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