MPRE THEMIS EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A lawyer must take reasonable measures to ensure that a person obtaining non-legal
services from them knows that the services are - ....ANSWER ...-not legal services
and that the protections of the lawyer-client privilege do not apply.
A lawyer has a duty to decline representation of a client when the lawyer's ________or
___________condition materially impairs the lawyer's ability to represent the client -
....ANSWER ...-physical or mental
If a lawyer acts with apparent authority regarding accepting a settlement offer the
agreement will be - ....ANSWER ...-Binding even if the client had not expressly
agreed to the offer
A lawyer generally may withdraw for any reason when the client's interests will
not_________________ - ....ANSWER ...-Be materially harmed, even when the
client objects to the withdrawal.
At the conclusion of a successful contingent fee matter, the lawyer must -
....ANSWER ...-Provide the client with a written statement stating the outcome of
the matter and, if there is a recovery, showing the remittance to the client and the
method of its determination.
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, It is prohibited for an attorney to collect a referral fee from another attorney but it is not -
....ANSWER ...-Prohibited for an attorney to charge a client a referral fee
In a non-contingent fee agreement, a lawyer has the duty to communicate not only the
fee the lawyer will charge but also - ....ANSWER ...-The expenses for which the
client will be responsible for
A client, during a conference with her attorney in his office about the client's pending
divorce, threatened to kill her husband, from whom she was separated. Based on his
knowledge of the client, the attorney believed his client's threat to be credible. The
attorney warned the husband of the client's threat. Despite the warning, the husband did
not take the threat seriously. Shortly thereafter, the client shot her husband, seriously
wounding him. Is the attorney subject to discipline for warning the husband of the
threat?
No, because the attorney had a duty to warn his client's husband.
No, because the attorney's failure to warn the client's husband was not the proximate
cause of the husband's harm.
No, because the attorney was reasonably certain that the disclosure was necessary to
prevent death or bodily harm.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A lawyer must take reasonable measures to ensure that a person obtaining non-legal
services from them knows that the services are - ....ANSWER ...-not legal services
and that the protections of the lawyer-client privilege do not apply.
A lawyer has a duty to decline representation of a client when the lawyer's ________or
___________condition materially impairs the lawyer's ability to represent the client -
....ANSWER ...-physical or mental
If a lawyer acts with apparent authority regarding accepting a settlement offer the
agreement will be - ....ANSWER ...-Binding even if the client had not expressly
agreed to the offer
A lawyer generally may withdraw for any reason when the client's interests will
not_________________ - ....ANSWER ...-Be materially harmed, even when the
client objects to the withdrawal.
At the conclusion of a successful contingent fee matter, the lawyer must -
....ANSWER ...-Provide the client with a written statement stating the outcome of
the matter and, if there is a recovery, showing the remittance to the client and the
method of its determination.
....FOR STUDY PURPOSES...©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... 1
, It is prohibited for an attorney to collect a referral fee from another attorney but it is not -
....ANSWER ...-Prohibited for an attorney to charge a client a referral fee
In a non-contingent fee agreement, a lawyer has the duty to communicate not only the
fee the lawyer will charge but also - ....ANSWER ...-The expenses for which the
client will be responsible for
A client, during a conference with her attorney in his office about the client's pending
divorce, threatened to kill her husband, from whom she was separated. Based on his
knowledge of the client, the attorney believed his client's threat to be credible. The
attorney warned the husband of the client's threat. Despite the warning, the husband did
not take the threat seriously. Shortly thereafter, the client shot her husband, seriously
wounding him. Is the attorney subject to discipline for warning the husband of the
threat?
No, because the attorney had a duty to warn his client's husband.
No, because the attorney's failure to warn the client's husband was not the proximate
cause of the husband's harm.
No, because the attorney was reasonably certain that the disclosure was necessary to
prevent death or bodily harm.
....FOR STUDY PURPOSES...©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... 2
