MPRE second most ethical option Forum

[victortsoi]

So I'm going to start studying for the saturday mpre this evening. Whats this i hear about picking the second most ethical choice? Any other advice?

[Ohiobumpkin]

This is not really true anymore from what I have heard, and from what I have experienced on the MPRE. There are a number of questions where a bright line rule is the correct answer. For example, on a question about client funds and co-mingling, the answer that say "as long as you don't use any of the funds and put them back" is wrong, though the second most ethical answer. The right answer would be "put the funds back and fully inform the client about the unintentional co-mingling." Just watch a lecture or two, skim through a mini outline, and have professional responsibility behind you, and you'll be fine.

[victortsoi]

Taking pr next (and last) semester of law school

[AVBucks4239]

Taking pr next (and last) semester of law school

Since you're a 3L and presumably worried about passing (like I was), watch the lectures, spend 2-3 hours to make your own outline, do about 100 practice questions, make note in your outline of your mistakes, and then read your outline the night before the exam.

Overall, you're looking at about 12-15 hours of studying. And from that, you'll notice a pattern in certain areas of ethics where the most ethical option is the correct choice (like the example above), and there are areas that are more lax (where the second most ethical option is usually right).

On test day, you'll remember the rules and these patterns, and you should pass with ease (I studied about 3-4 days in August and got a 108).