Video Interviews

MLP teams and partners talk about medical-legal partnership -- its impact, program challenges, connecting to the MLP Network and more.

Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawaii (Honolulu, HI)

March 2009

• Chris Derauf, MD (Pediatrics Residency Director, University of Hawaii & Medical Director, MLPC Hawaii)
• Dina Shek, JD (Vitousek-King Law Fellow, William S. Richardson School of Law & Legal Director, MLPC Hawaii)

The MLPC Hawaii team discusses finding an MLP partner, the importance of planning, successes and challenges one-year after launching and the importance of connecting to the MLP Network.

Medical-Legal Partnership of Southern Illinois (Carbondale, IL)

March 2009 

• Diane Goffinet, JD (Attorney, Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance & Legal Director, Medical-Legal Partnership of Southern Illinois)

Diane Goffinet reflects on the value of starting with a small pilot project, the necessity of tracking cases and the importance of client stories.

Cleveland Community Advocacy Program (Cleveland, OH)

March 2009

• Robert Cohn, MD (former Chief of Pediatrics at MetroHealth Medical Center)
• E. Harry Walker, MD (Executive Director, MetroHealth Primary Care)

Dr. Cohn and Dr. Walker talk about the need for MLP buy-in at the institutional level and the importance of integrating medical and legal partners.

Program for the Health of the People (Shiprock, NM)

March 2009 

• Matt VanWormer, JD (Attorney and Skadden Fellow, DNA -- People Legal Services)

Matt VanWormer discusses setting up the first MLP to serve Native Americans and partnering with Northern Navajo Medical Center. He also talks about what it's like to be a new attorney and fellow starting a partnership and about connecting with other MLPs in the Network.

Medical-Legal Partnership | West Virginia (Charleston, WV)

March 2009

• Kate White, JD (Skadden Fellow, Legal Aid of West Virginia & Legal Director, Medical-Legal Partnership | West Virginia)

Kate White discusses how she became interested in MLP and the need in West Virginia.

Pittsburgh Medical-Legal Partnership (In Development, Pittsburgh, PA)

March 2009

Dr. Marie Clark, a pediatrician at Pittsburgh Children's Hospital, talks about how doing her residency at a hospital with MLP shaped the way she practices medicine. (Dr. Clark was formally Chief Resident at Boston Medical Center.)