LPP ETHICS ACTUAL SCRIPT ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [2] - ✔✔[2] As a representative of clients, a licensed
paralegal practitioner performs various functions. As advisor, a licensed paralegal
practitioner provides a client with an informed understanding of the client's legal rights
and obligations and explains their practical implications. As advocate, a licensed
paralegal practitioner zealously asserts the client's position under the rules of the
adversary system. As negotiator, a licensed paralegal practitioner seeks a result
advantageous to the client but consistent with requirements of honest dealings with
others. A licensed paralegal practitioner's representation of a client does not constitute
an endorsement of the client's political, economic, social or moral views or activities.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [3] - ✔✔[3] In addition to these representational
functions, a licensed paralegal practitioner may serve as a third-party neutral, a
nonrepresentational role helping the parties to resolve a dispute or other matter. Some
of these Rules apply directly to licensed paralegal practitioners who are or have served
as third-party neutrals. See, e.g., Rules 1.12 and 2.4. In addition, there are rules that
apply to licensed paralegal practitioners who are not active in the practice of law or to
practicing licensed paralegal practitioners even when they are acting in a
nonprofessional capacity. For example, a licensed paralegal practitioner who commits
fraud in the conduct of a business is subject to discipline for engaging in conduct
involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation. See Rule 8.4.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [4] - ✔✔[4] In all professional functions a licensed
paralegal practitioner should be competent, prompt and diligent. A licensed paralegal
practitioner should maintain communication with a client concerning the representation.
A licensed paralegal practitioner should keep in confidence information relating to
representation of a client except so far as disclosure is required or permitted by the
Licensed Paralegal Practitioner Rules of Professional Conduct or other law.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [5] - ✔✔[5] A licensed paralegal practitioner's
conduct should conform to the requirements of the law, both in professional service to
clients and in the licensed paralegal practitioner's business and personal affairs. A
licensed paralegal practitioner should use the law's procedures only for legitimate
,purposes and not to harass or intimidate others. A licensed paralegal practitioner should
demonstrate respect for the legal system and for those who serve it, including judges,
attorneys, other licensed paralegal practitioners and public officials. While it is a
licensed paralegal practitioner's duty, when necessary, to challenge the rectitude of
official action, it is also a licensed paralegal practitioner's duty to uphold legal process.
✔✔Reamble, LPP Responsibilities [6] - ✔✔[6] As a public citizen, a licensed paralegal
practitioner should seek improvement of the law, access to the legal system, the
administration of justice and the quality of service rendered by the legal profession. In
addition, a licensed paralegal practitioner should further the public's understanding of
and confidence in the rule of law and the justice system because legal institutions in a
constitutional democracy depend on popular participation and support to maintain their
authority. A licensed paralegal practitioner should be mindful of deficiencies in the
administration of justice and of the fact that the poor, and sometimes persons who are
not poor, cannot afford adequate legal assistance and, therefore, all licensed paralegal
practitioners should devote professional time and resources and use civic influence in
their behalf to ensure equal access to our system of justice for all those who because of
economic or social barriers cannot afford or secure adequate legal counsel. A licensed
paralegal practitioner should aid the legal profession in pursuing these objectives and
should help the Bar regulate itself in the public interest.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [7] - ✔✔[7] Many of a licensed paralegal
practitioner's professional responsibilities are prescribed in the Licensed Paralegal
Practitioner Rules of Professional Conduct, as well as substantive and procedural law.
However, a licensed paralegal practitioner is also guided by personal conscience and
the approbation of professional peers. A licensed paralegal practitioner should strive to
attain the highest level of skill, to improve the law and the legal profession and to
exemplify the legal profession's ideals of public service.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [8] - ✔✔[8] A licensed paralegal practitioner's
responsibilities as a representative of clients, an officer of the legal system and a public
citizen are usually harmonious. Thus, a licensed paralegal practitioner can be sure that
preserving client confidences ordinarily serves the public interest because people are
more likely to seek legal advice, and thereby heed their legal obligations, when they
know their communications will be private.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [9] - ✔✔[9] In the nature of law practice, however,
conflicting responsibilities are encountered. Virtually all difficult ethical problems arise
from conflict between a licensed paralegal practitioner's responsibilities to clients, to the
legal system and to the licensed paralegal practitioner's own interest in remaining an
ethical person while earning a satisfactory living. The Licensed Paralegal Practitioner
Rules of Professional Conduct often prescribe terms for resolving such conflicts. Within
the framework of these Rules, however, many difficult issues of professional discretion
can arise. Such issues must be resolved through the exercise of sensitive professional
and moral judgment guided by the basic principles underlying the Rules. These
principles include the licensed paralegal practitioner's obligation zealously to protect and
, pursue a client's legitimate interests, within the bounds of the adversarial system, while
maintaining a professional, courteous and civil attitude toward all persons involved in
the legal system.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [10] - ✔✔[10] The legal profession is largely self-
governing. Although other professions also have been granted powers of self-
government, the legal profession is unique in this respect because of the close
relationship between the profession and the processes of government and law
enforcement. This connection is manifested in the fact that ultimate authority over the
legal profession is vested largely in the courts.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [11] - ✔✔[11] To the extent that licensed paralegal
practitioners meet the obligations of their professional calling, the occasion for
government regulation is obviated. Self-regulation also helps maintain the legal
profession's independence from government domination. An independent legal
profession is an important force in preserving government under law, for abuse of legal
authority is more readily challenged by a profession whose members are not dependent
on government for the right to practice.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [12] - ✔✔[12] The legal profession's relative
autonomy carries with it special responsibilities of self-government. The profession has
a responsibility to ensure that its regulations are conceived in the public interest and not
in furtherance of parochial or self-interested concerns of the Bar. Every licensed
paralegal practitioner is responsible for observance of the Licensed Paralegal
Practitioner Rules of Professional Conduct. A licensed paralegal practitioner should also
aid in securing their observance by other licensed paralegal practitioners and lawyers.
