Legal Ethics Question and answers
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Good Moral Character - correct answer ✔the absence of evidence of bad moral character, based on
traits such as honesty, candor, fairness, trustworthiness, and respect for state and federal laws
Rehabilitation - correct answer ✔To show that a person has regained good moral character.
ABA - correct answer ✔American Bar Association. A voluntary organization of lawyers from across the
country. It's goal is to serve the legal profession
Canon - correct answer ✔A rule or body of rules that set a standard of behavior.
Model Code of Professional Responsibility - correct answer ✔written by the ABA in the 1960s, 49 states
eventually used some form of this model for their state rules of professional responsibility for lawyers.
Ethical Consideration - correct answer ✔reasons for the canons and guidelines lawyers may consider
while making ethical assessments
Disciplinary Rule - correct answer ✔rules which if violated are unethical
Model Rules of Profession Conduct - correct answer ✔written by the ABA in the 1980s, these rules
serve as a model for states' rules of professional responsibility
Disbarment - correct answer ✔permanent prohibition on practicing law
Suspension - correct answer ✔temporary inability to practice law
, Reproval - correct answer ✔the same as a reprimand
Reprimand - correct answer ✔an admonishment by the regulatory body
Moral Turpitude - correct answer ✔conduct that is considered contrary to community standards of
justice, honesty, or good morals
How are Paralegals Regulated? - correct answer ✔1) the laws that regulate lawyers say that the lawyer
is responsible for non-lawyers under his or her supervision
2) case law says that paralegals and lawyers are bound by the same ethical duties
Presumption - correct answer ✔the act of taking something as true
Impute - correct answer ✔to attribute the responsibility or fault
MCLE - correct answer ✔Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) (How does it happen?) - correct answer ✔1)the application of a
rule of law 2) to a particular person's fact pattern and 3) giving a response or answer
UPL Occurs When? - correct answer ✔when the person is seeking legal advice from a person who he
knows has legal knowledge but who is not a lawyer.
What constitutes UPL? - correct answer ✔When an unlicensed person engages in an activity that:
*is one traditionally practiced by lawyers
*is one "commonly understood" to be the practice of law
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Good Moral Character - correct answer ✔the absence of evidence of bad moral character, based on
traits such as honesty, candor, fairness, trustworthiness, and respect for state and federal laws
Rehabilitation - correct answer ✔To show that a person has regained good moral character.
ABA - correct answer ✔American Bar Association. A voluntary organization of lawyers from across the
country. It's goal is to serve the legal profession
Canon - correct answer ✔A rule or body of rules that set a standard of behavior.
Model Code of Professional Responsibility - correct answer ✔written by the ABA in the 1960s, 49 states
eventually used some form of this model for their state rules of professional responsibility for lawyers.
Ethical Consideration - correct answer ✔reasons for the canons and guidelines lawyers may consider
while making ethical assessments
Disciplinary Rule - correct answer ✔rules which if violated are unethical
Model Rules of Profession Conduct - correct answer ✔written by the ABA in the 1980s, these rules
serve as a model for states' rules of professional responsibility
Disbarment - correct answer ✔permanent prohibition on practicing law
Suspension - correct answer ✔temporary inability to practice law
, Reproval - correct answer ✔the same as a reprimand
Reprimand - correct answer ✔an admonishment by the regulatory body
Moral Turpitude - correct answer ✔conduct that is considered contrary to community standards of
justice, honesty, or good morals
How are Paralegals Regulated? - correct answer ✔1) the laws that regulate lawyers say that the lawyer
is responsible for non-lawyers under his or her supervision
2) case law says that paralegals and lawyers are bound by the same ethical duties
Presumption - correct answer ✔the act of taking something as true
Impute - correct answer ✔to attribute the responsibility or fault
MCLE - correct answer ✔Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) (How does it happen?) - correct answer ✔1)the application of a
rule of law 2) to a particular person's fact pattern and 3) giving a response or answer
UPL Occurs When? - correct answer ✔when the person is seeking legal advice from a person who he
knows has legal knowledge but who is not a lawyer.
What constitutes UPL? - correct answer ✔When an unlicensed person engages in an activity that:
*is one traditionally practiced by lawyers
*is one "commonly understood" to be the practice of law
