Rules

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.0100 ORGANIZATION

.0200 GENERAL PROVISIONS

.0300(RESERVED FOR FUTURE RULE PURPOSES)

.0400 APPLICATIONS

.0500 REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS

.0600 MORAL CHARACTER AND GENERAL FITNESS

.0700 EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

.0800 PROTEST

.0900 EXAMINATIONS

.1000 REVIEW OF WRITTEN BAR EXAMINATION

.1100 (RESERVED FOR FUTURE RULE PURPOSES)

.1200 BOARD HEARINGS

.1300 LICENSES

.1400 JUDICIAL REVIEW

SECTION.0100 - ORGANIZATION

.0101 ADDRESS

The offices of the Board of Law Examiners of the State of North Carolina are located at One Exchange Plaza, Suite 700, Raleigh, NC. The mailing address is P.O. Box 2946, Raleigh, NC 27602. The Offices are open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excepting holidays.

.0102 PURPOSE

The Board of Law Examiners of the State of North Carolina was created for the purpose of examining applicants and providing rules and regulations for admission to the bar, including the issuance of licenses therefor.

.0103 MEMBERSHIP

The Board of Law Examiners of the State of North Carolina consists of eleven members of the N.C. Bar elected by the council of the North Carolina State Bar. One member of said Board is elected by the Board to serve as chairman for such period as the Board may determine. The Board also employs an executive director to enable the Board to perform its duties promptly and properly. The executive director, in addition to performing the administrative functions of the positions, may act as attorney for the Board.

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SECTION .0200 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

.0201 COMPLIANCE

No person shall be admitted to the practice of law in North Carolina unless that person has complied with these rules and the laws of the state.

.0202 DEFINITIONS

(1)
The term "Board" as used in this chapter refers to the "Board of Law Examiners of the State of North Carolina.” A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and the action of a majority of a quorum, present and voting, shall constitute the action of the Board.

(2)
The term "Secretary" as used in this chapter refers to the "Executive Director of the Board of Law Examiners of the State of North Carolina."

(3)
As used in these rules, the word "filing" or "filed" shall mean received in the office of the Board of Law Examiners. Except that applications placed in the United States mail properly addressed to the Board of Law Examiners and bearing sufficient first class postage and postmarked by the United States Postal Service on or before a deadline date will be considered as having been timely filed if all required fees are included in the mailing. Mailings which are postmarked after a deadline or which if postmarked on or before a deadline and do not include required fees or which include a check in payment of required fees which is not honored due to insufficient funds will not be considered as timely filed. Applications which are not properly signed and notarized; or which do not include the properly executed Authorization and Release forms; or which are illegible; or which answers to the questions are not complete will not be considered filed and will be returned.

(4)
As used in these rules, the word "Chapter" refers to the "Rules Governing Admission to
the Practice of Law in the State of North Carolina."

.0203 APPLICANTS

For the purpose of these rules, applicants are classified either as "general applicants" or as "comity applicants." To be classified as a "general applicant" and certified as such for admission to practice law, an applicant must satisfy the requirements of Rule .0501 of this Chapter. To be classified as a "comity applicant" and certified as such for admission to practice law, a person shall satisfy the requirements of Rule .0502 of this Chapter.

.0204 LIST

As soon as possible after each filing deadline for applications, the Secretary shall prepare and maintain a list of general applicants for the ensuing examination.

.0205 HEARINGS

Every applicant may be required to appear before the Board to be examined about any matters pertaining to the applicant's moral character and general fitness, educational background or any other matters set out in Section .0500 of this Chapter.

.0206 NONPAYMENT OF FEES

Failure to pay the application fees required by these rules shall cause the application not to be deemed filed. If the check payable for the application fee is not honored upon presentment for any reason other than error of the bank the application will be deemed not timely filed and will have to be refiled. All checks payable to the Board for any fees which are not honored upon presentment shall be returned to the applicant who shall pay to the Board in cash, cashier's check, certified check or money order any fees payable to the Board including a fee for processing that check.

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SECTION .0400 - APPLICATIONS OF GENERAL APPLICANTS

.0401 HOW TO APPLY

Applications for admission to an examination must be made upon forms supplied by the Board and must be complete in every detail. Every supporting document required by the application form must be submitted with each application. The application form may be obtained by writing or downloading from the Board's website www.ncble.org.

