The purpose of the MPRE is to measure your knowledge and understanding of legal ethics rules. The MPRE is not a test to determine your personal ethical values. Lawyers serve in many different capacities. For example, lawyers act as judges, advocates, counselors, and other roles. The law governing the conduct of lawyers in these roles is applied in disciplinary and bar admission procedures, and by courts in dealing with issues of appearance, representation, privilege, disqualification, contempt or other censure, and in lawsuits seeking to establish liability for malpractice, and other civil or criminal wrongs committed by a lawyer while acting in a professional capacity.