BARBRI MPRE M/C Questions 2025
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A full time judge lives in state A. Her father lives in a retirement home in State b.
the judge's father told her that several of his friends in the retirement home had
emplyoed an attorney to write will for them, and that in each will the attorney had
incldued a bequest to himself. Each bequest was approximately 50% of the
estimated value of the persons probable estate. The friends told the judge's father
that they did not really want to give the attorney anything but they had assumed it
was merely a matter of routine, a part of the attorney's compensation for drafting
the will. The attorney is admitted to practice in State B but not in State A. The
judge did not talk personally with any of her fathers friends but she belives that her
father is telling the truth.
Would it be proper for the judge to communicate directly with teh attorney about
the matter and if that does not satisfy her, to communicate with teh disc - --
Answer --A. Yes, because she has received infomration indicating a
substantial likelihood that the attorney has violated a legal ethics rule.
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,A yong lawyer three years out of law school had never set foot in a courtroom.
The lawyer was on the board for a non for profit for a preschool. One of the
preschools teachers was charged with felony child abuse for molesting three kids.
AFter conducing its own investigation the board of directors concldue that the
criminal charge was unfoundedand the board resolved to provide defense counsel
for the teacher. The young lawyer volunteered to do the work without a fee. a few
days before the trial was to begin the lawyer became convinced that he was not
competent to serve as teh teachers counsel. He asked the judge to withdraw. AFter
questionig the lawyer about preparation for the trial the judge said that while he
understoodf the lawyers anxiet, he believed that the lawyer was competent to
handle hte case. The judge denied the motion to withdraw but postponed the trail
for 7 days to allow him to complete preparation. - --Answer --A. Yes,
becuase he abandoned his client in direct violation of the trial judge's order. 1.16(c)
An attorney represented a defendent in a criminal trial. After the jury returned a
guilty verdict, the defendant was taken to jail and the jury was dishcarged. While
walking to hisncar, the lawyer spotted one of the courtroom spectators in the
parking lot. The attorney recalled that the spectator had been a member of the jury
pool but he had exercised a preemptory challenge against her because he
instincitively felt that she would vote against the defendant. Despite not being
selected as a juror, the spectator developed an interest in the case and attedned the
entire trial.
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,In an attempt to determine whether his instincts during jury slection was correct,
the attoreny approached the spectator and asked wherhere she would have voted
to convict the defendant. The spectator said that she would rather not talk about it.
When the attoreny explained that he was looking for constructive feedback the
spectator changed her m - --Answer --A. Yes, because the spectator initally
declined to speak with teh lawyer. 3.5(c)
A lawyer assigned his secretary to manage his client trust account. The lawyer gave
the secretary extensive, detailed instructions about the kind of records to keep, the
kinds of funds that she must deposit and the kinds of permissible withdraws that
she could make. The lawyer had complete faith in the secretaries abilities. Three
years later during an audit, it was discovered that on 18 different occasions during
that period the account balance fell below the amount that should have been there.
The lawyer was unawre of these occassions until he recieved a copy of the audit.
Is the lawyer subject to discipline? - --Answer --A. Yes, because he did not
adequately supervise the receptionist. MRPC 5.3
A potential client consulted an attoreyn hoping to hire her to represent him as a
plaintitff in a medical malpractice acction against his doctor. Wuithout mention the
doctors name, the client described the alleged acts of malpractice and said that tehy
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, happened more than two years ago. Only at this point did the potential client name
the doctor. The attorney immediatley stopped the potential client and said that she
could not represent him because she wsa already repping the doctr in an unrealted
matter and she urged him to consult another lawyer. That was the end of the
conversation. The pootential client did nothing for 15 motnsh at whcih he
consulted another lawyer. By that time the SOL had run on the potential claim
against the doctor. The protential client sued the attroreny for legal malpractice
alleging that the attoreny was nelgigent in not warning him about the SOL.
Is the attorney subject to civil liabili - --Answer --A. No, because the
attorney did what a reasonably prudent lawyer would do in the circumstances --
decline to represent the potential client and suggest that he consult another lawyer.
A client hired a lawyer to do the legal work in connection with a complex public
securities offering. The lawyer agreed to do the work for a set hourly fee. THe
lawyer did a great deal of legal research, prepared numerous memoranda of fact
and law, and rafted most of the documents need for the public offering. At that
tpoint the client became angry with teh lawyer for not reason and fired him. The
client paid the lawyer at the agreed rate for teh work the lawyer had already done
and demanded the lawyer turn over the papoers that the lawyer had prepared,
including legal and fact memoranda and the document drafts.
