A person who directly or through an authorized representative, consults a lawyer for the purpose of retaining the lawyer or securing legal service or advice from the lawyer in the lawyer’s professional capacity, is a prospective client.

Raul is the owner of R’s Typing and Legal Services. Sam goes to Raul and says “I have to file bankruptcy because my house went into foreclosure. Where should I start?” Raul takes Sam to a wall filled with clear boxes of forms and says “Pick the form that you want to use.” When Sam starts to pull the Chapter 11 form out of the box, Raul shakes his head very slightly. Sam puts the form back. Then Sam reaches for the Chapter 7 form and glances sideways at Raul. He smiles. Raul:

Pertaining to declining or terminating representation, if the lawyer’s mental or physical condition renders it unreasonably difficult to carry out his/her/their representation effectively he/she/they can still represent the client for up to a six month period.

Rule 2.4 of Professional Conduct requires a lawyer to perform legal services with competence.

Service as a third party neutral may include service as an arbitrator or a mediator.

Based on the recommendation of educators and researchers, students can be expected to devote _____ hours per week to this course.

As used in rule 1.15 for Safekeeping Funds and Property of Clients and Other Persons, “advances for fees” means a payment intended by the client as an advance payment for only partial services that the lawyer is expected to perform on the client’s behalf.

Helical and icosahedral are terms used to describe the shapes of a virus 

All or substantially all of the law practice of a lawyer, living or deceased, including goodwill, may be sold to another lawyer or law firm, subject to several conditions.

Attorneys may ethically accept payment of earned fees from a client by a credit card.