University of Montana National Lawyers Guild Chapter

NLG University of Montana student group. Law for the people. Human rights over property interests.

The National Lawyers Guild is the nation’s oldest and largest progressive bar association and was the first one in the US to be racially integrated. Our mission is to use law for the people, uniting lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers to function as an effective force in the service of the people by valuing human rights over property interests. This is achieved through the

04/26/2023

Our official statement regarding Monday's protest at the Montana State Capitol:

04/12/2023

Please join us next week at the Roxy Theater for a film screening of Las Abogadas: Attorneys on the Front Lines of the Migrant Crisis. For more information about the film, see https://www.lasabogadasfilm.com/

This event is free and open to the public. All donations from the event will support Soft Landing of Missoula, a community-based nonprofit committed to working with refugee and immigrant families as they build new lives in Missoula.

Who’s Really Behind Brackeen v. Haaland?: The conspiracy that a law firm and Big Oil are duplicitously undermining tribal sovereignty through Native children.

11/09/2022

https://lawjournalforsocialjustice.com/2022/03/21/whos-really-behind-brackeen-v-haaland-the-conspiracy-that-a-law-firm-and-big-oil-are-duplicitously-undermining-tribal-sovereignty-through-native-children/

Who’s Really Behind Brackeen v. Haaland?: The conspiracy that a law firm and Big Oil are duplicitously undermining tribal sovereignty through Native children. By: Brittany Habbart On February 28, the U.S. Supreme Court announced they will hear Brackeen v. Haaland, a lawsuit challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).[1] ICWA is an important piece of…

11/01/2022

Join our friends at NALSA next week!

10/20/2022

Join us next week!

05/04/2022

Exclusive: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows "We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled," Justice Alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court.

01/30/2022

Free Covid test kits TODAY until 7:00pm at Fort Missoula Regional Park

Pick-up a Free At-Home Test Kit!

The Missoula County Office of Emergency Management is set to distribute over 25,000 at-home test kits to local residents while supplies last.

Distribution dates and locations:
• 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗮- Sunday, Jan. 30 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at a drive-thru event at Fort Missoula Regional Park in the parking lot next to the baseball fields along South Avenue.
• 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲 - By appointment, call (406) 677-2400, Seeley Lake Fire Station.
• 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 - Sunday, Jan. 30, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Clinton Fire Station.
• 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 - Sunday, Jan. 30, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Frenchtown Fire Station.

NLG Condemns the State’s Unwillingness to Disrupt White Supremacy; Looks Beyond the Justice System for Meaningful Change | National Lawyers Guild

11/19/2021

https://www.nlg.org/nlg-condemns-the-states-unwillingness-to-disrupt-white-supremacy-looks-beyond-the-justice-system-for-meaningful-change/

NLG Condemns the State’s Unwillingness to Disrupt White Supremacy; Looks Beyond the Justice System for Meaningful Change | National Lawyers Guild NLG Condemns the State’s Unwillingness to Disrupt White Supremacy; Looks Beyond the Justice System for Meaningful Change Posted on November 16, 2021November 17, 2021 The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is outraged by the events taking place in the concurrent trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and the murdere...

09/22/2021

It's a beautiful day in Missoula to learn about our rights when interacting with police, voicing our dissent through protest, and holding landlords accountable. Join us tonight in-person or through Zoom. There will be free pizza at the Plaza (behind the law school). All are invited!