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23 Mont. Law. 1 (1997-1998)

handle is hein.barjournals/mtlaw0023 and id is 1 raw text is: WeIcome f.. to the, new Montana Lawyer Saving~moneyisn'tthe only reason we decided to change th' designofTheMontanaLaw- yer, but it was a pretty good one all by itself. Switching to newspaper web press printing is expected to save the State Bar as much as $20,000 a year. The decision wasn't made lightly because the qu4lty book style Lawyer has been tradition since the State Bar was founded. For more than a year, however, the Lawyer edi- tor, p4blsh and :editorial board, and the State l3ar Ex- ecutive Committee and staff have been weighing the pros and cons of a change as one more way to cut operational costs. The pros won. The decision means The Montana Lawyer will probably have more pages on average, so we can print more articles. Color is now more economical. We have selected a less con- densed type face and added extra space between lines to More REDESIGN on page 6 Law Library launches pro bono clinic to help low-income, pro se clients Sally K. Hilander, Editor The Montana Lawyer Not so long ago, most State Law Library users were attorneys researching cases to better repre- sent clients. Today, however, a growing number of the users are non-attorneys hoping to learn how to represent themselves. And a new library clinic promises to help them do just that. The unmistakable shift in State Law Library clientele became evi- dent about five years ago in Hel- ena and mirrors a national trend toward pro se representation by people who can't afford attorneys or don't trust them to do the best job. The media has popularized the law so much - everything from The People's Court to L.A. Law to police shows -- they think they can do it themselves, Librarian Judy Meadows commented. Some of them have been repre- sented by counsel before and, rightly or wrongly, they feel they haven't been represented well. In short, many of the pro se clients are frustrated and angry with a civil justice system that doesn't seem to care about them. MORE CLINIC, page 34 Access to Justice Special Issue * President's Message: U Lots of lawye Congress left a big legal the Public G services gap for us to fill. Page 4. U A directory provide lega N Montana's judiciary joins the public. P effort to recruit pro bono lawyers. Page 5. N CLE credit for volunteer SEE THE C( service? Not yet, but... INDEX ON Page 8. rs are Doing ood. Page 23. )f those who l services for age 31. )MPLETE PAGE 3.

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