MPRE Exam 3 2025 Questions and
Answers
A sales manager testified before a federal grand jury that was investigating price-
fixing in the automobile tire industry. Ultimately, the grand jury indicted the sales
manager for price-fixing, a felony under the Sherman Act. After his indictment, the
sales manager sought to hire a prominent attorney to represent him at his criminal
trial. The sales manager is a middle class business executive with enough savings to
pay for private counsel. He told his attorney in confidence that he had lied to the
grand jury about several meetings he had had with competitors. Furthermore, he
told her that he wanted to plead not guilty to the criminal charge and that he
intended to testify at trial as he did before the grand jury. Which of the following
would be proper for the attorney to do in this situation?
A) Decline to represent the sales manager.
B) Agree to represent the sales manager and tell no one what he told her.
C) Inf - --Answer --
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,A married couple experienced continuing marital difficulties and, being unable to
resolve their problems, decided to divorce. The wife retained an attorney, who filed
papers on the husband. Shortly after he was served, the husband telephoned his
wife's attorney and suggested that the matter could be resolved amicably. The
wife's attorney asked the husband if he was represented by counsel. The husband
replied that he was not. The wife's attorney strongly urged the husband to retain a
lawyer to represent him and to safeguard his interests, but the husband insisted
that he did not need a lawyer. A few weeks later, after ascertaining that the
husband still had not retained counsel, the wife's attorney sent the husband a
proposed settlement dividing the marital property. There were spaces at the
bottom for both the husband and the wife to sign, but the copy sent to the
husband was unsigned by the wife. In his cover letter - --Answer --
The state in which a tax attorney practices levies an annual tax on trusts for the
benefit of minors. Tax returns must be filed, and the taxes must be paid, by March
15; late filing results in an automatic penalty of 15%. In mid-January, the trustee of
such a trust retained the attorney to prepare and file a tax return. The trustee heard
nothing from the attorney during February, and he became seriously alarmed when
the first week of March passed with no apparent action from the attorney. He
called the attorney repeatedly during late February and early March, but each time
the attorney was in a conference, in court, or in a deposition. The attorney never
returned any of the trustee's phone calls. On March 10, the trustee fired the
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,attorney and hired a certified public accountant to do the necessary work. She was
able to complete the tax return and get it filed on time. Is the attorney subject to
discipline?
A) Yes, - --Answer --
A car owner is insured under an auto liability policy issued by a nationally known
insurance company. The policy requires the insurance company to provide a lawyer
to defend the car owner, and it requires the car owner to cooperate in the defense.
The car owner had an accident and was sued. In a sworn statement to the
insurance company's investigator, the car owner told a story that showed he was
clearly not at fault. Based on that story, the insurance company rejected plaintiff's
offer to settle the case for a modest sum. The insurance company hired an attorney
to represent the car owner at the trial of the case. Shortly before trial, the car
owner told the attorney in confidence that he had lied to the investigator, and he
recounted facts that showed he was clearly at fault in the accident. The attorney
realized that under the applicable state law, the car owner's falsehood was a breach
of the "cooperate in the def - --Answer --
A basic tenet of the professional responsibility of lawyers is that every person in
our society should have ready access to the independent professional services of a
lawyer of integrity and competence. One way of fulfilling this responsibility is by
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, accepting court appointments. In this regard, which of the following statements is
correct?
A) A lawyer may decline representation because a client or a cause is unpopular.
B) A lawyer may decline representation when there is adverse community reaction.
C) A lawyer may decline representation if the intensity of his personal feelings will
impair his effective representation of a prospective client.
D) A lawyer may decline representation in favor of accepting the representation of
a paying client. - --Answer --
An attorney who is a member of the state bar and a judge who sits on the district
court set up a probate workshop. The announced purpose of the workshop was to
educate laypersons as to probate procedures, and thereby enable them to file their
own papers and avoid the expense of obtaining counsel for the probate process.
