NV Bar Nevada Professional Responsibility 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Nevada RPC provision governs a lawyer's duty of candor to the tribunal?
- RPC 1.2
- RPC 1.6
- RPC 3.3 (Correct answer)
- RPC 4.1
Correct answer: RPC 3.3
Nevada RPC 3.3 imposes a duty of candor toward the tribunal, prohibiting false statements of fact or law and requiring disclosure of directly adverse controlling authority.
Question 2: Under Nevada RPC 8.3, an attorney who knows another attorney has committed a serious ethical violation must:
- Immediately report to the Nevada State Bar
- Report if the information is not protected by confidentiality (Correct answer)
- Report only if the violation resulted in client harm
- Report within 30 days of learning of the violation
Correct answer: Report if the information is not protected by confidentiality
Under Nevada RPC 8.3(a), a lawyer must report another lawyer's serious misconduct unless the information is protected by the duty of confidentiality under RPC 1.6.
Question 3: Nevada's mandatory pro bono rule under RPC 6.1 states that lawyers:
- Must complete 20 hours of pro bono service annually
- Should aspire to provide 50 hours of pro bono service per year (Correct answer)
- Must pay $500 to the Legal Aid fund if they cannot provide pro bono service
- Are prohibited from charging fees to low-income clients
Correct answer: Should aspire to provide 50 hours of pro bono service per year
Nevada RPC 6.1 states that lawyers should aspire to render at least 50 hours of pro bono publico legal services per year, but this is aspirational, not mandatory.
Question 4: Under Nevada RPC 1.9, a lawyer's duty to a former client includes which prohibition?
- Never working in the same practice area as the former representation
- Using information from the former representation to that client's disadvantage (Correct answer)
- Working for any party adverse to the former client in any matter
- Communicating with the former client without prior approval
Correct answer: Using information from the former representation to that client's disadvantage
Under Nevada RPC 1.9(c), a lawyer must not use information relating to a former representation to the disadvantage of the former client, except as otherwise permitted.
Question 5: In Nevada, what is the most severe sanction the Nevada Supreme Court can impose for attorney misconduct?
- Public reprimand
- Suspension
- Disbarment (Correct answer)
- Permanent revocation with five-year bar on reinstatement
Correct answer: Disbarment
Disbarment is the most severe sanction available in Nevada attorney discipline, stripping the attorney of the license to practice law in Nevada.
Question 6: Under Nevada RPC 1.16, when must an attorney withdraw from representation?
- Whenever the client requests it
- When the representation will result in violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct or other law (Correct answer)
- Whenever the case becomes unprofitable
- Whenever the client changes strategy
Correct answer: When the representation will result in violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct or other law
Under Nevada RPC 1.16(a), mandatory withdrawal is required when continued representation would result in a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct or other law.
NV Bar Nevada Professional Responsibility 2
Which Nevada RPC provision governs a lawyer's duty of candor to the tribunal?