Attorney Survey for the 2016 Legal Needs Assessment

Attorney and Legal Professionals Survey

Legal Aid of the Bluegrass is a non-profit organization that provides free civil legal services to low-income and elderly individuals in thirty-three counties in Kentucky. We are interested in knowing what you believe are the most serious legal problems in our community. Thank you for your help!

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* 1. What area(s) of law do you practice?

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* 2. What types of cases do you handle the most?

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* 3. Please rank our priority areas in order of what you think are the most pressing issues for low-income and elderly persons (1 being most pressing, and 11 being least pressing).

Employment (inadequate pay, job safety, etc.)

Housing (landlord/tenant problems, eviction, affordability, etc.)

Home ownership (title problems, qualifying for credit, foreclosure, etc.)

Health care (access to health care, denial of services, prescription affordability, etc.)

Public benefits (Medicare, K-TAP, Social Security Disability, etc.)

Consumer (problems with bill collectors, bankruptcy, predatory lending, etc.)

Family law (DVOs, divorces, custody, etc.)

Veterans issues

Issues with developmental or physical disability (guardianship, employment, etc.)

Elder law (wills, power of attorney, fraud, etc.)

Immigration

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* 4. In your experience, what civil legal problem do you think is most prevalent among low-income clients?

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* 5. In your experience, what civil legal problem do you think is most prevalent among elderly clients?

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* 6. Do you think Legal Aid effectively reaches vulnerable populations (such as LGBTQ and the Hispanic community)?

Yes

I don't know

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* 7. Do you feel that Legal Aid effectively maximizes use of its resources?

Yes

I don't know

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* 8. Do you think that Legal Aid successfully addresses all of its priority areas?

Yes

I don't know

Attorney Survey for the 2016 Legal Needs Assessment

Attorney and Legal Professionals Survey

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* 1. What area(s) of law do you practice?

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* 2. What types of cases do you handle the most?

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* 3. Please rank our priority areas in order of what you think are the most pressing issues for low-income and elderly persons (1 being most pressing, and 11 being least pressing).

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* 4. In your experience, what civil legal problem do you think is most prevalent among low-income clients?

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* 5. In your experience, what civil legal problem do you think is most prevalent among elderly clients?

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* 6. Do you think Legal Aid effectively reaches vulnerable populations (such as LGBTQ and the Hispanic community)?

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* 7. Do you feel that Legal Aid effectively maximizes use of its resources?

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* 8. Do you think that Legal Aid successfully addresses all of its priority areas?

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* 9. If you do not think Legal Aid successfully addresses all of its priority areas, then what areas do you feel are not being adequately met?

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* 10. Are there other areas of law that you think need to be included in the priorities?

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* 11. What counties do you primarily practice in?

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* 12. Do you have any more feedback you would like to share with us?