Duties to the Public · 2-4% of the exam

Night-before checklist

Chapter 22 · 8 items

Eight points, and the eighth is a pattern rather than a rule.

Rule 6.1's 50-hour pro bono target is aspirational — missing it carries no discipline.
Under Rule 6.5, the relaxed conflict standard applies only where there is no expectation of ongoing representation; actual knowledge of a conflict still disqualifies.
Rule 6.2 requires accepting court appointments unless there is concrete good cause — a busy schedule or personal disagreement isn't enough.
Rules 6.3 and 6.4 split by remedy: recuse from the specific vote (6.3) versus disclose anonymously and keep participating (6.4).
Rule 8.2's reckless-disregard standard — case law, not the rule's words, equates it with the defamation actual-malice test — protects good-faith criticism but not knowing or reckless falsehoods about the qualifications or integrity of a judge, adjudicatory officer, public legal officer or candidate for judicial or legal office.
Rule 7.6 bars taking a government legal engagement or an appointment by a judge (a position such as referee, commissioner, special master, receiver, or guardian) where the lawyer or firm gave or solicited political contributions to win such work or be considered for it; the carve-outs are substantially uncompensated service, merit-based RFP selection, and rotation from a list built without regard to donations.
Rule 8.4(g) needs all three together: harassment or discrimination on an enumerated ground, knowledge or constructive knowledge that it is, and a connection to the practice of law.
Across the integrity rules (Rule 8.4(e)'s claim of improper influence and Rule 8.4(f)'s knowing assistance to a judge's violation included) the statement or act itself is the violation; no victim or corrupt outcome is required.

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