PT117.S1.P1.Q3

PrepTest 117 - Section 1 - Passage 1 - Question 3

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The Canadian Auto Workers' (CAW) Legal Services Plan, designed to give active and retired autoworkers and their families access to totally prepaid or partially reimbursed legal services, has been in operation since late 1985. ████ ███████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ██████ ███ ██████ █████ ████████ █████ ████████ ███ █████ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ██████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ██ ███████ ███████ ███████ ████████ ██ █████ ███ ██████ ████ ██ ████ ███ ████ ██ █ ████████████ ███████ ███ ██████ ███ █████ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ ██ █████ ██ ████ ███ ██████ █ ██████ ███ ███ ███████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ███████ ███

Intro topic · CAW plan gives autoworkers access to prepaid legal services
Workers can choose the plan's staff lawyers, or get partially or wholly subsidized service from an outside lawyer.
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Reactions to CAW plan · Positive
Significant portion of autoworkers are enrolled in the plan. Concept of prepaid legal services is spreading.
P2

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Lawyers' concerns · Plan has negative effect on prices for legal services
Even for lawyers who haven't joined the plan, legal fees have been depressed in places where CAW plan operates.
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CAW directors' response · Plan helps both clients and lawyers
Clients get access to low-price services, and lawyers can grow their business by working with people who otherwise wouldn't use lawyers. And lawyers will get clients from referrals, who would pay standard legal fees.
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Author's critique of CAW plan · Plan won't satisfy clients long-term, and won't increase law firm profits much
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Support 1 · Lawyers in the plan aren't as good as lawyers outside the plan
Established lawyers don't need to participate. So participating lawyers tend to be worse and provide less satisfaction to clients.
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Support 2 · Full-fee referrals won't make up for servicing the low-fee plan clients
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Support 3 · Lawyers won't give much time or effort to low-fee plan clients
Passage Style
Critique or debate
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3.

Which one of the following ████ ███ ██████ ███████ ████ ██ █ ███████████ ██ █████████ ███ ██ █████ ██████

a

results that are ███████ ██ ████ ████ █████ █████████ ██ ███████ ███ █████████ ███ █████

Anti-supported. Lawyers who criticize prepaid legal plans are concerned that they’ll lead to lower fees for legal services. The author agrees, saying that the plans will lead to a downward pressure on legal fees.

1%
b

a lowering of ███ █████ ████ █████ ██████ █████ ███████

This isn’t stated in the passage. The author doesn’t predict that increased use of legal plans will lead to lower charges for clients. He thinks they’ll lead to lower profits for lawyers.

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c

forced participation of ███████ ███ ███ ███████ ██████ ████ ███████████ ████ ███ █████

Anti-supported. The author doesn’t say that any lawyers will be forced to participate in prepaid legal plans. Instead, he suggests that lawyers who won’t benefit from the plans simply won’t participate in them. He thinks this means that primarily unestablished lawyers will participate, which will lead to less client satisfaction.

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d

an eventual increase ██ ███████ ███ ███████ ████ ██████ █████ ██ ███ █████

Anti-supported. The author thinks that increased use of prepaid legal plans will lead to a decrease in profits for lawyers.

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e

a reduction in ███ ████ ███████ ██████ ██ ███████ █████

This is stated here. The author predicts that increased use of prepaid legal plans will lead to lower legal fees, which will give lawyers little incentive to devote much effort to cases. He says that this will cause lawyers to spend less time on complex cases.

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