Betsy Story received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Montana School of Law in 2019. In law school, she was President of the Federalist Society Student Chapter, and recipient of the Dean of Students Award for Highest Academic Achievement in Land Use & the Environment. In law school, she served as a law fellow for U.S. Senator Steve Daines, where she gained experience working on federal lands litigation reform and legislation. Ms. Story also worked as a summer law clerk for the U.S. Department of Justice, where she worked on several pre-indictment cases and a successful appeal brief to the 9th Circuit, followed by an academic year as a clinical intern with the Federal Defenders, culminating in a year’s experience in federal criminal law.
Ms. Story holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science with minors in Russian and Arabic Studies. She often returns home to Emigrant, Montana, to help out on her family’s cattle ranch, where she also enjoys cross country skiing and mountain lion hunting.