Representatives from Touro Law School have engaged with the Cascade County Bar Association to explore establishing a law program in Great Falls. This initiative addresses a growing structural challenge: an aging legal workforce and insufficient numbers of younger attorneys in eastern Montana.

Discussions are in early stages as of March 11, 2026, with input gathered from local attorneys and community members highlighting urgent needs in family law, wills and estates, probate litigation, and land use law. The proposed program’s hybrid model—half online, half in person—could broaden access for working professionals and rural residents. Amber Henning, past president of the Bar Association, noted that Great Falls is “desperate to find attorneys who want to come here and open up a practice or join a practice.” No decision or timeline for the program’s launch has been announced.

While the proposal remains tentative, Montana’s vast geography and rural character might make a hybrid legal education particularly appealing. If realized, such a program could influence the local legal labor market by attracting and retaining talent within the state, responding to both demographic pressures and regional service gaps.

Proposed law school in Great Falls, Montana could bring new attorneys to the region