MPRE study plan

Build a written decision tree that sorts any stated conflict into one of three outcomes: prohibited, consentable with informed consent confirmed in writing, or consentable only after written confirmation from each affected client (Rule 1.7).

Tabulate the difference between current-client conflicts (Rule 1.7) and former-client conflicts (Rule 1.9) using the 'materially adverse' plus 'substantially related' test, and apply the table to three hypothetical fact patterns you write yourself.

Separate decisions reserved to the client (plea, settlement, testimony, objectives of representation under Rule 1.2) from tactical decisions the lawyer may make, and list two consequences of settling without authority.

Identify when a personal-interest, business-transaction, or third-party-payor conflict (Rule 1.8, including 1.8(f) and 1.8(j)) bars representation outright rather than merely requiring consent.

Explain in your own words the elements and purpose of the lawyer's communication duty under Rule 1.4, including the duty to report a settlement offer.

Apply Rule 1.10 imputation to at least five scenarios and state precisely when screening or client consent cures an imputed conflict.

Distinguish a prospective client's limited protection (Rule 1.18) from a former client's protection (Rule 1.9) in a one-page comparison.

List every exception to Rule 1.6 confidentiality and give one fresh, original example of each exception in writing.

Contrast the evidentiary attorney-client privilege with the broader ethical duty of confidentiality, naming two disclosures that are ethically permitted but not privileged.

Determine when disclosure is permitted to prevent a client's crime involving financial harm or to respond to a lawyer's own legal exposure under Rule 1.6(b).

Apply Rule 3.3 candor obligations to three scenarios involving false testimony, adverse legal authority, and a client's perjury, and state the required remedial step in each.

Distinguish conduct barred by Rule 3.4 (fairness to the opposing party) from conduct permitted in adversarial discovery practice.

Apply Rules 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7 to fact patterns on ex parte contact with the tribunal, trial publicity, and lawyer-as-witness disqualification.

Outline the attorney-disciplinary process from grievance through sanction, and state the reporting duties under Rules 8.1 and 8.3.

Identify unauthorized-practice and multijurisdictional-practice limits under Rule 5.5 and the requirements for dividing fees between lawyers under Rule 1.5(e).

State the four elements of a legal-malpractice claim and explain how an ethics violation differs from civil liability.

Apply Rules 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 to assign responsibility among supervising lawyers, subordinate lawyers, and nonlawyer assistants.

Analyze a communication with a represented person under Rule 4.2 and an unrepresented person under Rule 4.3, and identify the exact point at which each contact becomes improper.

Apply Rule 4.1 truthfulness to negotiations and to disclosures required to avoid assisting a client's fraud.

Classify advertisement, solicitation, and live solicitation problems under Rules 7.1 through 7.3, including the targeted-mail and 30-day waiting-period rules.

Explain Rule 8.4 misconduct categories, distinguishing conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice from conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.

Determine when a lawyer has a mandatory duty to report another lawyer's misconduct under Rule 8.3 and when reporting is discretionary.

Apply Rule 6.1 pro bono aspirations, Rule 6.2 appointed-counsel obligations, and Rule 6.3 limitations on accepting third-party evaluations.

Re-work the ten items you most often missed in Weeks 1 through 4 until you can state the governing rule without notes.

Draft a five-question self-test on Rules 8.1 and 8.3 and answer it closed-book.

Apply the judicial canons on independence and impartiality to three scenarios on ex parte communications and improper influence.

Build a disqualification checklist from the judicial rules on personal bias, financial interest, prior representation, and campaign contributions.

Distinguish permissible extrajudicial activities, including business and charitable involvement, from prohibited political activity by a judge or judicial candidate.

Re-test your weakest Domain 1 subtopic, chosen from your error log, and confirm mastery with a fresh set of questions.

Compare the sanctions available to a judge through the judicial-conduct commission with those available to a lawyer through the disciplinary board.

Sit a second full-length 60-question timed exam under strict time pressure (one minute per question) and record a score for every domain.

Re-study your two lowest-scoring domains from Week 1 through Week 6, using only the rule text and your error log.

Practice 20 'best answer' questions in which two choices are defensible, and articulate why the wrong one fails.

Recite from memory the consent requirements for rules that require written confirmation, and check the list against the rule text for gaps.

Run a 60-question timed exam in 60 minutes and score at least 85%.

Review the master one-page rule sheet covering all ten domains and fill any remaining gaps identified by the error log.

Drill rule-identification speed by naming the governing rule for 30 short fact patterns in under 15 minutes.

Rehearse the confidentiality, conflicts, and candor rules one final time, since they carry the most exam weight.