This kid is apparently getting a head start on his career. Good for him.
FOX News reports:
California teen passes bar exam at 17, becomes one of state’s ‘youngest practicing attorneys’A California teen is now a practicing attorney after passing the state bar exam at the young age of 17.Peter Park, a Tulare County District Attorney law clerk, passed the exam on his very first attempt, according to a news announcement shared on Dec. 6 by the Tulare County District Attorney’s office.”The previous record holder was 18 years old. Park received his test results on November 9 after taking the exam in July,” the release stated.This is reportedly not the first time Park has shown his impressive academic ability.In 2019, at age 13, Park started high school at Oxford Academy in Cypress, California, the DA’s office stated in its release.During that time, Park enrolled in Northwestern California University School of Law and took part in the school’s four-year juris doctor program.Park was able to do this by using “a state bar rule that allows students to apply to law school through the completion of College Level Proficiency Exams (CLEPS),” the Tulare County DA’s office reported.Park graduated from high school in 2021 after completing the California High School Proficiency Exam.Park focused on his law school aspirations and graduated from Northwestern California University School of Law in 2023.He joined the team at the Tulare County District Attorney as a law clerk in August.”It was not easy, but it was worth it. It required discipline and strategy to pass the bar, and I made it in the end,” Park told the DA’s office.
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