Monday, 11 December 2023

Californian youngest person to pass state bar exam at age 17 and is sworn in as an attorney

11th December, 2023:  Auckland, New Zealand

Peter Park   http://tiny.cc/yjihvz
A county prosecutor's office says one of its law clerks passed the State Bar of California exam at age 17. The Tulare County District Attorney's Office said this week that, according to research, Peter Park is the youngest person to pass the exam.

Peter Park
A county prosecutor's office says one of its law clerks passed the State Bar of California exam at age 17. The Tulare County District Attorney's Office said this week that, according to research, Peter Park is the youngest person to pass the exam.

He entered high school at 13. He passed the bar at 17. Meet California's youngest lawyer.  He entered high school at age 13.

He passed the state bar at 17.

This week, he became the youngest practicing prosecutor in California.

Peter Park recently made history for being the youngest person to pass the state bar exam in the The Golden State, Michelle Villalobos, a spokesperson for Tulare County District Attorney's office, told USA TODAY Friday.

And the legal prodigy did it on his first attempt.

Park, a former law clerk with the prosecutor's office, recently turned 18 but passed the test at age 17 after taking it in July, Villalobos said.

"The office hired him as deputy district attorney this week," Villalobos said Friday. "We had to wait until he turned 18."

Previous record holder
Park, who lives in Visalia, a city in San Joaquin Valley about 40 miles southeast of Fresno, received his test results November 9.

The previous record holder was age 18, according to a news release from the prosecutor's office.

Peter Park recently made history for being the youngest person to pass the state bar exam in California. Park, a former law clerk with the Tulare County District Attorney's office, passed the test at age 17 after taking it in July 2023. Park is pictured being sworn in in December 2023 by Tim Ward.
"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 said in the release. "I am extremely blessed to have discovered this path, and my hope is that more people will realize that alternative paths exist to becoming an attorney.

From high school to lawyer
Park entered high school at age 13 at Oxford Academy in Cypress, a city in Orange County.

While in high school, Park enrolled in a four-year juris doctor program at Northwestern California University School of Law. He did so under a state bar rule that allows students to apply to law school through the completion of College Level Proficiency Exams.

Park graduated in 2021 by taking the state proficiency exam and graduated from Northwestern this year.

He was hired as a law clerk with the Tulare County District Attorney's Office in August, according to the release.

Park turned 18 last month, Villalobos said, and was sworn in Wednesday in Visalia as the state's youngest practicing deputy district attorney (Article Source)


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