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Chapter 1: Lawyers, Legal Assistants, and the

Regulation of the Legal Profession

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True/False Questions

1. Lawyers are licensed nationally.

2. Despite all the wonderful things lawyers do for so many people, lawyers are still near or at the bottom of the public opinion ratings.

3. Bill Clinton is the reason why there are legal ethics courses in paralegal programs.

4. Rules of ethics are created by state legislatures, because lawyers are part of the

state framework of law and justice.

5. Those who want to become lawyers need to get a law degree after earning a bachelor’s degree.

6. Ethics exams are also part of the process of becoming a lawyer.

7. The ABA’s Ethics 2000 Committee was given that name because the committee eventually suggested 2000 revisions for the ABA’s then-current rules of professional conduct.

8. Legislatures generally stay away from regulating lawyers.

9. Anyone can file a grievance against a lawyer, including a paralegal.

10. Disbarment from the practice of law is not always permanent in all states.

Fill in the Blank Questions

1. The practice of law is regulated by ______________________________.

2. If one wants to be licensed to practice law in more than one state, he or she can ________________________________________________.

3. One can find their set of applicable rules of ethics in their jurisdiction’s ______________________________.

4. _______________________ had the first formal set of ethics rules in America.

5. Multistate bar exams and multistate professional ethics exams are created by ______________________________________.

6. The Ethic 2000 Committee’s recommendations were voted on by the ABA House of Delegates in __________________________.

7. _____________________ is a state that, as of 2007, has not adopted the ABA’s Model Rules.

8. Someone who files a grievance against an attorney is often protected against being sued for what is put in the grievance, thanks to ___________________.

9. President Clinton was accused of lying during ____________________________.

10. The part of a case brief that provides the court’s analysis is _________________.

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