.0402 APPLICATION FORM

(1)
The APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO TAKE THE NORTH CAROLINA BAR EXAMINATION form 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, mental treatment and bar admission and discipline history. Applicants must list references and submit as part of the application:

 -- Four Certificates of Moral Character from individuals 
 who know the applicant;
 
 -- A recent photograph;
 
 -- Two sets of clear fingerprints;
 
 -- Two executed informational Authorization and Release forms;
 
 -- A birth certificate
 
 -- Transcripts from the applicant's undergraduate schools;
 
 -- A copy of all applications to take a bar examination or an 
 attorney's examination or for admission to the practice of 
 law that the applicant has filed with any state, 
 territory, or the District of Columbia;
 
 -- A certificate from the proper court or agency of every
 state in which the applicant is or has been licensed, that
 the applicant is in good standing and not under pending 
 charge of misconduct;
 
 -- Copies of any legal proceedings in which the applicant has been a party.

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

(2)
An applicant who has aptly filed a complete APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO TAKE THE NORTH CAROLINA BAR EXAMINATION for a particular bar examination may file a SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION on forms supplied by the board, along with the applicable fee for the next subsequent bar examination. An applicant who has filed a SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION as provided by this rule immediately preceding the filing deadline specified in Rule .0403 of this chapter may file a subsequent SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION along with the applicable fees for the next examination. The SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION will update the information previously submitted to the Board by the applicant. Said SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION must be filed by the deadline set out in Rule .0403 of this chapter.

.0403 FILING DEADLINES

(1)
Applications shall be filed and received by the Secretary at the offices of the Board on or before the first Tuesday in January immediately preceding the date of the July written bar examination and on or before the first Tuesday in October immediately preceding the date of the February written bar examination.
(2)
Upon payment of a late filing fee of $250 (in addition to all other fees required by these rules), an applicant may file a late application with the Board on or before the first
Tuesday in March immediately preceding the July written bar examination and on or before the first Tuesday in November immediately preceding the February written bar examination.
(3)
Applicants who fail to timely file their application will not be allowed to take the Bar Examination designated on the application.
(4)
Any applicant who has aptly filed an application to stand the February written bar examination may make application to take the immediately following July bar examination by filing a Supplemental Application with the Secretary of the Board at the offices of the Board on or before the first Tuesday in May immediately preceding the July written bar examination.

.0404 FEES

Every application by an applicant who:
(1)
is not a licensed attorney in any other jurisdiction shall be accompanied by a fee of $600.00.

(2)
is or has been a licensed attorney in any other jurisdiction shall be accompanied by a fee of $1,200.00.

(3)
is filing to take the North Carolina Bar Examination using a Supplemental Application shall be accompanied by a fee of $400.00.

(4)
is filing after the deadline set out in Rule .0403(1) shall be accompanied by a late fee of $250.00 in addition to all other fees required by these rules.

.0405 REFUND OF FEES

No part of the fee required by Rule .0404 (1) (2) (3) of this Chapter shall be refunded to the applicant unless the applicant shall file with the Secretary a written request to withdraw as an applicant, not later than the 15th day of June preceding the July written bar examination and not later than the 15th day of January preceding the February written bar examination in which event not more than one-half of the fee may be refunded to the applicant at the discretion of the Board. No portion of any late fee will be refunded.

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SECTION .0500 - REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS

.0501 REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL APPLICANTS

As a prerequisite to being licensed by the Board to practice law in the State of North Carolina, a general applicant shall:

