LSAT 120 – Section 1 – Question 04

LSAT 120 - Section 1 - Question 04

October 2005

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT120 S1 Q04
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
1%
153
B
98%
163
C
1%
149
D
0%
147
E
0%
153
123
131
138
 +Easiest 145.819 +SubsectionMedium

Aaron: A prominent judge, criticizing “famous lawyers who come before courts ill-prepared to argue their cases,” recently said, “This sort of cavalier attitude offends the court and can do nothing but harm to the client’s cause.” I find the judge’s remarks irresponsible.

Belinda: I find it natural and an admirable display of candor. Letting people know of the damage their negligence causes is responsible behavior.

Speaker 1 Summary
An important judge criticized famous lawyers who aren’t prepared to argue their cases in court. Aaron asserts that the judge’s comments were irresponsible.

Speaker 2 Summary
Belinda asserts that the judge was good to make that criticism. This is because letting the lawyers know about the damage caused by their lack of preparation is a responsible thing to do.

Objective
We’re looking for a point of disagreement. The speakers disagree about whether the judge’s criticism was responsible. Aaron believes it wasn’t. Belinda believes it was.

A
ill-prepared lawyers damage their clients’ causes
Aaron doesn’t express an opinion. He calls the judge’s remarks irresponsible, but that doesn’t mean he believes ill-prepared lawyers harm their clients. He might just think the judge shouldn’t have aired that criticism publicly.
B
the judge’s criticism of lawyers is irresponsible
This is a point of disagreement. Aaron thinks the judge’s remarks were irresponsible. Belinda thinks the judge engaged in responsible behavior by letting the lawyers know about the harm they cause.
C
a lawyer’s being ill-prepared to argue a client’s case constitutes negligence
Aaron doesn’t express an opinion. Although he thinks the judge’s remarks were irresponsible, that doesn’t imply he thinks ill-prepared lawyers are not negligent. He might agree that those lawyers are negligent, but think the judge was wrong to air criticism publicly.
D
famous lawyers have a greater responsibility to be well prepared than do lawyers who are not famous
Neither speaker expresses an opinion. They don’t discuss non-famous lawyers or what kind of lawyers has a greater responsibility to be prepared.
E
it is to be expected that ill-prepared lawyers would offend the court in which they appear
Neither speaker expresses an opinion. Although the speakers have opinions about whether the judge’s remarks were responsible, they don’t suggest anything about the concept of “offense” or who we would expect to cause offense to a court.

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