MPRE Regulation of the Profession Practice Questions
Area I of NCBE’s MPRE outline · 6–12% of the exam, about 3 to 6 of the 50 scored questions
60 questions across all twelve areas in 2 hours, with a score for Regulation of the Profession so you know where you stand.
Free Regulation of the Profession drillOn her bar application, an applicant omits a college disciplinary finding for plagiarism, believing it irrelevant. The form asks for all school disciplinary actions. Is the omission a basis for discipline or denial?
Regulation of the Legal Profession on the MPRE
Regulation of the legal profession is Area I of NCBE’s outline and 6–12% of the MPRE, about 3 to 6 of the 50 scored questions. These questions ask who regulates lawyers, what an applicant and a lawyer owe the bar, when a lawyer must report another lawyer, and where a lawyer may practice and with whom.
- Share of the exam
- 6–12% in NCBE’s subject matter outline, about 3 to 6 of the 50 scored questions
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 32 Regulation of the Profession questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What regulation of the profession questions test
- Admission and discipline: candor on bar applications (Rule 8.1), discipline for conduct anywhere (Rule 8.5) and the kinds of crimes that are misconduct (Rule 8.4)
- Reporting misconduct: the substantial-question threshold and the Rule 1.6 and lawyers-assistance exceptions (Rule 8.3)
- Unauthorized and multijurisdictional practice: temporary practice, in-house counsel and assisting nonlawyers (Rule 5.5)
- Firms and nonlawyers: fee sharing, partnerships, ownership and the sale of a practice (Rules 5.4, 1.17)
- Supervision and restrictions: duties of partners, supervisors and subordinates, and noncompete agreements (Rules 5.1-5.3, 5.6)
Sit the full exam under the real clock
60 questions across all twelve areas in 2 hours, with a score for Regulation of the Profession so you know where you stand.
Free Regulation of the Profession drillHow to study it
- Learn the four exceptions to fee sharing with nonlawyers in Rule 5.4(a); they come up again in advertising questions.
- For reporting questions, ask two things: does the lawyer know, and does the violation raise a substantial question about honesty or fitness?
- Memorize the four safe harbors for temporary practice in Rule 5.5(c).
- Take the regulation drill until you score 80% or better.
Common questions
How many regulation questions are on the MPRE?
Regulation of the legal profession is 6-12% of the exam in NCBE’s outline, about 3 to 6 of the 50 scored questions.
Must a lawyer report every rule violation by another lawyer?
No. Rule 8.3 requires a report only when the lawyer knows of a violation that raises a substantial question about the other lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness, and it does not require revealing information protected by Rule 1.6.
60 questions across all twelve areas in 2 hours, with a score for Regulation of the Profession so you know where you stand.
Free Regulation of the Profession drillThe other MPRE areas
- 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
- 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.