BARBRI - MPRE EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
State Requirments for admission to the Bar - ....ANSWER ...-Supreme Court says
they must be *RATIONALLY RELATED* to the practice of law;
-State/US citizenship NOT ok
-Office in state YES ok
-graduation from ABA accredited law school YES ok
-take an oath to uphold constitution YES ok
Client consent to incompetent representation - ....ANSWER ...-NOT allowed
Lawyer's participation in a legal-reform organization - ....ANSWER ...-OK, even if
the organization's activities could impact one of the lawyer's clients (either positively or
negatively).
If NEGATIVE, the lawyer need not say anything to the organization.
If POSITIVE, the lawyer need only disclose the fact that a client's interests may be
materially benefited, but does NOT need to disclose the client's identity.
....FOR STUDY PURPOSES...©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... 1
,Pro Bono Services - ....ANSWER ...-1. Free or reduced legal services to indigent
clients
2. No expectation of collecting fee at the time the work was done
3. Unpaid activities for improving the law, legal system, and legal profession
Duty to prospective clients - ....ANSWER ...-A lawyer may *NOT* represent a
client with interests materially adverse to a prospective client
1. In the same or a substantially related matter AND
2. If the lawyer received information from the prospective client that could be
significantly harmful to the prospective client
Can a judge consult with other judges/court staff? - ....ANSWER ...-Yes, when the
judge makes reasonable efforts to avoid receiving factual information that is not part of
the record, *AND* does not abrogate the responsibility to personally decide the matter
May a judge consult a disinterested expert on law? - ....ANSWER ...-YES, as long
as parties have a reasonable opportunity to object/respond to the notice and to the
advice received.
Lawyer's personal opinion during litigation - ....ANSWER ...-Lawyer should NOT
interject his personal opinion during a litigation;
This includes personal beliefs that a client is innocent or that a witness is telling the
truth or lying
....FOR STUDY PURPOSES...©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... 2
, Soliciting Gifts/Drafting Wills - ....ANSWER ...-Lawyer may NOT solicit or
prepare a will that gives a substantial gift to the attorney or person related to the attorney
UNLESS it is a family member. In that case, a lawyer MAY solicit and prepare a will that
gives the attorney a substantial gift.
In-Person Solicitation - ....ANSWER ...-No in-person solicitation somebody who
you know needs legal help, EXCEPT
1) when money is NOT the motive (publicity, changing the law)
2) certain groups
---relatives,
---close friends,
---prior business relationships,
---other lawyers,
---routine business users of this type of legal services
Judges and practice of law - ....ANSWER ...-should not happen, other than part-
time judges, or a judge acting as his own lawyer (pro se); also should not act as an
executor, administrator, or trustee except for family members
CAN offer advice and draft and review documents for family members, but CANNOT
act as a family member's lawyer
Judge acting as administrator - ....ANSWER ...-Should NOT happen, other than
for *family*; even then, but not interfere with judge's impartiality
....FOR STUDY PURPOSES...©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... 3
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
State Requirments for admission to the Bar - ....ANSWER ...-Supreme Court says
they must be *RATIONALLY RELATED* to the practice of law;
-State/US citizenship NOT ok
-Office in state YES ok
-graduation from ABA accredited law school YES ok
-take an oath to uphold constitution YES ok
Client consent to incompetent representation - ....ANSWER ...-NOT allowed
Lawyer's participation in a legal-reform organization - ....ANSWER ...-OK, even if
the organization's activities could impact one of the lawyer's clients (either positively or
negatively).
If NEGATIVE, the lawyer need not say anything to the organization.
If POSITIVE, the lawyer need only disclose the fact that a client's interests may be
materially benefited, but does NOT need to disclose the client's identity.
....FOR STUDY PURPOSES...©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... 1
,Pro Bono Services - ....ANSWER ...-1. Free or reduced legal services to indigent
clients
2. No expectation of collecting fee at the time the work was done
3. Unpaid activities for improving the law, legal system, and legal profession
Duty to prospective clients - ....ANSWER ...-A lawyer may *NOT* represent a
client with interests materially adverse to a prospective client
1. In the same or a substantially related matter AND
2. If the lawyer received information from the prospective client that could be
significantly harmful to the prospective client
Can a judge consult with other judges/court staff? - ....ANSWER ...-Yes, when the
judge makes reasonable efforts to avoid receiving factual information that is not part of
the record, *AND* does not abrogate the responsibility to personally decide the matter
May a judge consult a disinterested expert on law? - ....ANSWER ...-YES, as long
as parties have a reasonable opportunity to object/respond to the notice and to the
advice received.
Lawyer's personal opinion during litigation - ....ANSWER ...-Lawyer should NOT
interject his personal opinion during a litigation;
This includes personal beliefs that a client is innocent or that a witness is telling the
truth or lying
....FOR STUDY PURPOSES...©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... 2
, Soliciting Gifts/Drafting Wills - ....ANSWER ...-Lawyer may NOT solicit or
prepare a will that gives a substantial gift to the attorney or person related to the attorney
UNLESS it is a family member. In that case, a lawyer MAY solicit and prepare a will that
gives the attorney a substantial gift.
In-Person Solicitation - ....ANSWER ...-No in-person solicitation somebody who
you know needs legal help, EXCEPT
1) when money is NOT the motive (publicity, changing the law)
2) certain groups
---relatives,
---close friends,
---prior business relationships,
---other lawyers,
---routine business users of this type of legal services
Judges and practice of law - ....ANSWER ...-should not happen, other than part-
time judges, or a judge acting as his own lawyer (pro se); also should not act as an
executor, administrator, or trustee except for family members
CAN offer advice and draft and review documents for family members, but CANNOT
act as a family member's lawyer
Judge acting as administrator - ....ANSWER ...-Should NOT happen, other than
for *family*; even then, but not interfere with judge's impartiality
....FOR STUDY PURPOSES...©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... 3
