The Montana Legal Services Association provides low-income Montana residents with access to the justice system.  They provide civil legal assistance in priority areas, such as family law, bankruptcy or evictions.  The Montana Legal Services Association is funded in part by the national Legal Services Corporation and the Montana Justice Foundation.

Montana Credit Unions for Community Dvelopment (MCUCD) is a nonprofit organziation whose mission is to improve the lives and financial independence of all Montanans. MCUCD does this by bringing innovative and empowering financial services to the underserved and those of modest means through Montana's credit unions.

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MCUCD has the expertise and resources of its parent organization, the Montana Credit Union Network, who has been serving Montana's credit unions for over 65 years. MCUCD also has the COmmunity Development Financial Institution (CDFI) designation from the U.S. Treasury Department, recognizing MCUCD's focus on underserved populations.

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It is also important to understand what credit unions are since they are closely involved in our efforts. Credit unions are not-for-profit financial cooperatives owned by their members (the account holders). There are no stockholders; credit unions are run by an unpaid volunteer board of directors. Because of their unique not-for-profit structure, credit unions return profits back to their members (the account holders) generally through lower loan rates, higher savings rates, and affordable products and services.

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To locate a credit union in your area, go to www.montanacreditunions.coop

The State Bar of Montana leads the legal profession and serves the public interest. The purposes of the State Bar are

• to aid the courts in maintaining and improving the administration of justice;
• to foster, maintain and require on the part of attorneys high standards of integrity, learning, competence, public service and conduct; to safeguard proper professional interests of the local bar associations;
• to provide a forum for discussion of and effective action concerning subjects pertaining to the practice of law, the science of jurisprudence and law reform, and relations of the Bar to the public;
• to provide for continuing legal education of members of the Bar and to insure that the responsibilities of the legal profession to the public are more effectively discharged.