Have you ever engaged in any conduct that, or were subjected to a situation which:
- resulted in arrest, discipline, sanction, or warning;
- resulted in termination or suspension from school or employment;
- resulted in loss or suspension of any license or non-parking permit, including, but not limited to, professional, occupational, driver's, hunting, fishing, weapons;
- resulted in any inquiry, any investigation, or any administrative or judicial proceeding by an employer, educational institution, government agency, professional organization, or licensing authority, or in connection with an employment disciplinary or termination procedure;
- endangered the safety of others, breached fiduciary obligations, or constituted a violation of workplace or academic conduct rules (including honor code, academic probation, social/behavioral probation, and good standing policies);
- resulted, during the past five years only, in being given a written warning, or taken into custody, or accused, formally or informally of the violation of a traffic law or ordinance, other than parking offenses;
- resulted in failure to file any required personal federal, state, or local income tax return, or failure to pay any taxes due;
- involved being a named party to any legal action, including, but not limited to, civil, equitable, family law, probate, guardianship, bankruptcy, or special proceedings; or
- involved having organized or helped organize or become a member of any organization or group of persons which, during the period of your membership or association, you knew was advocating or teaching that the government of the United States or any state or any political subdivisions thereof should be overthrown or overturned by force, violence, or any unlawful means?
This question reflects information requested by the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners for the Bar Exam General Application. Answer "yes" if the answer to any of the above-numbered questions is "yes" with the following exceptions.
You may omit any arrest, charge, or conviction that has been expunged by a duly entered order of expunction. You may omit any non-criminal violations of traffic law or ordinance which occurred more than five years ago, if the non-criminal traffic violation did not involve driving under the influence of alcohol or another impairing substance and did not result in arrest or suspension/revocation of a driver's license. You may omit all non-criminal parking offenses, regardless of when such offenses occurred.
