LPP Ethics (Final) 2026 Update Questions and Verified Answers
– Licensed Paralegal Practitioner (LPP) Ethics – Complete Exam
Preparation Material and Practice Questions with Answers
Introduction:
This document contains a comprehensive collection of LPP
Ethics exam questions and verified answers covering
professional responsibility, confidentiality, conflicts of
interest, unauthorized practice of law (UPL), client
communication, trust accounting, competence, solicitation,
and disciplinary rules. It also includes scenario-based ethics
questions and general legal ethics review questions designed
to reinforce key principles tested on LPP ethics examinations.
The material serves as a study guide and exam-preparation
resource, combining practical ethics scenarios with
foundational legal ethics concepts. It is structured to help
students review common exam topics and ethical obligations
encountered in legal practice.
Exam Questions and Answers
LPP Andy has joined his family for Thanksgiving. Andy's
grandfather asks a general question to everyone sitting at the
table about writing a holographic will. He wants to know if
writing his will on letterhead stationery is legal. Andy takes
Grandfather's question as a hypothetical and responds to it
along with everyone else at the table throwing in their
opinions. Later that night, Grandfather rewrites his
,holographic will on a blank piece of paper based on Andy's
reply to the question. Which of the following is true? ---
correct precise answer ---Andy is guilty of UPL because he
applied his knowledge of the law to a legal question and gave
an answer.
LPP Johnston's wife died last month. He is despondent and
unable to concentrate on his work. He often finds the day has
passed by and he has not accomplished anything on behalf of
his many clients. Next week he will prepare a motion for
which he will be completely unprepared. Johnston: --- correct
precise answer ---May be found to be incompetent because his
depression is keeping him from being thorough and properly
preparing for the upcoming motion.
Mary is an LPP licensed to practice in family law. She has
become pretty friendly with John. They have met for drinks
twice after long days spent discussing the divorce case and
attending mediation. John has confided in Mary on these
"dates" that his wife is emotionally abusive. Mary believes
John is a nice guy who is being bullied by his soon to be ex
wife and her attorney. Mary wants to help John and to
hopefully escalate their relationship once the divorce is over.
John tells Mary that he has a secret bank account in his
mother's name where he has been saving money out of every
paycheck so he could one day leave his wife.
John is required to file a statement with the court in his
divorce outlining his assets and income. Mary knows that John
,will likely be ordered to pay significantly higher child support
and alimony and have less money left over for himself if he
includes all of his assets and income on the statem --- correct
precise answer ---A and B only.
Having a sexual relationship with her client.
Filing a pleading that Mary knows is fraudulent.
Mary is an LPP licensed to practice in family law. She has
become pretty friendly with John. They have met for drinks
twice after long days spent discussing the divorce case and
attending mediation. After one very long day, Mary and John
kissed in the parking garage and ended up having intercourse
in Mary's car. John then confided in Mary that his wife has
been emotionally abusive for years. Mary believes John is a
nice guy who is being bullied by his soon to be ex wife and her
attorney. Mary wants to help John and to hopefully escalate
their relationship once the divorce is over. John tells Mary
that he has a secret bank account in his mother's name where
he has been saving money out of every paycheck so he could
one day leave his wife.
John is required to file a statement with the court in his
divorce outlining his assets and income. Mary knows that John
will likely be ordered to pay significantly higher child supp ---
correct precise answer ---Having a sexual relationship with
her client.
Jack and Jill are married LPP's practicing in family law. They
are at dinner one night and they are talking about their brand
, new clients. They discover that each of them is representing a
different member of the same couple in a divorce action. What
should these LPP's do? --- correct precise answer ---There are
no legal or ethical guidelines requiring married LPPs in such
situations to do anything.
Jack and Jill are married LPP's practicing in family law. They
are at dinner one night and they are talking about their brand
new clients using no names but only hypotheticals about their
client's cases. They discover that each of them is representing
a different member of the same couple in a divorce action. The
LPP couple is able to work out a good compromise in the
matter and both agree to work with their clients get them to
sign a settlement on those terms. This settlement will avoid
excessive fees that might be incurred if the clients don't agree
to settle. The couple has: --- correct precise answer ---Acted
unethically by discussing their clients with each other.
Jack and Jill are married LPP's practicing in family law. They
are at dinner one night and they are talking about their brand
new clients using no names but only hypotheticals about their
client's cases. They discover that each of them is representing
a different member of the same couple in a divorce action. The
LPP couple is able to work out a good compromise in the
matter and both agree to work with their clients get them to
sign a settlement on those terms. This settlement will avoid
excessive fees that might be incurred if the clients don't agree
to settle.
