PT120.S1.Q4

PrepTest 120 - Section 1 - Question 4

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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.

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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.

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