(1)
possess the qualifications of character and general fitness requisite for an attorney and counselor-at-law, and be of good moral character and entitled to the high regard and confidence of the public and have satisfied the requirements of Section .0600 of this Chapter both at the time the license is issued and at the time of standing and passing a written bar examination as prescribed in Section .0900 of this Chapter;
(2)
possess the legal educational qualifications as prescribed in Section .0700 of this Chapter;
(3)
be of the age of at least eighteen (18) years;
(4)
have filed formal application as a general applicant in accordance with Section .0400 of this Chapter;
(5)
stand and pass a written bar examination as prescribed in Section .0900 of this Chapter;
(6)
have stood and passed the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination approved by the Board within the twenty-four (24) month period next preceding the beginning day of the written bar examination prescribed by Section .0900 of this Chapter which the applicant applies to take, or shall take and pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination within the twelve (12) month period thereafter; or, if later, shall take and pass the first Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination offered after the Board releases the results of the applicant's written examination;
(7)

if the applicant is or has been a licensed attorney then the applicant be in good standing in every jurisdiction within each state, territory of the United Sates, or the District of Columbia, in which the applicant is or has been licensed to practice law and not under any charges of misconduct while the application is pending before the Board. For purposes of this rule, an applicant is “in good standing” in a jurisdiction if:

(i) the applicant is an active in actions member of the bar of the jurisdiction and the jurisdiction issues a certificate attesting to the applicant’s good standing therein; or

(ii) the applicant was formerly a member of the jurisdiction and the jurisdiction certifies the applicant was in good standing at the time that the applicant ceased to be a member; and

(iii) if the jurisdiction in which the applicant is inactive or was formerly a member will not certify the applicant’s good standing solely because of the non-payment of dues, the Board, in its discretion, may waive such certification from that jurisdiction.

.0502 REQUIREMENTS FOR COMITY APPLICANTS

Any attorney at law duly admitted to practice in another state, or territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, upon written application may, in the discretion of the Board, be licensed to practice law in the State of North Carolina without written examination provided each such applicant shall:

(1)
File with the Secretary, upon such forms as may be supplied by the Board, a typed application in duplicate which will be considered by the Board after at least six (6) months from the date of filing; the application requires:

(a)
That an applicant supply full and complete information in regard to his background, including family, past residences, education, military, employment, credit status, whether he has been a party to any disciplinary or legal proceedings, mental illness, references, the nature of the applicant's practice of law, and familiarity with the code of Professional Responsibility as Promulgated by the North Carolina State Bar.

(b)
That the applicant furnishes the following documentation:

i.      Certificates of Moral Character from four (4) individuals who know the applicant;

ii.     A recent photograph;

iii.    Two (2) sets of clear fingerprints;

iv.     A certification of the Court of Last Resort from the jurisdiction from which the applicant is applying;

v.      Transcripts from the applicant's undergraduate and graduate schools;

vi.     A copy of all applications for admission to the practice of law that he has filed with any state, territory, or the District of Columbia;

vii.    A certificate of admission to the bar of any state, territory, or the District of Columbia;

viii.   A certificate from the proper court or body of every state in which the applicant is licensed therein that he is in good standing and not under pending charges of misconduct;

(2) Pay to the Board with each typewritten application, a fee of $1,500.00, no part of
which may be refunded to the applicant whose application is denied;

(3) Prove to the satisfaction of the Board that the applicant is duly licensed to practice law in a state, or territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, having comity with North Carolina and that in such state, or territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, while so licensed therein, the applicant has been for a least four out of the last six years, immediately preceding the filing of this application with the Secretary, actively and substantially engaged in the full-time practice of law. Practice of law for the purposes of this rule when conducted pursuant to a license granted by another jurisdiction shall include:

(a) The practice of law as defined by G.S. 84-2.1; or

(b) Activities which would constitute the practice of law if done for the general public; or

(c) Legal service as a corporate counsel; or

(d) Judicial service in a court of record or other legal service with any local or state government or with the federal government; or

(e) Service as a member of a Judge Advocate General's Department of one of the military branches of the United States, whether or not such service is in the jurisdiction in which the applicant is duly licensed; or

(f) A full time faculty member in a law school approved by the Council of the North Carolina State Bar.

Employment in North Carolina, when conducted pursuant to a license granted by another jurisdiction, to meet the requirement of this rule is limited to:

(a) Employment as house counsel by a person, firm, association, or corporation engaged in business in this state which business does not include the selling or furnishing of legal advice or services to others; or

(b) Employment as a full time faculty member of a law school approved by the Council of the North Carolina State Bar; or

(c) Employment as a full time member of the faculty of the Institute of Government of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; or

(d) Service as a member of a Judge Advocate General's Department of one of the military branches of the United States.

