PPC2 Professional Responsibility study plan

Map the ways a lawyer-client relationship can arise and draw a one-page decision tree for each route

Draft an engagement-letter checklist covering scope, fee basis, client identification and communication expectations

Distinguish a client from a prospective client and from a third-party payer by writing and answering 10 of your own hypotheticals

Rehearse aloud, in under five minutes, the grounds on which a lawyer may decline or must withdraw from representation

Tabulate every situation that requires informed consent versus written consent, with the trigger for each

Draft a reusable template for confirming informed consent in writing

Analyse 8 short conflict fact patterns using a fixed three-step test: identify, assess, resolve

Score at least 70% on a 30-question self-set quiz covering Domains 2 and 3 to establish a baseline

Separate concurrent-client, former-client and personal-interest conflicts and write the governing test for each

Identify which conflicts are non-consentable and state why in one sentence each

Explain imputation and screening rules by solving 15 fact patterns drawn from your own drafting

Reconstruct the conflict-analysis flowchart from memory and correct it against your notes

Build a two-column comparison table distinguishing confidentiality from professional privilege, including who holds each

List and illustrate the recognised exceptions to confidentiality, with one example per exception

Analyse inadvertent disclosure, cloud storage and third-party service providers under both the confidentiality and competence duties

Apply entity-client rules and escalation obligations to 5 written scenarios

Define the competence and diligence standards and convert them into a 10-point file-management checklist

Draft a client communication plan template specifying what is reported, how often and by what channel

Apply supervision duties to juniors and non-lawyer staff across 6 written scenarios

Write a short memo on technology competence and the duty to keep client information secure

Compile a candour-to-court checklist covering known adverse authority, witness handling and correcting misstatements

Distinguish duties owed to third parties, including undertakings, from duties owed to the client in 8 short scenarios

Outline the admission, licensing and regulatory framework, naming the body and the process at each stage

Score at least 75% on a 30-question self-set quiz combining Domains 7 and 1

Compare fee structures and identify the tests for reasonableness and for permissible contingency arrangements

Reconstruct the trust-accounting rules from memory, then verify against your notes and correct every gap

Solve 10 trust-account transaction problems, classifying each receipt and payment correctly

Draft a month-end reconciliation and client-property handling checklist

Sit two timed 60-question mixed mock exams under exam conditions and record every score

Log each incorrect answer with its domain, the rule missed and the reason for the error

Re-study only your three weakest domains using the logged error patterns

Condense all eight weeks of notes into a single one-page rule summary sheet per domain