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Ethics



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The ABA Rules of Ethics apply to:
a.
attorneys
b.
paralegals
c.
both attorneys and paralegals
 

 2. 

An attorney:
a.
may be liable for his or her own ethical breaches
b.
may be liable for his or her paralegal’s ethical breaches
c.
may be liable for both his or her own and the paralegal’s breaches
 

 3. 

A paralegal:
a.
is allowed to give legal advice
b.
is not allowed to give legal advice
c.
is allowed to give limited legal advice
 

 4. 

An attorney
a.
may not advertise
b.
may not solicit
c.
may not advertise or solicit
 

 5. 

An attorney:
a.
may not counsel his/her client to engage in criminal conduct
b.
may not represent a client whom he knows has committed a crime
c.
may not do either of the above
 

 6. 

A paralegal:
a.
may only discuss the facts of an active case with the attorney, the client, and the paralegal's spouse
b.
may not discuss the facts of a case with anyone but the attorney and client
c.
may not discuss the case at all
 

 7. 

An attorney’s fees must be:
a.
reasonable
b.
disclosed to the client up front
c.
both of the above.
 

 8. 

A sanction is:
a.
a fine
b.
a suspension
c.
a sanction may be a fine or a suspension
 

 9. 

Which of the following should not be disclosed to the other party?
a.
privileged communication
b.
attorney work product
c.
neither of the above should be disclosed
 

 10. 

Which of the following constitutes a potential conflict of interest for a paralegal?
a.
sex with the client
b.
engaging in business with the client
c.
both of the above constitute a potential conflict of interest
 



 

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