– Licensed Paralegal Practitioner (LPP) Ethics – Complete Exam
Preparation Material and Practice Questions with Answers
Introduction:
This document contains a comprehensive collection of LPP
Ethics exam questions and verified answers covering
professional responsibility, confidentiality, conflicts of
interest, unauthorized practice of law (UPL), client
communication, trust accounting, competence, solicitation,
and disciplinary rules. It also includes scenario-based ethics
questions and general legal ethics review questions designed
to reinforce key principles tested on LPP ethics examinations.
The material serves as a study guide and exam-preparation
resource, combining practical ethics scenarios with
foundational legal ethics concepts. It is structured to help
students review common exam topics and ethical obligations
encountered in legal practice.
Exam Questions and Answers
LPP Andy has joined his family for Thanksgiving. Andy's
grandfather asks a general question to everyone sitting at the
table about writing a holographic will. He wants to know if
writing his will on letterhead stationery is legal. Andy takes
Grandfather's question as a hypothetical and responds to it
along with everyone else at the table throwing in their
opinions. Later that night, Grandfather rewrites his
,holographic will on a blank piece of paper based on Andy's
reply to the question. Which of the following is true? ---
correct precise answer ---Andy is guilty of UPL because he
applied his knowledge of the law to a legal question and gave
an answer.
LPP Johnston's wife died last month. He is despondent and
unable to concentrate on his work. He often finds the day has
passed by and he has not accomplished anything on behalf of
his many clients. Next week he will prepare a motion for
which he will be completely unprepared. Johnston: --- correct
precise answer ---May be found to be incompetent because his
depression is keeping him from being thorough and properly
preparing for the upcoming motion.
Mary is an LPP licensed to practice in family law. She has
become pretty friendly with John. They have met for drinks
twice after long days spent discussing the divorce case and
attending mediation. John has confided in Mary on these
"dates" that his wife is emotionally abusive. Mary believes
John is a nice guy who is being bullied by his soon to be ex
wife and her attorney. Mary wants to help John and to
hopefully escalate their relationship once the divorce is over.
John tells Mary that he has a secret bank account in his
mother's name where he has been saving money out of every
paycheck so he could one day leave his wife.
John is required to file a statement with the court in his
divorce outlining his assets and income. Mary knows that John
,will likely be ordered to pay significantly higher child support
and alimony and have less money left over for himself if he
includes all of his assets and income on the statem --- correct
precise answer ---A and B only.
Having a sexual relationship with her client.
Filing a pleading that Mary knows is fraudulent.
Mary is an LPP licensed to practice in family law. She has
become pretty friendly with John. They have met for drinks
twice after long days spent discussing the divorce case and
attending mediation. After one very long day, Mary and John
kissed in the parking garage and ended up having intercourse
in Mary's car. John then confided in Mary that his wife has
been emotionally abusive for years. Mary believes John is a
nice guy who is being bullied by his soon to be ex wife and her
attorney. Mary wants to help John and to hopefully escalate
their relationship once the divorce is over. John tells Mary
that he has a secret bank account in his mother's name where
he has been saving money out of every paycheck so he could
one day leave his wife.
John is required to file a statement with the court in his
divorce outlining his assets and income. Mary knows that John
will likely be ordered to pay significantly higher child supp ---
correct precise answer ---Having a sexual relationship with
her client.
Jack and Jill are married LPP's practicing in family law. They
are at dinner one night and they are talking about their brand
, new clients. They discover that each of them is representing a
different member of the same couple in a divorce action. What
should these LPP's do? --- correct precise answer ---There are
no legal or ethical guidelines requiring married LPPs in such
situations to do anything.
Jack and Jill are married LPP's practicing in family law. They
are at dinner one night and they are talking about their brand
new clients using no names but only hypotheticals about their
client's cases. They discover that each of them is representing
a different member of the same couple in a divorce action. The
LPP couple is able to work out a good compromise in the
matter and both agree to work with their clients get them to
sign a settlement on those terms. This settlement will avoid
excessive fees that might be incurred if the clients don't agree
to settle. The couple has: --- correct precise answer ---Acted
unethically by discussing their clients with each other.
Jack and Jill are married LPP's practicing in family law. They
are at dinner one night and they are talking about their brand
new clients using no names but only hypotheticals about their
client's cases. They discover that each of them is representing
a different member of the same couple in a divorce action. The
LPP couple is able to work out a good compromise in the
matter and both agree to work with their clients get them to
sign a settlement on those terms. This settlement will avoid
excessive fees that might be incurred if the clients don't agree
to settle.
