Introduction to MPRE
MPRE -✔✔Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination
MBE -✔✔Multistate Bar Examination
LSAC -✔✔Law School Administration Council
NCBE -✔✔National Conference of Bar Examiners
ABA -✔✔American Bar Association
MRPC -✔✔Model Rules of Professional Conduct
CJC -✔✔Model Code of Judicial Conduct
What the MPRE is based on -✔✔The law governing the conduct of lawyers including the disciplinary
rules of professional conduct and controlling constitutional decisions and generally-accepted
princispals
The law governing the conduct of lawyers is articulated in -✔✔The MRPC and the CJC
How the law governing lawyer ethics is applied -✔✔1. By courts in dealing with issues of appearance,
representation, privilege, qualification, and contempt or other censure
2. In lawsuits seeking to establish liability for malpractice and other civil or criminal wrongs
committed by a lawyer while acting in a professional capacity
If questions of professional responsibility arise in the context of procedural or evidentiary issues -
✔✔The federal rules of evidence will be assumed it to apply unless otherwise stated
MPRE -✔✔Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination
MBE -✔✔Multistate Bar Examination
LSAC -✔✔Law School Administration Council
NCBE -✔✔National Conference of Bar Examiners
ABA -✔✔American Bar Association
MRPC -✔✔Model Rules of Professional Conduct
CJC -✔✔Model Code of Judicial Conduct
What the MPRE is based on -✔✔The law governing the conduct of lawyers including the disciplinary
rules of professional conduct and controlling constitutional decisions and generally-accepted
princispals
The law governing the conduct of lawyers is articulated in -✔✔The MRPC and the CJC
How the law governing lawyer ethics is applied -✔✔1. By courts in dealing with issues of appearance,
representation, privilege, qualification, and contempt or other censure
2. In lawsuits seeking to establish liability for malpractice and other civil or criminal wrongs
committed by a lawyer while acting in a professional capacity
If questions of professional responsibility arise in the context of procedural or evidentiary issues -
✔✔The federal rules of evidence will be assumed it to apply unless otherwise stated
