To claim MCLE credit, it is necessary to fill out the personal information area at the right so we can send you your certificate of completion. Without this information, we cannot issue the Certificates of Completion mandated by the individual State Bars and Attorneys and Paralegals cannot claim credit for taking this quiz.

For questions regarding this, or any of our MCLE exercises, contact Mark Rosch at 310/559-1632.

The California State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct

One Hour of Online, Participatory Ethics MCLE Credit for

California Attorneys & Paralegals

PAYMENT METHOD

Please select one of the three payment method at the right.

BY CREDIT CARD

I have already charged the $20.00 fee for this one quiz to my credit card.

Click here to pay by credit card if you have not already done so.

BY CHECK

I will send a check and a copy of my completed quiz to Internet For Lawyers.

To pay by check, print a copy of the "MCLE Submission" form that appears on your screen after you hit the "Submit Quiz Answers" button below. Mail a copy of that "MCLE Submission" form and your $20.00 check made payable to "Internet For Lawyers" to P.O. Box 1065; Culver City, CA 90232.

The California State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct

One Hour of Online, Participatory Ethics MCLE Credit for

California Attorneys & Paralegals

 

The California Rules of Professional Conduct lay out very specific rules to regulate professional conduct of members of the State Bar through discipline. These rules have been adopted by the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California and approved by the Supreme Court of California pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 6076 and 6077 to protect the public and to promote respect and confidence in the legal profession.

This quiz is designed to give you an overview of some of the highlights of these rules to keep in mind as you build your practice.

INSTRUCTIONS: Read and answer the following 10 questions for 1 hour of participatory MCLE ethics credit. Use the hyperlinks included in the questions to find the answers. This quiz will not only help you learn more about the ethical requirements for legal practitioners in California, but it will also help you hone your Internet research skills.

State Bar of California Certificates of Completion will be issued after the quiz materials on this page are completed by the Attorney or Paralegal and returned to Internet For Lawyers, along with your $20 (for one hour of MCLE credit) payment (credit card or check). Select your payment option below.

CALIFORNIA: Internet For Lawyers certifies that this activity has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 1 hour of Ethics, General or Law Practice Management participatory credit. Internet For Lawyers is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider.

If your browser does not support filling in this type of form, you may print out these questions and write your answers in by hand and mail the completed quiz to our postal mail address at the top of the page.

Adhering to the CA State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct

1. Rule 1-100 of the State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct very specifically spells out definitions of what does and does not constitute a "law firm" under the Rules. By these definitions, in-house, corporate law departments are considered a different type of entity from a traditional law firm with partners, associates, etc. - and are therefore governed by a separate (sub-set) of rules.
Select One: True False

2. Rule 1-311 discusses circumstances under which disbarred attorneys may be employed by an attorney or law firm. They are: (Check all that apply)
Perform legal work of a preparatory nature, such as legal

research, the assemblage of data and other necessary information, drafting of pleadings, briefs, and other similar documents

Receive, disburse or otherwise handle the client's funds

Direct communication with the client or third parties regarding

matters such as scheduling, billing, updates, confirmation of receipt or sending of correspondence and messages

Appear as a representative of the client at a deposition or other

discovery matter

Accompanying an active member in attending a deposition or

other discovery matter for the limited purpose of providing clerical assistance to the active member who will appear as the representative of the client

3. Before a lawyer or firm can employ a disbarred attorney to handle any of the functions allowable in question 2, the employer must notify the State Bar AND any client on whose matter that disbarred attorney will work. See Rule 1-311.
Select One: Yes No

4. Attorneys employing a disbarred attorney must notify the State Bar when terminating that disbarred attorney. See Rule 1-311.
Select One: Yes No

5. Rule 1-400 offers attorneys VERY specific guidelines for how attorneys may communicate with their clients and/or prospective clients. This includes any "written material describing such member, law firm, or lawyers" including an attorney's letterhead and business cards.
Select One: True False

6. Attorneys must keep "true & correct" copies of all written or electronic communications for a period of: (Select One) See Rule 1-400.
One Year Two Years Three Years Four Years

7. According to Rule 1-400 an attorney's newspaper advertisement is: (Select One)
A "communication" and NOT a "solicitation"
Always a "communication" AND a "solicitation"
A "solicitation" and NOT a "communication"

8. An attorney may directly contact an individual represented by another attorney IF the contacting attorney has consent from the other party's lawyer. See Rule 2-100.
Select One: Yes No

9.Rule 4-210 allows attorneys to pay personal or business expenses for clients if: (Check all that apply)
the client agrees that payment may made to third parties from

funds collected (or to be collected) as a judgement in the client's favor

the expenses are (cumulatively) under $1000

the attorney gets a written promissory note from the client

promising to repay the amount paid by the attorney

advancing legal filing fees, etc. to repaid from a judgement in

the client's favor

the attorney is representing a client in a wrongful termination

action and the client remains unemployed and unable to pay the expense

10.An attorney may contact a dismissed juror while the trial from which the juror was dismissed is still under way? See Rule 5-320
Select One: Yes No