MPRE — Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam — All Questions

Under Model Rule 7.1, a lawyer's advertisement is improper if it:

• a.States the lawyer's areas of practice
• b.Lists the lawyer's office hours and fees
• c.Contains a material misrepresentation or omits a fact needed to keep it from being materially misleading✓
• d.Includes the lawyer's photograph

Model Rule 7.1 prohibits false or misleading communications about a lawyer or the lawyer's services. A communication is misleading if it contains a material misrepresentation of fact or law or omits a fact necessary to make it not materially misleading. Truthful, non-misleading advertising is permitted.

Under Model Rule 7.3, a lawyer generally may NOT use live person-to-person solicitation for pecuniary gain when the person solicited is:

• a.A stranger with no prior relationship to the lawyer, contacted in person about a recent accident✓
• b.Another lawyer
• c.A close personal friend of the lawyer
• d.A former client of the lawyer

Model Rule 7.3 bars live person-to-person solicitation motivated by pecuniary gain unless the person contacted is a lawyer or has a family, close personal, or prior professional relationship with the lawyer. Soliciting a stranger in person about a recent accident falls within the prohibition.