MPRE Judicial Conduct Practice Questions
Area XII 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 Judicial Conduct so you know where you stand.
Free Judicial Conduct drillA lawyer who regularly appears before a judge gives the judge expensive concert tickets. The lawyer is not a relative or close friend. May the judge accept?
Judicial Conduct on the MPRE
Judicial conduct is Area XII of NCBE’s outline and 2–8% of the MPRE, about 1 to 4 of the 50 scored questions. These questions use the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct, and on the MPRE "subject to discipline" for a judge means discipline under that Code.
- 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 24 Judicial Conduct questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What judicial conduct questions test
- Independence and impartiality: prestige of office, bias and outside influence (Rules 1.2, 1.3, 2.2-2.4)
- Competence and diligence (Rule 2.5)
- Ex parte communications and independent investigation of facts (Rule 2.9)
- Disqualification and its waiver (remittal), and the rule of necessity (Rule 2.11)
- Extrajudicial activities: character testimony, charities, fiduciary roles, business, gifts and political activity (Canons 3 and 4)
Sit the full exam under the real clock
60 questions across all twelve areas in 2 hours, with a score for Judicial Conduct so you know where you stand.
Free Judicial Conduct drillHow to study it
- Learn the exceptions to the ex parte rule: scheduling, experts, court staff, settlement with consent, and as authorized by law.
- Learn the disqualification list in Rule 2.11(A) and which grounds the parties can waive (all but personal bias).
- Learn the narrow family exceptions: fiduciary roles, legal advice and soliciting contributions.
- Take the judicial conduct drill until you score 80% or better.
Common questions
How many judicial conduct questions are on the MPRE?
Judicial conduct is 2-8% of the exam in NCBE’s outline, about 1 to 4 of the 50 scored questions.
Which code does the MPRE use for judges?
The ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct, as NCBE’s Preparing for the MPRE page and key words and phrases state.
60 questions across all twelve areas in 2 hours, with a score for Judicial Conduct so you know where you stand.
Free Judicial Conduct 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
- Transactions and Communications with Persons Other Than Clients
- Different Roles of the Lawyer
- Safekeeping Funds and Other Property
- Communications About Legal Services
- Lawyers’ Duties to the Public and the Legal System
- 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.