LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Legal aid lawyers and their organizations serve their communities by helping to protect families experiencing domestic violence, elderly victims of predatory lending and consumer fraud, veterans denied critical benefits, and many other vulnerable and underserved Montanans in need of civil legal assistance.
The MJF established its Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) in 2006 for law school graduates dedicated to providing legal aid to low-income individuals and families in Montana. Since its inception, the MJF LRAP has assisted legal aid lawyers working for Montana legal aid organizations by reducing the burden of significant debt incurred to finance their law school education.
The LRAP program is designed to support the recruitment and retention of qualified staff attorneys working in the legal aid sector. This is no small feat when you consider that, in many instances, legal aid attorneys earn salaries which qualify them for their own services. For many legal aid lawyers, the MJF LRAP can mean the difference between remaining in the field that they love, and being forced to seek employment elsewhere in order to make ends meet.
The MJF relies on donor support to keep this vital program thriving. To learn how you can help to support this critical program, please contact Amy Sings In The Timber at: 406-523-3920 or at:mjf@mtjustice.org.