(4) Satisfy the Board that the state, or territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, in which the applicant is licensed, and from which he seeks comity, will admit North Carolina attorneys to the practice of law in such state, or territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, without written examination, other than the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination;

(5) Be in good standing in every jurisdiction within each state, territory of the United Sates, or the District of Columbia, in which the applicant is or has been licensed to practice law and not under any charges of misconduct while the application is pending before the Board. For purposes of this rule, an applicant is “in good standing” in a jurisdiction if:

(i) the applicant is an active in actions member of the bar of the jurisdiction and the jurisdiction issues a certificate attesting to the applicant’s good standing therein; or

(ii) the applicant was formerly a member of the jurisdiction and the jurisdiction certifies the applicant was in good standing at the time that the applicant ceased to be a member; and

(iii) if the jurisdiction in which the applicant is inactive or was formerly a member will not certify the applicant’s good standing solely because of the non-payment of dues, the Board, in its discretion, may waive such certification from that jurisdiction.

The applicant must not only be in good standing but also must be an active member of each jurisdiction on which the applicant relies for admission by comity.

(6) Be of good moral character and have satisfied the requirements of Section .0600 of this Chapter;

(7) Meet the educational requirements of Section .0700 of this Chapter as hereinafter set out if first licensed to practice law after August, 1971;

(8) Not have taken and failed the written North Carolina Bar Examination within ten (10) years prior to the date of filing the applicant's comity application;

(9) Have stood and passed the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination approved by the Board.

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SECTION .0600 - MORAL CHARACTER AND GENERAL FITNESS

.0601 BURDEN OF PROOF

Every applicant shall have the burden of proving that the applicant possesses the qualifications of character and general fitness requisite for an attorney and counselor-at-law and is possessed of good moral character and is entitled to the high regard and confidence of the public.

.0602 PERMANENT RECORD

All information furnished to the Board by an applicant shall be deemed material, and all such information shall be and become a permanent record of the Board.

.0603 FAILURE TO DISCLOSE

No one shall be licensed to practice law by examination or comity or be allowed to take
the bar examination in this state:

(1) who fails to disclose fully to the Board, whether requested to do so or not, the facts relating to any disciplinary proceedings or charges as to the applicant's professional conduct, whether same have been terminated or not, in this or any other state, or any federal court or other jurisdiction, or

(2) who fails to disclose fully to the Board, whether requested to do so or not, any and all facts relating to any civil or criminal proceedings, charges or investigations involving the applicant, whether the same have been terminated or not in this or any other state or in any of the federal courts or other jurisdictions.

.0604 BAR CANDIDATE COMMITTEE

Every applicant shall appear before a bar candidate committee, appointed by the Chairman of the Board, in the judicial district in which the applicant resides, or in such other judicial districts as the Board in its sole discretion may designate to the applicant, to be examined about any matter pertaining to the applicant's moral character and general fitness to practice law. An applicant who has appeared before a bar candidate committee may, in the Board's discretion, be excused from making a subsequent appearance before a bar candidate committee. The applicant shall give such information as may be required on such forms provided by the Board. A bar candidate committee may require the applicant to make more than one appearance before the committee and to furnish to the committee the such information and documents as it may reasonably require pertaining to the moral character and general fitness of the applicant to be licensed to practice law in North Carolina. Each applicant will be advised when to appear before the bar candidate committee. There can be no changes once the initial assignment is made.

.0605 DENIAL; RE-APPLICATION

No new application or petition for reconsideration of a previous application from an applicant who has either been denied permission to take the bar examination or has been denied a license to practice law on the grounds set forth in Section .0600 shall be considered by the Board within a period of three (3) years next after the date of such denial unless, for good cause shown, permission for re-application or petition for a reconsideration is granted by the Board.

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SECTION .0700 - EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

.0701 GENERAL EDUCATION

Each applicant must have satisfactorily completed the academic work required for admission to a law school approved by the Council of the North Carolina State Bar.

.0702 LEGAL EDUCATION

Every applicant applying for admission to practice law in the State of North Carolina, before being granted a license to practice law, shall prove to the satisfaction of the Board that said applicant has graduated from a law school approved by the Council of The North Carolina State Bar or that said applicant will graduate within thirty (30) days after the date of the written bar examination from a law school approved by the Council of the North Carolina State Bar. There shall be filed with the Secretary a certificate of the dean, or other proper official of said law school, certifying the date of the applicant's graduation. A list of the approved law schools is available in the office of the Secretary.

