Chapter 6: Advertising and Solicitation

Chapter 6: Advertising and Solicitation

<p>Chapter 6: Advertising and Solicitation</p><p>Sample Quiz</p><p>True/False Questions</p><p>1. Originally, lawyers were not prohibited from advertising because it was just </p><p> thought not to be part of the tradition of lawyering.</p><p>2. The U.S. Supreme Court allows lawyers to solicit but not advertise.</p><p>3. The following phrase in a lawyer advertisement, “We will strive to do our </p><p> absolute best to help you win your case,” is more than likely to be considered a </p><p> lawful ad.</p><p>4. The following phrase in a lawyer advertisement, “Our lawyers have all graduated </p><p> from law school with honors,” is more than likely to be considered a lawful ad.</p><p>5. Law firms may include their paralegals and legal assistants as part of their </p><p> advertising methods.</p><p>6. Solicitation is a practice more strictly regulated when paralegals engage in it, </p><p> compared to when lawyers engage in it.</p><p>7. A finder’s fee is unlawful, unless paid to a paralegal employed by the lawyer </p><p> paying the fee.</p><p>8. The rules on solicitation allow a lawyer (or a paralegal) to solicit a prospective </p><p> client when there is no motive for financial gain.</p><p>9. Soliciting clients on an Internet message board is equivalent to soliciting clients </p><p> on a street corner. 10. As portrayed in the film Erin Brockovich, if Ms. Brockovich is soliciting clients </p><p> for her employer’s firm for the purposes of joining a class-action suit, that would </p><p> be permissible.</p><p>Fill in the Blank Questions</p><p>1. The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the use of restrained lawyer advertising in the </p><p> famous case ______. </p><p>2. According to the key advertising lawyer, a lawyer may not make ______</p><p> or ______communications about a lawyer’s services.</p><p>3. Generally, lawyers may not compare themselves to ______.</p><p>4. A lawyer is not allowed to pay a paralegal in exchange for the paralegal </p><p>______the lawyer’s services. </p><p>5. A targeted mailing is another word for a ______.</p><p>6. ______, unlike advertising, is almost always prohibited.</p><p>7. As it concerns advertising, the ABA, and many states, permit paralegals to have </p><p>______.</p><p>8. In some jurisdictions, anti-solicitation laws are so strict the behavior is classified </p><p> as a crime called ______.</p><p>9. One of the common exceptions in the solicitation rules is that a lawyer may solicit</p><p> when ______.</p><p>10. Often, when a prospective client receives a solicitation letter from a lawyer, the </p><p> letter comes with the following ______, placed on the </p><p> letter’s front.</p>

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