New CLE Requirements for Applicants Successful on 2011 North Carolina Bar Examinations Forward:
The North Carolina State Bar is requiring new lawyers who have just passed the North Carolina State Bar Examination to take 12 hours of specialized CLE courses designed to teach them the fundamentals of practicing law and professionalism.
For more information, please contact Debra Holland, Assistant Director of the North Carolina State Bar’s CLE Board.
TO THE APPLICANTS FOR THE JULY
2012 NORTH CAROLINA BAR EXAMINATION
The timely filing deadline
for the July 2012 NC Bar Examination is January 3,
2012. To be considered filed, your
application must be COMPLETE and postmarked by or on this date. Guidelines for application completeness follow:
·
Payment. Check or money order,
MUST include the applicant’s name if the check is from a party other than
applicant.
·
Answer every question. Especially
question 47 (often overlooked), the handwriting sample, on the General
Application.
·
Make sure to sign and have notarized the application, as well as the
Authorization and Release forms!
·
The application, and copy, should be doublesided.
PLEASE
DO NOT CALL OR EMAIL TO ASK IF YOUR APPLICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED. In the weeks surrounding the deadlines, we receive
several hundred applications per day. It is impossible to determine if
your application is in the stacks of applications waiting to be
processed. FedEx, UPS, and the US Postal Service
all offer delivery notification services for your peace of mind.
Notification cards, when included with the application, are sent out
immediately when an application is received.
Also, you may be able to check your bank activity to see that your
payment has been processed.
FEBRUARY 2012 North
Carolina Bar Examination Information:
The February 2012 North Carolina Bar Examination will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, February 28 and 29, 2012, at the North Carolina State Fair Grounds, located at 1025 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC 27607. The examination will consist of a twelve (l2) question essay test from the subject areas set out in Rule .0903 of the Board's rules on the first day and the Multistate Bar Examination on the second day.
Your admission
ticket to the examination along with the Schedule and General Instructions and
Code of Conduct will be mailed to you no earlier than the first week in February if your application is complete.
Please
do not call with questions about Admission Tickets prior to February 14th.
Laptop Registration for the February 2012 exam will end at
5:00 p.m. on Friday February 3rd. Please register your laptop prior
to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 3rd. With the deadline closer to
the examination dates to allow the maximum registration time, anyone who does
not register prior to 5:00 p.m. on Friday February 3rd, will not be allowed to use their laptop.
Admission tickets will be mailed the following week and they are assigned by
handwriting and laptop so no exceptions can be allowed.
Please note this is NOT a payment deadline. This is the deadline for registering your laptop and downloading the necessary software to use your laptop on examination day. If you change your mind and wish to handwrite, you may notify me via email any time prior to 5:00 p.m. February 3rd.
Applicants should only bring to the bar
examination their admission ticket, this signed
Examination
Regulations and Code of Conduct and a photo identification card. Do not
bring
pens, pencils, erasers, clocks, watches or other timing devices.
No
watches or other timing devices will be allowed in the examination
building. If you
have such items in
your possession, they will be confiscated and your results may be delayed or
permanently sealed.
No cell phones, palm pilots, pagers, blackberries or any electronic
device will be allowed in the examination building.
If you have any such items in your
possession, they will be confiscated and your results may be delayed or
permanently sealed.
No knapsacks,
bookbags, pocketbooks, handbags, books, notes,
written or printed material, CDs
or data of any kind will be allowed in the examination building.
If you have any such items in your
possession, they will be confiscated and your results may be delayed or
permanently sealed.
You are not allowed to make any notes
from memory or review any bar review material or other material once you enter
the examination building and prior to the start of an examination session. If you have any such items in your possession,
they will be confiscated and your results may be delayed or permanently sealed.
No pocketbooks, handbags or wallets are
allowed in the examination
building. Any materials normally carried in a
pocketbook, wallet or handbag must be kept in a clear plastic bag not to exceed
1-quart size. The Board assumes no liability for any damages or missing items.