MPRE Dealing with Nonclients Practice Questions
Area VII of NCBE’s MPRE outline · 2–8% of the exam, about 1 to 4 of the 50 scored questions
60 questions across all twelve areas in 2 hours, with a score for Dealing with Nonclients so you know where you stand.
Free Dealing with Nonclients drillA lawyer drafting a contract for a client learns that the client plans to misrepresent the company's revenue to the buyer. The client insists on proceeding. What does Rule 4.1(b) address?
Transactions and Communications with Persons Other Than Clients on the MPRE
Transactions and communications with persons other than clients are Area VII of NCBE’s outline and 2–8% of the MPRE, about 1 to 4 of the 50 scored questions. The questions test what a lawyer owes people on the other side of a deal or dispute.
- Share of the exam
- 2–8% in NCBE’s subject matter outline, about 1 to 4 of the 50 scored questions
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 20 Dealing with Nonclients questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What dealing with nonclients questions test
- Truthfulness in statements to others, including negotiation puffing (Rule 4.1)
- Communications with represented persons, including employees of organizations (Rule 4.2)
- Dealing with unrepresented persons and correcting misunderstandings (Rule 4.3)
- Respect for the rights of third persons and inadvertently sent documents (Rule 4.4)
Sit the full exam under the real clock
60 questions across all twelve areas in 2 hours, with a score for Dealing with Nonclients so you know where you stand.
Free Dealing with Nonclients drillHow to study it
- Learn who controls the no-contact rule: the other person’s lawyer must consent, not the person.
- Learn which employees of a represented organization are covered and that former employees are not.
- Remember that Rule 4.4(b) requires only notice to the sender.
- Take the drill until you score 80% or better.
Common questions
How many questions on dealing with nonclients are on the MPRE?
This area is 2-8% of the exam in NCBE’s outline, about 1 to 4 of the 50 scored questions.
May represented parties talk to each other directly?
Yes. Rule 4.2 limits lawyers, not parties, and a lawyer may advise a client about a communication the client is entitled to make.
60 questions across all twelve areas in 2 hours, with a score for Dealing with Nonclients so you know where you stand.
Free Dealing with Nonclients drillThe other MPRE areas
- Regulation of the Legal Profession
- The Client-Lawyer Relationship
- Client Confidentiality
- Conflicts of Interest
- Competence, Legal Malpractice and Other Civil Liability
- Litigation and Other Forms of Advocacy
- Different Roles of the Lawyer
- Safekeeping Funds and Other Property
- Communications About Legal Services
- Lawyers’ Duties to the Public and the Legal System
- Judicial Conduct
- MPRE practice exam (60 questions, 2 hours)
- Mixed drill: all twelve areas
- MPRE practice test: exam facts and every area
Sources
- NCBE: About the MPRE (length, administrations, jurisdictions)
- NCBE: Preparing for the MPRE (format, pretest questions, subject matter)
- NCBE: MPRE Subject Matter Outline (PDF)
- NCBE: MPRE Key Words and Phrases (PDF)
- NCBE: MPRE Registration (fee, dates, rescheduling)
- NCBE: MPRE Scores (scale, equating, release)
- NCBE: MPRE Test Day Policies
- The Bar Examiner: 2025 MPRE statistics (examinees, mean score, passing scores)
- ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
- ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct
Original practice questions for exam preparation, written to NCBE’s MPRE Subject Matter Outline and the ABA Model Rules; they are not NCBE questions. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) or the American Bar Association. MPRE is a mark of NCBE.