Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam Practice Question
Which of the following actions is most consistent with a managing partner's obligation to supervise subordinate lawyers under professional-responsibility rules?
Assigning the responsibility for ethical oversight to administrative staff without legal training.
Establishing clear protocols for reporting and addressing ethical violations within the firm.
Allowing subordinate lawyers to determine their own compliance strategies without oversight.
Limiting the managing partner's involvement in subordinate lawyers' cases to respect their autonomy.
Under ABA Model Rule 5.1, lawyers with managerial authority must make reasonable efforts to ensure the firm has in place measures that give reasonable assurance all lawyers comply with the Rules of Professional Conduct. Creating clear protocols for reporting and addressing ethical violations satisfies this duty because it establishes a system that detects and responds to misconduct. Merely reducing direct involvement in cases does not create any compliance mechanism. Letting each lawyer craft individual compliance strategies without oversight fails to provide uniform assurance of adherence to the rules. Assigning ethical oversight to administrative staff who are not lawyers does not meet the requirement that those with legal training and authority remain responsible for supervision.
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