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SECTION .0800 - PROTEST

.0801 NATURE OF PROTEST

Any person may protest the application of any applicant to be admitted to the practice of law either by examination or by comity.

.0802 FORMAT

A protest shall be made in writing, signed by the person making the protest and bearing the person's home and business address, and shall be filed with the Secretary prior to the date on which the applicant is to be examined.

.0803 NOTIFICATION; RIGHT TO WITHDRAW

The Secretary shall notify immediately the applicant of the protest and of the charges therein made; and the applicant thereupon may file with the Secretary a written withdrawal as a candidate for admission to the practice of law at that examination.

.0804 HEARING

In case the applicant does not withdraw as a candidate for admission to the practice of law at the examination, the person or persons making the protest and the applicant in question shall appear before the Board at a time and place to be designated by the Board. In the event time will not permit a hearing on the protest prior to the examination, the applicant may take the written examination, and the results will be sealed until final disposition of the protest in favor of the applicant.

.0805 REFUSAL TO LICENSE

Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Board on its own motion from refusing to issue a license to practice law until the Board has been fully satisfied as to the moral character and general fitness of the applicant as provided by Section .0600 of this Chapter.

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SECTION .0900 - EXAMINATIONS

.0901 WRITTEN EXAMINATION

Two written bar examinations shall be held each year for those applying to be admitted to the practice of law in North Carolina.

.0902 DATES

The written bar examinations shall be held in the City of Raleigh, Wake County or adjoining counties in the months of February and July on such dates as the Board may set from year to year.

.0903 SUBJECT MATTER

The examination may deal with the following subjects: Business Association (including agency, corporations, and partnerships), Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Family Law, Legal Ethics, Real Property,
Secured Transactions including The Uniform Commercial Code, Taxation, Torts, Trusts, Wills, Decedents' Estates and Equity.

.0904 PASSING SCORE

The Board shall determine what shall constitute the passing of an examination.

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SECTION .1000 - REVIEW OF WRITTEN BAR EXAMINATION

.1001 REVIEW

An unsuccessful applicant to the bar examination may examine the test booklets containing the applicant's essay examination along with the model answers and the essay examination in the Board's offices.

.1002 FEES

The Board will furnish an unsuccessful applicant a copy of the applicant's essay examination at a cost to be determined by the Secretary, not to exceed $20.00. No copies of any model answers will be made or furnished to the applicant.

.1003 MULTISTATE BAR EXAMINATION

There is no provision for review of the Multistate Bar Examination.

.1004 SCORES

(1) Upon written request, the Board will release to an unsuccessful applicant the applicant's scores on the bar examination.

(2) Upon written request of an applicant, the Board will furnish the Multistate Bar Examination score of said applicant to another board of bar examiners, or like organization that administers the admission of attorneys into that jurisdiction.

.1005 BOARD REPRESENTATIVE

The Secretary of the Board serves as the representative of the Board during this review of the written bar examination by an unsuccessful applicant. The Secretary is not authorized to discuss any specific questions and answers on the bar examination.

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SECTION .1200 - BOARD HEARINGS

.1201 NATURE OF HEARINGS

(1) All general applicants may be required to appear before the Board or a Panel at a hearing to answer inquiry about any matter under these rules.

(2) Each comity applicant shall appear before the Board or Panel to satisfy the
Board that he or she has met all the requirements of Rule .0502.

.1202 NOTICE OF HEARING

The Chairman will schedule the hearings before the Board or Panel and such hearings will be scheduled by the issuance of a notice of hearing mailed to the applicant or the applicant's attorney within a reasonable time before the date of the hearing.

.1203 CONDUCT OF HEARINGS 

(1) All hearings shall be heard by the Board except that the Chairman may designate two or more members to serve as a Panel to conduct these hearings.