The tuition was a modest $50 per student, which barely covered the expenses of
books and forms provided to the students. The attorney and the judge donated
their time and received no remuneration. Each student was required to sign a
paper stating that the $50 tuition fee established an attorney-client relationship
between the attorney conducting the workshop and the students. The paper
further stated that all attorneys connected in any way with the workshop were not
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Answers
A sales manager testified before a federal grand jury that was investigating price-
fixing in the automobile tire industry. Ultimately, the grand jury indicted the sales
manager for price-fixing, a felony under the Sherman Act. After his indictment, the
sales manager sought to hire a prominent attorney to represent him at his criminal
trial. The sales manager is a middle class business executive with enough savings to
pay for private counsel. He told his attorney in confidence that he had lied to the
grand jury about several meetings he had had with competitors. Furthermore, he
told her that he wanted to plead not guilty to the criminal charge and that he
intended to testify at trial as he did before the grand jury. Which of the following
would be proper for the attorney to do in this situation?
A) Decline to represent the sales manager.
B) Agree to represent the sales manager and tell no one what he told her.
C) Inf - --Answer --
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,A married couple experienced continuing marital difficulties and, being unable to
resolve their problems, decided to divorce. The wife retained an attorney, who filed
papers on the husband. Shortly after he was served, the husband telephoned his
wife's attorney and suggested that the matter could be resolved amicably. The
wife's attorney asked the husband if he was represented by counsel. The husband
replied that he was not. The wife's attorney strongly urged the husband to retain a
lawyer to represent him and to safeguard his interests, but the husband insisted
that he did not need a lawyer. A few weeks later, after ascertaining that the
husband still had not retained counsel, the wife's attorney sent the husband a
proposed settlement dividing the marital property. There were spaces at the
bottom for both the husband and the wife to sign, but the copy sent to the
husband was unsigned by the wife. In his cover letter - --Answer --
The state in which a tax attorney practices levies an annual tax on trusts for the
benefit of minors. Tax returns must be filed, and the taxes must be paid, by March
15; late filing results in an automatic penalty of 15%. In mid-January, the trustee of
such a trust retained the attorney to prepare and file a tax return. The trustee heard
nothing from the attorney during February, and he became seriously alarmed when
the first week of March passed with no apparent action from the attorney. He
called the attorney repeatedly during late February and early March, but each time
the attorney was in a conference, in court, or in a deposition. The attorney never
returned any of the trustee's phone calls. On March 10, the trustee fired the
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,attorney and hired a certified public accountant to do the necessary work. She was
able to complete the tax return and get it filed on time. Is the attorney subject to
discipline?
A) Yes, - --Answer --
A car owner is insured under an auto liability policy issued by a nationally known
insurance company. The policy requires the insurance company to provide a lawyer
to defend the car owner, and it requires the car owner to cooperate in the defense.
The car owner had an accident and was sued. In a sworn statement to the
insurance company's investigator, the car owner told a story that showed he was
clearly not at fault. Based on that story, the insurance company rejected plaintiff's
offer to settle the case for a modest sum. The insurance company hired an attorney
to represent the car owner at the trial of the case. Shortly before trial, the car
owner told the attorney in confidence that he had lied to the investigator, and he
recounted facts that showed he was clearly at fault in the accident. The attorney
realized that under the applicable state law, the car owner's falsehood was a breach
of the "cooperate in the def - --Answer --
A basic tenet of the professional responsibility of lawyers is that every person in
our society should have ready access to the independent professional services of a
lawyer of integrity and competence. One way of fulfilling this responsibility is by
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, accepting court appointments. In this regard, which of the following statements is
correct?
A) A lawyer may decline representation because a client or a cause is unpopular.
B) A lawyer may decline representation when there is adverse community reaction.
C) A lawyer may decline representation if the intensity of his personal feelings will
impair his effective representation of a prospective client.
D) A lawyer may decline representation in favor of accepting the representation of
a paying client. - --Answer --
An attorney who is a member of the state bar and a judge who sits on the district
court set up a probate workshop. The announced purpose of the workshop was to
educate laypersons as to probate procedures, and thereby enable them to file their
own papers and avoid the expense of obtaining counsel for the probate process.
The tuition was a modest $50 per student, which barely covered the expenses of
books and forms provided to the students. The attorney and the judge donated
their time and received no remuneration. Each student was required to sign a
paper stating that the $50 tuition fee established an attorney-client relationship
between the attorney conducting the workshop and the students. The paper
further stated that all attorneys connected in any way with the workshop were not
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