Critique Continued ·Lawyer's obligation to the court and society ultimately benefits the defendant too
The defendant deserves a lawyer who truly believes in their innocence. Lawyers can simply refuse cases where they don't believe in their clients' innocence.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
2.
Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ████████ ████████ ██████ ███ ███████ ██████████ ██████████ ██ ███ █████ ████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██████████
Question Type
Author’s attitude
Implied
The author’s attitude is...agreement? It’s tough to anticipate some specific attitude. The author brought up this two-fold obligation as part of her argument that lawyers should consider their own opinion of a client’s guilt or innocence.
a
confident that it ███████ ███████ ███████ ██ ███████ █████ █████████ ████████████████ ██ ███ █████ ███ ██ ███████
Not supported, because there are not any “competing” responsibilities between the court and society. There are competing responsibilities to the defendant and to the court/society; but that’s not what (A) says.
b
certain that it ████████ ███████ ███████ ████ ████████████ ███████ ████ ████ ████ ██ ██ ██████
Not supported, too strong. The author argues that this obligation should cause lawyers to alter their arguments or representation of a client, but there’s no suggestion that the obligation will “prevent” lawyers from representing clients known to be guilty.
c
satisfied that it █████ ███████ ███████ ██ ███████ ███ ████████ █████ ██ █ ████
Not supported. There’s no indication that the obligation helps lawyers uncover facts. Although lawyers should analyze the facts carefully, that doesn’t suggest the obligation to the defendant and to society helps discover facts.
d
pleased that it ████ ███ █████████ ████ ██████ ███████ ██████████ ████ ██ ███████ ███████
Not supported. The author believes this obligation should influence how lawyers defend clients. There’s no suggestion that the obligation won’t interfere with common defense strategies.
e
convinced that it ████ ███ █████████ █ ████████ ██ ████████ ███ ███████ ███████
Supported, because the author uses the two-fold obligation as part of an argument for how lawyers should try to take into account both obligations. In fact, the author thinks you can serve both a defendant and the court/society
Difficulty
45% of people who answer get this correct
This is a very difficult question.
It is significantly harder than the average question in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%156
169
75%180
Analysis
Author’s attitude
Implied
Critique or debate
Law
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
37%
163
b
14%
164
c
3%
164
d
1%
158
e
45%
169
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