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1Under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC), do all types or methods of communication by a lawyer about herself as a lawyer or about her s...
2May a lawyer make a false or misleading communication about herself or her services?
3In a lawyer’s communication about himself or his services, might truthful statements about the lawyer’s past results for clients be considered misl...
4In a lawyer’s communication about himself or his services, might an unsubstantiated statement comparing the lawyer’s fees or services to those of o...
5May a lawyer advertise his legal services through written, recorded, or electronic communication?
6A lawyer represented clients in personal-injury cases. The lawyer’s average recovery for clients was $50,000, but the lawyer had recently obtained ...
7In an advertisement, may a lawyer include the kinds of services the lawyer will provide, the basis for determining the lawyer’s fees, the lawyer’s ...
8Under the MRPC, what is a solicitation?
9In general, may a lawyer solicit clients in person, by live telephone, or by real-time electronic methods of contact?
10In general, may a lawyer use written, recorded, or electronic communications, other than real-time communications, to solicit employment from a per...
11If a lawyer uses a written, recorded, or electronic communication to solicit employment from a person known to need legal services in a particular ...
12If a lawyer is otherwise allowed to solicit a person, may the lawyer solicit that person if the person has made known to the lawyer a desire not to...
13What is a legal-service plan?
14What is a lawyer-referral service?
15Despite the general rule against real-time solicitation of clients, may a lawyer participate in a prepaid or group legal-service plan that uses rea...
16May a lawyer pay the fees of a legal-service plan or a lawyer-referral service?
17In general, may a lawyer give a person something of value in exchange for recommending the lawyer’s services?
18A lawyer had successfully represented a client in a tax dispute. The lawyer asked the client if she would endorse the lawyer’s services to people w...
19What is a reciprocal-referral agreement?
20A lawyer represented clients in personal-injury matters. A doctor had an office in the lawyer’s building and often treated patients who had suffere...
21A lawyer and a doctor entered into a nonexclusive reciprocal-referral agreement. The doctor realized that she was referring more patients to the la...
22May a lawyer communicate that she accepts or does not accept certain types of cases, that she is a “specialist,” or that she “specializes” in a par...
23Under the MRPC, on what conditions may a lawyer hold herself out as a certified specialist in a area of law?
24May a lawyer who is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office refer to herself as a “Patent Attorney” or other subs...
25A lawyer had represented clients in employment-law matters for 30 years. He practiced exclusively in the area of employment law but had no official...
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