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MPRE-ABA MODEL RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1.1: Client-Lawyer relationships - ....ANSWER ...-A lawyer SHALL provide competent representation to a client. Competent representation requires legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness and preparation reasonably necesssary for representation 1.2: Scope of Representation and Allocation of Authority Between Client and Lawyer ....ANSWER ...-(a) A lawyer SHALL abide by a client's decision concerning the OBJECTIVES of representation, as required by Rule 1.4, SHALL consult with the client as to the means by which they are to be pursued. A lawyer MAY take such action on behalf of the client as is impliedly authorized to carry out the representation. A lawyer SHALL abide by a client's decision whatever to settle a matter. In a criminal case, the lawyer SHALL abide by the client's decision after consultation with the lawyer, as to a plea to the entered, whether to waive a jury trial and whether the client will testify. (b) A lawyer's representation of a client, including representation by appointment, does not constitute an endorsement of the client's political, economic, social or moral views or activities. 1.3: Diligence - ....ANSWER ...-A lawyer SHALL act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client. ....FOR STUDY PURPOSES...©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... 1