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A full time judge lives in state A. Her father lives in a retirement home in State b.
the judge's father told her that several of his friends in the retirement home had
emplyoed an attorney to write will for them, and that in each will the attorney had
incldued a bequest to himself. Each bequest was approximately 50% of the
estimated value of the persons probable estate. The friends told the judge's father
that they did not really want to give the attorney anything but they had assumed it
was merely a matter of routine, a part of the attorney's compensation for drafting
the will. The attorney is admitted to practice in State B but not in State A. The
judge did not talk personally with any of her fathers friends but she belives that her
father is telling the truth.
Would it be proper for the judge to communicate directly with teh attorney about
the matter and if that does not satisfy her, to communicate with teh disc - --
Answer --A. Yes, because she has received infomration indicating a
substantial likelihood that the attorney has violated a legal ethics rule.
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,A yong lawyer three years out of law school had never set foot in a courtroom.
The lawyer was on the board for a non for profit for a preschool. One of the
preschools teachers was charged with felony child abuse for molesting three kids.
AFter conducing its own investigation the board of directors concldue that the
criminal charge was unfoundedand the board resolved to provide defense counsel
for the teacher. The young lawyer volunteered to do the work without a fee. a few
days before the trial was to begin the lawyer became convinced that he was not
competent to serve as teh teachers counsel. He asked the judge to withdraw. AFter
questionig the lawyer about preparation for the trial the judge said that while he
understoodf the lawyers anxiet, he believed that the lawyer was competent to
handle hte case. The judge denied the motion to withdraw but postponed the trail
for 7 days to allow him to complete preparation. - --Answer --A. Yes,
becuase he abandoned his client in direct violation of the trial judge's order. 1.16(c)
An attorney represented a defendent in a criminal trial. After the jury returned a
guilty verdict, the defendant was taken to jail and the jury was dishcarged. While
walking to hisncar, the lawyer spotted one of the courtroom spectators in the
parking lot. The attorney recalled that the spectator had been a member of the jury
pool but he had exercised a preemptory challenge against her because he
instincitively felt that she would vote against the defendant. Despite not being
selected as a juror, the spectator developed an interest in the case and attedned the
entire trial.
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,In an attempt to determine whether his instincts during jury slection was correct,
the attoreny approached the spectator and asked wherhere she would have voted
to convict the defendant. The spectator said that she would rather not talk about it.
When the attoreny explained that he was looking for constructive feedback the
spectator changed her m - --Answer --A. Yes, because the spectator initally
declined to speak with teh lawyer. 3.5(c)
A lawyer assigned his secretary to manage his client trust account. The lawyer gave
the secretary extensive, detailed instructions about the kind of records to keep, the
kinds of funds that she must deposit and the kinds of permissible withdraws that
she could make. The lawyer had complete faith in the secretaries abilities. Three
years later during an audit, it was discovered that on 18 different occasions during
that period the account balance fell below the amount that should have been there.
The lawyer was unawre of these occassions until he recieved a copy of the audit.
Is the lawyer subject to discipline? - --Answer --A. Yes, because he did not
adequately supervise the receptionist. MRPC 5.3
A potential client consulted an attoreyn hoping to hire her to represent him as a
plaintitff in a medical malpractice acction against his doctor. Wuithout mention the
doctors name, the client described the alleged acts of malpractice and said that tehy
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, happened more than two years ago. Only at this point did the potential client name
the doctor. The attorney immediatley stopped the potential client and said that she
could not represent him because she wsa already repping the doctr in an unrealted
matter and she urged him to consult another lawyer. That was the end of the
conversation. The pootential client did nothing for 15 motnsh at whcih he
consulted another lawyer. By that time the SOL had run on the potential claim
against the doctor. The protential client sued the attroreny for legal malpractice
alleging that the attoreny was nelgigent in not warning him about the SOL.
Is the attorney subject to civil liabili - --Answer --A. No, because the
attorney did what a reasonably prudent lawyer would do in the circumstances --
decline to represent the potential client and suggest that he consult another lawyer.
A client hired a lawyer to do the legal work in connection with a complex public
securities offering. The lawyer agreed to do the work for a set hourly fee. THe
lawyer did a great deal of legal research, prepared numerous memoranda of fact
and law, and rafted most of the documents need for the public offering. At that
tpoint the client became angry with teh lawyer for not reason and fired him. The
client paid the lawyer at the agreed rate for teh work the lawyer had already done
and demanded the lawyer turn over the papoers that the lawyer had prepared,
including legal and fact memoranda and the document drafts.
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