Chapter 9-2013 Why Do Lawyers Have Special Privileges and

Responsibilities?

• 1. Can Consumers Rely on Lawyers to be

• Competent?

• Law school training ensures that most lawyers are competent providers of legal services.

• True• False

9-1

9-2 People without law school training are unable to provide competent legal

services.

• True• False

9-3 Consumer protection requires that legal services providers graduate from

law school.

• True• False

9-4 The bar exam ensures that lawyers are competent to provide legal

services.

• True• False

9-5 People who have not passed the bar exam are unable to provide

competent legal services.

• True• False

9-6 Consumer protection requires that lawyers pass the bar exam.

• True• False

9-7 The requirements of law school education and the bar exam together

ensure that lawyers can provide competent legal services.

• True• False

9-8 People who have not both graduated from law school and passed

the bar exam cannot provide competent legal services.

• True• False

9-9 Consumer protection requires that lawyers both graduate from

law school and pass the bar exam.

• True• False

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

9-10 A required law school Professional Responsibility course ensures that lawyers are ethical

providers of legal services.

• True• False

9-11 People who have not passed a Professional Responsibility course

cannot ethically provide legal services.

• True• False

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

• True• False

9-13 The MPRE ensures that most lawyers are ethical providers of

legal services.

• True• False

9-14 People who have not passed the MPRE cannot ethically provide

legal services.

• True• False

9-15 Consumer protection requires that legal services providers pass

the MPRE.

• True• False

9-16 A law graduate who has failed to repay student loans should be

admitted to the bar.

• True• False

9-17 A law graduate with a prior conviction for selling marijuana

should be admitted to practice law.

• True• False

9-18 A law graduate who served a sentence for manslaughter before

beginning law school should be admitted to the bar.

• True• False

9-19 An adulterer should be admitted to the bar.

• True• False

9-20 An alcoholic should be admitted to the bar.

• True• False

9-21 A Nazi should be admitted to the bar.

• True• False

9-22 The character and fitness requirement ensures that lawyers are

ethical providers of legal services.

• True• False

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

• True• False

9-24 Consumer protection requires that legal services providers pass a

character and fitness test.

• True• False

9-25 Consumer protection requires that legal services providers:

• 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.