27 NCAC 03 .0402             Application Form

(a)  The Application for Admission to Take the North Carolina Bar Examination requires an applicant to supply full and complete information relating to the applicant's background, including family history, past and current residences, education, military service, past and present employment, credit status, involvement in disciplinary, civil, or criminal proceedings, substance abuse, current mental and emotional impairment, and bar admission and discipline history. Applicants must list references and submit as part of the application:

(1)           Certificates of Moral Character from four individuals who know the applicant;

(2)           A recent photograph;

(3)           Two sets of clear fingerprints;

(4)           Two executed informational Authorization and Release forms;

(5)           A birth certificate;

(6)           Transcripts from the applicant's undergraduate and graduate schools;

(7)           A copy of all applications for admission to the practice of law that the applicant has filed with any state, territory, or the District of Columbia;

(8)           A certificate from the proper court or agency of every jurisdiction in which the applicant is or has been licensed, that the applicant is in good standing, or the applicant must otherwise satisfy the Board that the applicant falls within the exception provided in Rule .0501(7)(b), and is not under pending charge of misconduct;

(9)           Copies of any legal proceedings in which the applicant has been a party.

(10)         The application must be filed in duplicate. The duplicate may be a photocopy of the original.

(b)  An applicant who aptly filed a complete Application for the North Carolina Bar Examination for the February or July bar examination may, after failing or withdrawing from that particular examination, file a Supplemental Application, with the applicable fee, for the next subsequent bar examination, on forms supplied by the Board, and may continue to file a Supplemental Application, with the applicable fee, for each subsequent examination until successful. Each Supplemental Application must update any information previously submitted to the Board by the applicant. Each Supplemental Application must be filed by the deadline set out in Rule .0403 of this Chapter. An applicant who withdraws from or fails any particular administration of the bar examination and does not file a Supplemental Application for the next bar examination will be required to file a new general application before taking the written examination again.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 84-21; 84-24;

Eff. February 7, 2025.