An attorney represents a client in a personal injury case on a contingent fee basis. Under the Model Rules, which of the following is required for the fee agreement to be valid?
Client Lawyer Relationship
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Rule 1.7(b) concurrent conflict waiver — what four conditions must ALL be met?
Conflicts of Interest
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An attorney learns that a prospective client was previously represented by the attorney's law partner on a substantially related matter. Under the Model Rules, the attorney:
Conflicts Of Interest
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Work reserved to licensed professionals that a person may not perform in a jurisdiction where the person is not admitted, and may not help another person do.
Regulation of the profession
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Chapter 1: Regulation of the Legal Profession
Section 1.1: Powers of Courts and Bar Admission (Rules 8.1, 8.5)
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An attorney discovers that the client intends to commit perjury at an upcoming trial. Under the Model Rules, the attorney must:
Litigation And Advocacy
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Can a Rule 1.7 conflict ever be waived if two current clients are on opposite sides of the SAME lawsuit?
A lawyer receives funds belonging to a client as part of a settlement. Under the Model Rules, the lawyer must:
Safekeeping Funds And Property
An organization of lawyers whose partners must make reasonable efforts to ensure it has measures giving reasonable assurance that all its lawyers follow the conduct rules.
Under the Model Rules, an attorney may reveal confidential information without client consent in which of the following situations?
Client Confidentiality
A lawyer wants to enter a business deal with a current client (e.g., buying real estate from them). What does Rule 1.8(a) require?
A lawyer wants to enter into a business transaction with a client. Under Model Rule 1.8(a), which of the following is NOT required?
Charge for legal services that must be reasonable under Rule 1.5, judged by factors such as the time and labor required and the skill needed to perform the service properly.
Client-lawyer relationship
Section 1.2: Lawyer Discipline and Misconduct (Rules 8.3, 8.4)
A criminal defense attorney knows that the prosecution's key witness is lying on the stand. The attorney should:
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Term Match
Under Rule 1.8(e), may a lawyer ever pay a client's litigation expenses?
An attorney is representing both the buyer and seller in a real estate transaction. Under the Model Rules, this arrangement is:
Methods of pursuing a representation that a lawyer must discuss with the client, while the client controls the objectives.
A lawyer's advertisement states: 'We have never lost a personal injury case.' The statement is true. Under the Model Rules, is this advertisement permissible?
Communications About Legal Services
What must happen before a lawyer settles claims for multiple clients in one aggregate settlement under Rule 1.8(g)?
An attorney who serves as a mediator between two parties may subsequently represent one party against the other in the same matter:
Different Roles Of Lawyer
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Scheme to mislead, not just any crime, that a lawyer may reveal client information to prevent when the client is using the lawyer's services to further it and it is reasonably certain to cause substantial financial injury.
Confidentiality and privilege
Section 1.3: Unauthorized and Multijurisdictional Practice (Rule 5.5)
Under the Model Rules, a lawyer must keep a client reasonably informed about the status of the matter. This duty is found in:
Flip two cards at a time to find matching terms.
Term Pairs
Rule 1.8(h) — can a lawyer ask a client to sign away future malpractice liability?
A lawyer is asked by a current client to file a frivolous lawsuit against a competitor to harass them. The lawyer should:
___ product: documents and tangible things prepared in anticipation of litigation that are ordinarily protected from discovery unless the party seeking them shows substantial need and undue hardship.
A judge learns that a lawyer appearing before her is the judge's former law partner. Under the Model Code of Judicial Conduct, the judge should:
Judicial Conduct
Rule 1.9 former-client conflict — what two-part test determines if representing a new client is barred?
A lawyer discovers that a client has used the lawyer's services to perpetrate a fraud. Under the Model Rules, the lawyer:
Kind of client whose matter a lawyer may not later oppose in the same or a substantially related matter without informed consent, because the representation has ended.
Conflicts of interest
Section 1.4: Law Firm Management and Fee Splits (Rules 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6)
Under the Model Rules, a lawyer may not solicit professional employment through in-person, live telephone, or real-time electronic contact when a significant motive is the lawyer's pecuniary gain. This prohibition does NOT apply to:
Find five hidden terms in a grid of letters.
Term Search
A lawyer joins a new firm carrying a Rule 1.9 former-client conflict from her old job. How can the NEW firm avoid imputation under Rule 1.10?
An attorney represents a client in a divorce. During the representation, the attorney and client begin a sexual relationship. Under the Model Rules:
Advance of court costs and litigation expenses that a lawyer may make for a client, but may not make for living expenses.
A lawyer receives a document from opposing counsel that was clearly sent by mistake and contains privileged information. Under Model Rule 4.4(b), the lawyer must:
Transactions With Others
Rule 1.1 defines competence as requiring what four things?
Client-Lawyer Relationship
A lawyer is representing a client in a negotiation. The lawyer knows that the client has made a material misrepresentation to the opposing party. Under the Model Rules, the lawyer:
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