Neglect of these responsibilities compromises the independence of the profession and
the public interest which it serves.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [13] - ✔✔[13] Licensed paralegal practitioners play
a vital role in the preservation of society. The fulfillment of this role requires an
understanding by licensed paralegal practitioners of their relationship to our legal
system. The Licensed Paralegal Practitioner Rules of Professional Conduct, when
properly applied, serve to define that relationship.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [14] - ✔✔[14] The Licensed Paralegal Practitioner
Rules of Professional Conduct are rules of reason. They should be interpreted with
reference to the purposes of legal representation and of the law itself. Some of the
Rules are imperatives, cast in the terms "shall" or "shall not." These define proper
conduct for purposes of professional discipline. Others, generally cast in the term "may,"
are permissive and define areas under the Rules in which the licensed paralegal
practitioner has discretion to exercise professional judgment. No disciplinary action
should be taken when the licensed paralegal practitioner chooses not to act or acts
within the bounds of such discretion. Other Rules define the nature of relationships
between the licensed paralegal practitioner and others. The Rules are thus partly
obligatory and disciplinary and partly constitutive and descriptive in that they define a
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [2] - ✔✔[2] As a representative of clients, a licensed
paralegal practitioner performs various functions. As advisor, a licensed paralegal
practitioner provides a client with an informed understanding of the client's legal rights
and obligations and explains their practical implications. As advocate, a licensed
paralegal practitioner zealously asserts the client's position under the rules of the
adversary system. As negotiator, a licensed paralegal practitioner seeks a result
advantageous to the client but consistent with requirements of honest dealings with
others. A licensed paralegal practitioner's representation of a client does not constitute
an endorsement of the client's political, economic, social or moral views or activities.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [3] - ✔✔[3] In addition to these representational
functions, a licensed paralegal practitioner may serve as a third-party neutral, a
nonrepresentational role helping the parties to resolve a dispute or other matter. Some
of these Rules apply directly to licensed paralegal practitioners who are or have served
as third-party neutrals. See, e.g., Rules 1.12 and 2.4. In addition, there are rules that
apply to licensed paralegal practitioners who are not active in the practice of law or to
practicing licensed paralegal practitioners even when they are acting in a
nonprofessional capacity. For example, a licensed paralegal practitioner who commits
fraud in the conduct of a business is subject to discipline for engaging in conduct
involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation. See Rule 8.4.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [4] - ✔✔[4] In all professional functions a licensed
paralegal practitioner should be competent, prompt and diligent. A licensed paralegal
practitioner should maintain communication with a client concerning the representation.
A licensed paralegal practitioner should keep in confidence information relating to
representation of a client except so far as disclosure is required or permitted by the
Licensed Paralegal Practitioner Rules of Professional Conduct or other law.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [5] - ✔✔[5] A licensed paralegal practitioner's
conduct should conform to the requirements of the law, both in professional service to
clients and in the licensed paralegal practitioner's business and personal affairs. A
licensed paralegal practitioner should use the law's procedures only for legitimate
,purposes and not to harass or intimidate others. A licensed paralegal practitioner should
demonstrate respect for the legal system and for those who serve it, including judges,
attorneys, other licensed paralegal practitioners and public officials. While it is a
licensed paralegal practitioner's duty, when necessary, to challenge the rectitude of
official action, it is also a licensed paralegal practitioner's duty to uphold legal process.
