Why Lawyers Have Privileges: Competence and Ethics in Legal Practice

1. Chapter 9-2013Why Do Lawyers Have Special Privileges and Responsibilities?

2. 1. Can Consumers Rely on Lawyers to be • Competent?

3. 9-1 • Law school training ensures that most lawyers are competent providers of legal services. • True • False

4. 9-2 People without law school training are unable to provide competent legal services. • True • False

5. 9-3 Consumer protection requires that legal services providers graduate from law school. • True • False

6. 9-4 The bar exam ensures that lawyers are competent to provide legal services. • True • False

7. 9-5 People who have not passed the bar exam are unable to provide competent legal services. • True • False

8. 9-6 Consumer protection requires that lawyers pass the bar exam. • True • False

9. 9-7 The requirements of law school education and the bar exam together ensure that lawyers can provide competent legal services. • True • False

10. 9-8 People who have not both graduated from law school and passed the bar exam cannot provide competent legal services. • True • False

11. 9-9 Consumer protection requires that lawyers both graduate from law school and pass the bar exam. • True • False

12. 2. Can Consumers Rely on Lawyers to be Ethical?

13. 9-10 A required law school Professional Responsibility course ensures that lawyers are ethical providers of legal services. • True • False

14. 9-11 People who have not passed a Professional Responsibility course cannot ethically provide legal services. • True • False

15. 9-12 Consumer protection requires that legal services providers pass a Professional Responsibility course. • True • False

16. 9-13 The MPRE ensures that most lawyers are ethical providers of legal services. • True • False

17. 9-14 People who have not passed the MPRE cannot ethically provide legal services. • True • False

18. 9-15 Consumer protection requires that legal services providers pass the MPRE. • True • False

19. 9-16 A law graduate who has failed to repay student loans should be admitted to the bar. • True • False

20. 9-17 A law graduate with a prior conviction for selling marijuana should be admitted to practice law. • True • False

21. 9-18 A law graduate who served a sentence for manslaughter before beginning law school should be admitted to the bar. • True • False

22. 9-19 An adulterer should be admitted to the bar. • True • False

23. 9-20 An alcoholic should be admitted to the bar. • True • False

24. 9-21 A Nazi should be admitted to the bar. • True • False

25. 9-22 The character and fitness requirement ensures that lawyers are ethical providers of legal services. • True • False

26. 9-23 People who do not pass the character and fitness requirement are not ethical providers of legal services. • True • False

27. 9-24 Consumer protection requires that legal services providers pass a character and fitness test. • True • False

28. 9-25 Consumer protection requires that legal services providers:

29. pass a Professional Responsibility course, the MPRE, and the character and fitness test. • pass the MPRE and the character and fitness test. • pass a Professional Responsibility course and the character and fitness test. • None of the above.