# I'm officially ethical! Ask me anything! (Passed the MPRE) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-ethical-ask-me-anything-passed-the-mpre/462680 "2008-09-08T21:35:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-ethical-ask-me-anything-passed-the-mpre/462680/1 "2008-09-08T21:35:07Z")
Hi, all. I just passed the Multi-state Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE), the legal ethics exam that most state bars require applicants to take. Technically, each state bar has their own passing score - but I did well enough that I could qualify for entry into any of them, so I think I can justifiably say “I passed” without caveat. This is no great distinction, by the way - most people “pass” without difficulty. Still, this is another milestone on the road to becoming a lawyer, and I’m damn pleased with myself. This also means that the National Conference of Bar Examiners has vouched for my character!\* I am officially a fine, unstanding paragon of virtue.\*\* And so I invite all the Dopers in the land - pose me your ethical conundrums! I shall produce the most moral, ethical answer possible.\*\*\* \*This is completely untrue. \*\*This is even more completely untrue. \*\*\*I think Truth just threw up in its mouth a little. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-ethical-ask-me-anything-passed-the-mpre/462680/2 "2008-09-08T21:44:53Z")
Nothing to ask, I just wanted to say congratulations. 🙂 My husband asked me to fetch his score for him and he passed, too (in CA). W00t! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-ethical-ask-me-anything-passed-the-mpre/462680/3 "2008-09-08T21:50:15Z")
> [@Queen\_Bruin](#): > > Nothing to ask, I just wanted to say congratulations. 🙂 My husband asked me to fetch his score for him and he passed, too (in CA). W00t! Thanks **Queen Bruin**! Congratulations to your husband, too. Be sure to point out that the National Conference of Bar Examiners has affirmed that he has inerrant moral judgment. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-ethical-ask-me-anything-passed-the-mpre/462680/4 "2008-09-08T21:52:58Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Thanks **Queen Bruin**! Congratulations to your husband, too. Be sure to point out that the National Conference of Bar Examiners has affirmed that he has inerrant moral judgment. 😃 So sez them! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-ethical-ask-me-anything-passed-the-mpre/462680/5 "2008-09-08T21:58:46Z")
Have you taken the bar yet? I forgot to sign up for the MPRE, so I had to take it after I took the bar. All my friends had already taken the MPRE when they got their bar results and got sworn in right away, which they made sure to frequently mention. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-ethical-ask-me-anything-passed-the-mpre/462680/6 "2008-09-08T22:04:43Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Have you taken the bar yet? I forgot to sign up for the MPRE, so I had to take it after I took the bar. All my friends had already taken the MPRE when they got their bar results and got sworn in right away, which they made sure to frequently mention. 🙂 Nope, not yet - I still have that to look forward to in July of 2009. Can’t I just get by on my sterling character? 😃 Speaking of - darnit, people, where are the ethical conundrums? I demand the chance to slice infants in two! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-ethical-ask-me-anything-passed-the-mpre/462680/7 "2008-09-08T22:10:53Z")
Good for you for getting it out of the way, then, you won’t have to wait for official lawyerhood for a month or so like I did. 🙂 Any of it trip you up, or was it pretty straightforward? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-ethical-ask-me-anything-passed-the-mpre/462680/8 "2008-09-08T22:16:03Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Good for you for getting it out of the way, then, you won’t have to wait for official lawyerhood for a month or so like I did. 🙂 Any of it trip you up, or was it pretty straightforward? Was pretty straightforward - I skipped most of my last-minute studying in favor of reading CNN’s coverage of the war in Georgia (exam was August 8), but the test seemed to mostly stay away from the rules I hadn’t reviewed. I was very lucky. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-ethical-ask-me-anything-passed-the-mpre/462680/9 "2008-09-09T01:32:50Z")
So… Didja cheat on the test? 😃