Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig michiganbarexamappeal.com. NS
Answer
michiganbarexamappeal.com. 5 NS ns1.michiganbarexamappeal.com.
michiganbarexamappeal.com. 5 NS ns2.michiganbarexamappeal.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.michiganbarexamappeal.com. 5 A 144.31.62.236
ns2.michiganbarexamappeal.com. 5 A 144.31.62.244
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0