Study Professional Responsibility with expertly written law school outlines available in Full, Cram, and Bar exam formats.
Professional Responsibility covers the ethical rules that govern every practicing lawyer, tested both in law school courses and on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE). Our collection includes three targeted outlines. The Law School outline covers the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct in an academic context — the scope of the rules, the lawyer's role as advisor, advocate, and counselor, and the framework for analyzing any ethics question. The MPRE outline is calibrated for the test: the 60 scored questions, the five subject area weights, and the specific rule formulations the NCBE writes around. The NextGen outline maps professional responsibility to the new bar exam format so you can see where ethics questions show up as standalone MCQs, as issues inside Integrated Question Sets, and as considerations embedded in Performance Tasks. Coverage across all three includes the duty of competence (MR 1.1) and diligence (MR 1.3), conflicts of interest (concurrent under MR 1.7, former-client under MR 1.9, imputation under MR 1.10, screening), confidentiality under MR 1.6 and its exceptions (to prevent death or substantial bodily harm, to prevent financial fraud, to secure legal advice, to defend against claims), candor to the tribunal under MR 3.3 (remedial measures for false evidence, the duty of disclosure), fairness to opposing counsel under MR 3.4, duties to third parties, the rules on advertising and solicitation (MR 7.1–7.3), and the mechanics of fee agreements (MR 1.5, reasonableness, contingency limits). Available in Full, Cram, and Bar formats. Connects to Evidence (attorney-client privilege), Criminal Law, and Civil Procedure. Search terms: Model Rule 1.6 confidentiality, concurrent conflict, MPRE, candor to tribunal, imputation screening, attorney fee agreement.