# 343: Listen and Learn -- Duties to the Tribunal (Professional Responsibility) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-pass-the-bar-exam-with-less-stress-457444/343-listen-and-learn-duties-to-the-tribunal-professional-responsibility Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-pass-the-bar-exam-with-less-stress-457444/343-listen-and-learn-duties-to-the-tribunal-professional-responsibility.md Podcast: [The Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast: Pass the Bar Exam with Less Stress](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-pass-the-bar-exam-with-less-stress-457444) Published: 2026-02-16T10:00:47+00:00 Episode link: https://barexamtoolbox.libsyn.com/343-listen-and-learn-duties-to-the-tribunal-professional-responsibility Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/barexamtoolbox/BET_Podcast_LL_-_Duties_to_the_Tribunal_Professional_Responsibility.mp3?dest-id=678059 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-pass-the-bar-exam-with-less-stress-457444/episodes/343-listen-and-learn-duties-to-the-tribunal-professional-responsibility Duration seconds: 1174 ## Resource Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we're discussing ABA's Model Rule of Professional Conduct 3.3, which governs truth telling to the tribunal (a court, arbitrator, administrative agency, or any other body acting in an adjudicative capacity). We break down all of the rule's nuances and parts, and analyze a few hypothetical scenarios. In this episode, we discuss: An overview of ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct The elements of Rule 3.3 "Candor Toward the Tribunal" A few hypothetical scenarios that show how this topic appears on the bar exam Resources: "Listen and Learn" series (https://barexamtoolbox.com/bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-archive-by-topic/bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-explaining-individual-mee-and-california-bar-essay-questions/#listen-learn) ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/model_rules_of_professional_conduct_table_of_contents/) California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2024 (https://www.calbar.ca.gov/sites/default/files/portals/0/documents/admissions/Examinations/February2024CBXessayQsandAnswer.pdf) California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2018 (https://www.calbar.ca.gov/sites/default/files/portals/0/documents/admissions/Examinations/Feb2018_CBXSelectedAnswers_EssayQuestions.pdf) Talmage v. Smith (https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/torts/torts-keyed-to-prosser/intentional-interference-with-person-or-property/talmage-v-smith/) Download the Transcript (https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-343-listen-and-learn-duties-to-the-tribunal-professional-responsibility/) If you enjoy the podcast, we'd love a nice review and/or rating on Apple Podcasts ( https://itunes.a… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-pass-the-bar-exam-with-less-stress-457444/episodes/343-listen-and-learn-duties-to-the-tribunal-professional-responsibility/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-pass-the-bar-exam-with-less-stress-457444/343-listen-and-learn-duties-to-the-tribunal-professional-responsibility.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.