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LPM Chapter 4. #50-102 Exam Questions
And Answers 2025 Update.
What determines when the attorney-client relationship begins? - Answer✔Case law
What are the three factors the Iowa Supreme Court uses to test when an attorney-client
relationship exists? - Answer✔- the client sought legal advice
- the advice sought was within areas of a lawyer's competence.
- the lawyer gave, or agreed to give, the advice sought
Is payment of a fee essential for an attorney-client relationship to exist? - Answer✔No
What are the five C's of the attorney-client relationship? - Answer✔Competence,commitment,
communication, conflict of interest, and confidentiality
What four things are required to represent the client competently? - Answer✔- legal
knowledge
- legal skill
- thoroughness
- preparation
What are the legal skills required of a lawyer? - Answer✔technical skills such as the ability to
draft documents, review documents, conduct research, and perform administrative tasks such
as recording keeping.
What is "thoroughness", as required by the ABA model rules? - Answer✔the degree of
thoroughness ordinarily employed by lawyers undertaking similar matters
What does adequate preparation consist of? - Answer✔requires necessary legal research and
investigation of the facts of the case
Must an attorney decline a case if he or she has no experience in the applicable area of law? -
Answer✔the attorney need not decline the case if the attorney can become knowledgable in
that area without jeopardizing the clients case
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If the case is complex and the lawyer knows that he or she does not have the skill or experience
required for the case, he or she may do one of two things. What are they? - Answer✔Either
decline the case or associate another attorney on the case that is competent in the subject
matter.
If the lawyer chooses to associate another lawyer on the case, what must the attorney obtain? -
Answer✔the lawyer must have the clients consent
Can the attorney charge the client increased fees if he or she associates another on the case? -
Answer✔no, the fees charged the client cannot be increased because of the involvement of the
additional lawyer
What does the commitment to a clients case forbid the lawyer to do? - Answer✔forbids the
lawyer to neglect the case
What are some examples of a lack of commitment to a clients case? - Answer✔- failure to begin
an action
- failure to appear at a hearing
- failure to file pleadings
- filing carelessly drafted
What does zeal mean? - Answer✔the frame of mind appropriate in advocacy but not
appropriate in the lawyers role as advisor
What is clients most common complaint about their lawyers? - Answer✔attorneys failure to
communicate with clients
What are some of the things a lawyer can do to keep clients informed? - Answer✔- advising
them of the status of their affairs
- responding to their requests for information
- responding to letters sent by clients
- advising clients on both legal and practical aspects of a matter
Providing the client with information relates to two areas of the clients case. What are they? -
Answer✔1. informing the client of the status of the case
2. advising the client of the law to allow the client to make informed decisions concerning the
case
When may a lawyer represent a client whose interests are adverse to another client? -
Answer✔a lawyer may not represent one client whose interests are adverse to another client,
even if the two representations are unrelated, unless the client consents and the lawyer
believes the representation will not adversely affect a client
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LPM Chapter 4. #50-102 Exam Questions
And Answers 2025 Update.
What determines when the attorney-client relationship begins? - Answer✔Case law
What are the three factors the Iowa Supreme Court uses to test when an attorney-client
relationship exists? - Answer✔- the client sought legal advice
- the advice sought was within areas of a lawyer's competence.
- the lawyer gave, or agreed to give, the advice sought
Is payment of a fee essential for an attorney-client relationship to exist? - Answer✔No
What are the five C's of the attorney-client relationship? - Answer✔Competence,commitment,
communication, conflict of interest, and confidentiality
What four things are required to represent the client competently? - Answer✔- legal
knowledge
- legal skill
- thoroughness
- preparation
What are the legal skills required of a lawyer? - Answer✔technical skills such as the ability to
draft documents, review documents, conduct research, and perform administrative tasks such
as recording keeping.
What is "thoroughness", as required by the ABA model rules? - Answer✔the degree of
thoroughness ordinarily employed by lawyers undertaking similar matters
What does adequate preparation consist of? - Answer✔requires necessary legal research and
investigation of the facts of the case
Must an attorney decline a case if he or she has no experience in the applicable area of law? -
Answer✔the attorney need not decline the case if the attorney can become knowledgable in
that area without jeopardizing the clients case
1
, ©THEBRIGHT 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 11:11AM.
If the case is complex and the lawyer knows that he or she does not have the skill or experience
required for the case, he or she may do one of two things. What are they? - Answer✔Either
decline the case or associate another attorney on the case that is competent in the subject
matter.
If the lawyer chooses to associate another lawyer on the case, what must the attorney obtain? -
Answer✔the lawyer must have the clients consent
Can the attorney charge the client increased fees if he or she associates another on the case? -
Answer✔no, the fees charged the client cannot be increased because of the involvement of the
additional lawyer
What does the commitment to a clients case forbid the lawyer to do? - Answer✔forbids the
lawyer to neglect the case
What are some examples of a lack of commitment to a clients case? - Answer✔- failure to begin
an action
- failure to appear at a hearing
- failure to file pleadings
- filing carelessly drafted
What does zeal mean? - Answer✔the frame of mind appropriate in advocacy but not
appropriate in the lawyers role as advisor
What is clients most common complaint about their lawyers? - Answer✔attorneys failure to
communicate with clients
What are some of the things a lawyer can do to keep clients informed? - Answer✔- advising
them of the status of their affairs
- responding to their requests for information
- responding to letters sent by clients
- advising clients on both legal and practical aspects of a matter
Providing the client with information relates to two areas of the clients case. What are they? -
Answer✔1. informing the client of the status of the case
2. advising the client of the law to allow the client to make informed decisions concerning the
case
When may a lawyer represent a client whose interests are adverse to another client? -
Answer✔a lawyer may not represent one client whose interests are adverse to another client,
even if the two representations are unrelated, unless the client consents and the lawyer
believes the representation will not adversely affect a client
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