(2) The Panel will make a determination as to the applicant's eligibility to stand the written bar examination or to be licensed by comity. The Panel may grant the application, deny the application, or refer it to the Board for a de novo hearing. The applicant will be notified in writing of the Panel's determination. In the event of an adverse determination by the Panel, the applicant may request a hearing de novo before the Board by giving written notice to the Secretary at the offices of the Board within ten (10) days following receipt of the Panel's determination. Failure to file such notice in the manner and within the time stated shall operate as a waiver of the right of the applicant to request a hearing de novo before the Board and shall result in the determination of the Panel becoming final.

(3) The Board or a Panel of the Board may require an applicant to make more than one appearance before the Board or Panel, to furnish information and documents as it may reasonably require, and to submit to reasonable physical or mental examinations, all at the applicant's expense, pertaining to the moral character or general fitness of the applicant to be licensed to practice law in North Carolina.

(4) The Board or a Panel of the Board may allow an applicant to take the bar examination but seal the results of that examination until the Board or a Panel of the Board has made a final determination that the applicant possesses the qualifications of character and general fitness requisite for an attorney and counselor at law and is possessed of good moral character and is entitled to the high regard and confidence of the public.

.1204 CONTINUANCES; MOTIONS FOR SUCH

Continuances, adjournments and like dispositions will be granted to a party only in compelling circumstances, especially when one such disposition has been previously requested by and granted to that party. Motions for continuances should be made to the Secretary of the Board and will be granted or denied by the Chairman of the Board.

.1205 SUBPOENAS

(1) The Board shall have the power to subpoena and to summon and examine witnesses under oath and to compel their attendance and the production of books, papers and other documents and writings deemed by it to be necessary or material to the hearing as set forth in G.S. 84-24.

(2) The Secretary of the Board is delegated the power to issue subpoenas in the Board's name.

.1206 DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY 

(1) A deposition may be used in evidence when taken in compliance with the N. C. Rules of Civil Procedure, G.S. 1A-1. The Board may also allow the use of depositions or written interrogatories for the purpose of discovery or for the use as evidence in the hearing or for both purposes pursuant to the N. C. Rules of Civil Procedure.

(2) Any party or the Board may submit sworn affidavits as evidence to be
considered by the Board in a Board Hearing. The Board will take under consideration sworn affidavits presented to the Board by persons desiring to protest an applicant's admission to the North Carolina Bar.

.1207 REOPENING OF A CASE

After a final decision has been reached by the Board in any matter, a party may petition
the Board to reopen or reconsider a case. Petitions will not be granted except when petitioner can show that the reasons for reopening or reconsidering the case are to introduce newly discovered evidence which was not presented at the initial hearing because of some justifiable, excusable or unavoidable circumstances and that fairness and justice require reopening or reconsidering the case. The Petition has been made within a reasonable time and not more than ninety days after the decision of the Board has been entered.

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SECTION .1300 - LICENSES

.1302 LICENSES FOR GENERAL APPLICANTS

Upon compliance with the rules of the Board, and all orders of the Board, the Secretary, upon order of the Board, shall issue a license to practice law in North Carolina to each applicant as may be designated by the Board in the form and manner as may be prescribed by the Board, and at such times as prescribed by the Board.

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SECTION .1400 - JUDICIAL REVIEW

.1401 APPEALS

A general applicant may appeal from an adverse ruling or determination by the Board as to the applicant's eligibility to take the written examination. After a general applicant has successfully passed the written examination, the applicant may appeal from any adverse ruling or determination withholding the applicant's license to practice law. A comity applicant may appeal from an adverse ruling of the Board of Law Examiners denying the applicant's application to the North Carolina Bar by comity for failure to meet any of the requirements of Rule .0502 of this Chapter.

.1402 NOTICE OF APPEAL

Notice of appeal shall be given, in writing, within twenty (20) days after notice of such ruling or determination and written exceptions to the ruling or determination filed with the Secretary, which exceptions shall state the grounds of objection to such ruling or determination. Failure to file such notice of appeal in the manner and within the time stated shall operate as a waiver of the right to appeal and shall result in the decision of the Board becoming final.

.1403 RECORD TO BE FILED

Within sixty (60) days after receipt of the notice of appeal, and after the applicant has paid the cost of preparing the record, the Secretary shall prepare, certify, and file with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Wake County the record of the case, comprising;

(1) the application and supporting documents or papers filed by the applicant with the Board;

(2) a complete transcriptio