Semi-Structured Interview Questions
| Attorneys and paralegals |
| Can you describe your experiences working in legal aid? |
| Can you describe your experiences working with the medical-legal partnership? |
| What are the differences between working in the medical-legal partnership and in legal aid, generally? |
| What are the challenges of integrating the medical-legal partnership? How were those barriers addressed (if applicable)? |
| How did you approach patients who were hesitant working with you? |
| How did you build rapport with those patients? What helped patients use legal services? What made it more difficult to connect with patients? |
| What helped the integration of the medical legal partnership? |
| Is there anything else you would like to add? Is there anything else that I did not ask you that you want me to know? |
| Patients |
| Tell me about your first impressions of the medical-legal partnership. |
| What were you thinking when you were asked to complete the medical-legal partnership screening form? |
| What were you thinking when you were approached about participating in the medical-legal partnership? |
| Did you have reservations about participating? (If yes) Can you describe what your hesitation was regarding participation? |
| Can you talk about your willingness to participate? What might have caused you to not want to participate? |
| Can you describe your experience with the medical-legal partnership? |
| How did having access to the medical-legal partnership at your doctor’s office affect you? |
| Is there anything else that I did not ask you about that you want me to know? |
| Clinicians and staff |
| Tell me about your experiences working with this clinic population. |
| What non-medical problems affect your patient’s health and access to healthcare? |
| What was your first impression of the medical-legal partnership? |
| How has that changed since its implementation? |
| What barriers and facilitators affected its integration? |
| What could change or improve its integration? |
| (For clinicians) How has having access to the medical-legal partnership affected your care decisions? |
| (For clinicians) How has knowing about your patients’ legal needs affected your care decisions? |
| How has having access to the medical-legal partnership affected your patients? |
| Is there anything else that I did not ask you about that you want me to know? |