✔✔Reamble, LPP Responsibilities [6] - ✔✔[6] As a public citizen, a licensed paralegal
practitioner should seek improvement of the law, access to the legal system, the
administration of justice and the quality of service rendered by the legal profession. In
addition, a licensed paralegal practitioner should further the public's understanding of
and confidence in the rule of law and the justice system because legal institutions in a
constitutional democracy depend on popular participation and support to maintain their
authority. A licensed paralegal practitioner should be mindful of deficiencies in the
administration of justice and of the fact that the poor, and sometimes persons who are
not poor, cannot afford adequate legal assistance and, therefore, all licensed paralegal
practitioners should devote professional time and resources and use civic influence in
their behalf to ensure equal access to our system of justice for all those who because of
economic or social barriers cannot afford or secure adequate legal counsel. A licensed
paralegal practitioner should aid the legal profession in pursuing these objectives and
should help the Bar regulate itself in the public interest.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [7] - ✔✔[7] Many of a licensed paralegal
practitioner's professional responsibilities are prescribed in the Licensed Paralegal
Practitioner Rules of Professional Conduct, as well as substantive and procedural law.
However, a licensed paralegal practitioner is also guided by personal conscience and
the approbation of professional peers. A licensed paralegal practitioner should strive to
attain the highest level of skill, to improve the law and the legal profession and to
exemplify the legal profession's ideals of public service.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [8] - ✔✔[8] A licensed paralegal practitioner's
responsibilities as a representative of clients, an officer of the legal system and a public
citizen are usually harmonious. Thus, a licensed paralegal practitioner can be sure that
preserving client confidences ordinarily serves the public interest because people are
more likely to seek legal advice, and thereby heed their legal obligations, when they
know their communications will be private.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [9] - ✔✔[9] In the nature of law practice, however,
conflicting responsibilities are encountered. Virtually all difficult ethical problems arise
from conflict between a licensed paralegal practitioner's responsibilities to clients, to the
legal system and to the licensed paralegal practitioner's own interest in remaining an
ethical person while earning a satisfactory living. The Licensed Paralegal Practitioner
Rules of Professional Conduct often prescribe terms for resolving such conflicts. Within
the framework of these Rules, however, many difficult issues of professional discretion
can arise. Such issues must be resolved through the exercise of sensitive professional
and moral judgment guided by the basic principles underlying the Rules. These
principles include the licensed paralegal practitioner's obligation zealously to protect and
, pursue a client's legitimate interests, within the bounds of the adversarial system, while
maintaining a professional, courteous and civil attitude toward all persons involved in
the legal system.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [10] - ✔✔[10] The legal profession is largely self-
governing. Although other professions also have been granted powers of self-
government, the legal profession is unique in this respect because of the close
relationship between the profession and the processes of government and law
enforcement. This connection is manifested in the fact that ultimate authority over the
legal profession is vested largely in the courts.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [11] - ✔✔[11] To the extent that licensed paralegal
practitioners meet the obligations of their professional calling, the occasion for
government regulation is obviated. Self-regulation also helps maintain the legal
profession's independence from government domination. An independent legal
profession is an important force in preserving government under law, for abuse of legal
authority is more readily challenged by a profession whose members are not dependent
on government for the right to practice.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [12] - ✔✔[12] The legal profession's relative
autonomy carries with it special responsibilities of self-government. The profession has
a responsibility to ensure that its regulations are conceived in the public interest and not
in furtherance of parochial or self-interested concerns of the Bar. Every licensed
paralegal practitioner is responsible for observance of the Licensed Paralegal
Practitioner Rules of Professional Conduct. A licensed paralegal practitioner should also
aid in securing their observance by other licensed paralegal practitioners and lawyers.
Neglect of these responsibilities compromises the independence of the profession and
the public interest which it serves.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [13] - ✔✔[13] Licensed paralegal practitioners play
a vital role in the preservation of society. The fulfillment of this role requires an
understanding by licensed paralegal practitioners of their relationship to our legal
system. The Licensed Paralegal Practitioner Rules of Professional Conduct, when
properly applied, serve to define that relationship.
✔✔Preamble, LPP Responsibilities [14] - ✔✔[14] The Licensed Paralegal Practitioner
Rules of Professional Conduct are rules of reason. They should be interpreted with
reference to the purposes of legal representation and of the law itself. Some of the
Rules are imperatives, cast in the terms "shall" or "shall not." These define proper
conduct for purposes of professional discipline. Others, generally cast in the term "may,"
are permissive and define areas under the Rules in which the licensed paralegal
practitioner has discretion to exercise professional judgment. No disciplinary action
should be taken when the licensed paralegal practitioner chooses not to act or acts
within the bounds of such discretion. Other Rules define the nature of relationships
between the licensed paralegal practitioner and others. The Rules are thus partly
obligatory and disciplinary and partly constitutive and descriptive in that they define a
