate partner violence

Op-Ed (Montana)

Legal Aid helps break cycle of intimate partner violence

November 4, 2019 | Alissa Chambers | Billings Gazette
Our community can do more for survivors, and while intimate partner homicides are on the rise, we must protect victims and provide what are often lifesaving services to those suffering from domestic violence.
Tags: Domestic Violence

Montana judges, attorneys line up to support legal-assistance bill

News Story, Video (Montana)

Montana judges, attorneys line up to support legal-assistance bill

January 25, 2019 | Mike Dennison | KPAX (Missoula, MT)
Attorneys, judges and others turned out Friday to support a nearly $1 million-a-year proposed fund to aid low-income Montanans with civil legal disputes, saying it will help unclog an overburdened court system.
Tags: Access to Justice | Funding: State & Local

KPAX (Missoula, MT)

Media (Montana)

KPAX (Missoula, MT)

CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Missoula, Montana.

U.S. to Investigate Discrimination Against Native Students on Montana Reservation

News Story (Montana)

U.S. to Investigate Discrimination Against Native Students on Montana Reservation

January 4, 2019 | Annie Waldman , Erica L. Green | New York Times (NYT) , ProPublica
In a Dec. 28 letter, sent hours after The New York Times and ProPublica published an investigation into racial inequities in the district, the department’s Office for Civil Rights notified the lawyer representing the tribal executive board.
Tags: Education

‘I Feel Invisible’: Native Students Languish in Public Schools

Investigative (Montana)

‘I Feel Invisible’: Native Students Languish in Public Schools

December 28, 2018 | Erica L. Green , Annie Waldman | New York Times (NYT) , ProPublica
At Wolf Point High School in rural Montana, Native American students face the same neglect Native students across the U.S. do as they navigate a school system that has failed American Indians.
Tags: Education