Which of the following are paralegals not allowed to do?
a. Engage in, encourage, or contribute to any act which could constitute the
unauthorized practice of law
b. Establish attorney-client relationships
c. Give legal opinions or advice
d. All of these choices are correct
Q. 2Which of the following organizations has issued a code of ethics for paralegals?
a. The NFPA
b. The ABA
c. The NALA
d. The NFPA and the NALA
Q. 3Your firm is representing Mrs. Haserodt in a legal battle with her sister over their mother's estate.Mrs. Haserodt gives all the paralegals working on her case expensive jewelry for Christmas with a note saying There is lots more where this came from if
Mother's estate gets settled the right way. The gifts:
a. Create a conflict-of-interest situation
b. Do not create a conflict-of-interest situation because they were given at
Christmas
c. Are illegal in most states
d. None of these choices are correct
Q. 4You begin dating an attorney who is representing Mr. Jones in his divorce case. Mrs. Jones then approaches your supervising attorney about representing her against Mr. Jones. You should:
a. Alert your supervising attorney to your relationship with Mr. Jones's attorney
and the possible conflict of interest situation it creates
b. Say nothing because personal relationships should not affect your work
c. Break up with Mr. Jones's attorney
d. Alert your supervising attorney to your relationship with Mr. Jones's attorney
and the possible conflict of interest situation it creates and break up with Mr.
Jones's attorney
Q. 5Which of the following is a task you as a paralegal might have to do to construct an ethical wall around a specific attorney for a certain case?
a. Prepare a memo to the office manager regarding the conflict and the need
for special arrangements to ensure that the specific attorney will have no
involvement in the case
b. Prepare a memo to the firm giving the case name, the nature of the conflict,
the parties involved, and instructions to maintain a blanket of silence with
respect to the specific attorney
c. Arrange for the lawyer's office to be on a separate floor from the team
working on the case
d. Prepare a memo to the office manager regarding the conflict and the need
for special arrangements to ensure that the specific attorney will have no
involvement in the case and prepare a memo to the firm giving the case
name, the nature of the conflict, the parties involved, and instructions to
maintain a blanket of silence with respect to the specific attorney only
e. All of these choices are correct
Q. 6Which of the following can be used for walling off an attorney from a case where a conflict of interest exists?
a. Password protecting files related to the case
b. Sending a memo to all employees that a certain lawyer should not have
access to specific files
c. Flagging hard copies of files to indicate that they are restricted
d. All of these choices are correct
Q. 7Attorney Barnes drafts a will for Mrs. Potters, an 87-year-old widow. Since Mrs. Potters has no family to inherit her large estate, Attorney Barnes makes himself the sole beneficiary of Mrs. Potter's will. What ethical rule has attorney Barnes violated?
a. The client confidentiality rule
b. The attorney-client privilege
c. The duty of competence
d. The conflict of interest rule
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