Open Bar Review

Open Bar Review

The MPRE, Complete.

A free course: 24 chapters that teach the rule whole, questions that argue all four choices, four timed exams, and the sheets for the last two days.

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240 chapter questions · 602 in the bank · 240 in four exams

Regulation of the legal profession6–12% of the exam ch 1–3

01Admission, discipline, and reportingGetting in, getting policed, snitching6 sections10 questionsRead02Unauthorized and multijurisdictional practicePracticing without a license; crossing state lines3 sections10 questionsRead03Supervision, nonlawyer assistance, and leaving a firmNonlawyers, bosses and juniors, exits6 sections10 questionsRead

The client-lawyer relationship10–16% of the exam ch 4–5

04Forming the relationship and allocating authorityWho's the client; running the matter7 sections10 questionsRead05Fees and terminationThe money talk; the exit6 sections10 questionsRead

Client confidentiality6–12% of the exam ch 6–7

06Attorney-client privilege and work product6 sections10 questionsRead07Confidentiality: the duty and its exceptionsThe duty, the permission slips, the point of no return6 sections10 questionsRead

Conflicts of interest12–18% of the exam ch 8–10

08Conflicts: current and former clientsLoyalty6 sections10 questionsRead09Imputation, government lawyers, and organizational clientsImputation, the revolving door, entity clients5 sections10 questionsRead10Specific conflicts under Rule 1.8The Rule 1.8 catalog3 sections10 questionsRead

Competence, legal malpractice, and other civil liability6–12% of the exam ch 11–12

11Competence, diligence, and disciplineCompetence, diligence, discipline vs. malpractice5 sections10 questionsRead12Malpractice and civil liabilityProving malpractice; damage control10 sections10 questionsRead

Litigation and other forms of advocacy10–16% of the exam ch 13–15

13Meritorious claims and candor to the tribunalThe merits gate; candor to the court8 sections10 questionsRead14Fairness to the opposing party and the tribunalPlaying fair; tribunal integrity6 sections10 questionsRead15Trial publicity, the lawyer as witness, and the prosecutorThe press, dual roles, the prosecutor5 sections10 questionsRead

Transactions and communications with persons other than clients2–8% of the exam ch 16–17

16Truthfulness and the anti-contact ruleHonesty in dealings3 sections10 questionsRead17Unrepresented persons and third-party rights2 sections10 questionsRead

Different roles of the lawyer4–10% of the exam ch 18–19

18The lawyer as counselor, negotiator, and neutralCounselor, negotiator, neutral4 sections10 questionsRead19Prosecutors, public roles, and the organization as clientMinister of justice; legislature; the entity7 sections10 questionsRead

Safekeeping funds and other property2–8% of the exam ch 20

20Safekeeping client propertyThe trust account8 sections10 questionsRead

Communications about legal services4–10% of the exam ch 21

21Advertising and solicitation8 sections10 questionsRead

Lawyers' duties to the public and the legal system2–4% of the exam ch 22

22Pro bono, public service, and the legal systemServing the public and the system8 sections10 questionsRead

Judicial conduct2–8% of the exam ch 23–24

23Judicial conduct: integrity, impartiality, and duties on the benchThe judge's frame9 sections10 questionsRead24Disqualification, extrajudicial activities, and campaignsStepping aside; life outside the robe; campaigns4 sections10 questionsRead