{"id":151296,"date":"2026-05-15T15:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/15\/the-bar-exam-awaits-americas-latest-teenage-law-school-graduate\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:45:12","slug":"the-bar-exam-awaits-americas-latest-teenage-law-school-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/15\/the-bar-exam-awaits-americas-latest-teenage-law-school-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bar Exam Awaits America\u2019s Latest Teenage Law School Graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s really all about putting in the work. I think it\u2019s so important. With enough hard work and perseverance, you can accomplish pretty much anything.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0Jimmy Chilimigras, a recent summa cum laude graduate of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, in comments given to CBS affiliate\u00a0WWL-TV<\/a>, concerning the conclusion of his law school journey at just 18 years old. He is the first to ever graduate from Loyola Law with five certificates of concentration (taxation law, social justice, immigration and citizenship law, international legal studies, and technology and entrepreneurship). Chilimigras is one of the youngest people in the country to ever graduate from law school. Although the Mississippi native is too young to take the bar exam in his home state<\/em><\/strong>, Chilimigras<\/em><\/strong> will still take the bar exam this summer, before heading to Northwestern Law to pursue an LLM in taxation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post The Bar Exam Awaits America\u2019s Latest Teenage Law School Graduate<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s really all about putting in the work. I think it\u2019s so important. With enough hard work and perseverance, you can accomplish pretty much anything.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0Jimmy Chilimigras, a recent summa cum laude graduate of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, in comments given to CBS affiliate\u00a0WWL-TV<\/a>, concerning the conclusion of his law school journey at just 18 years old. He is the first to ever graduate from Loyola Law with five certificates of concentration (taxation law, social justice, immigration and citizenship law, international legal studies, and technology and entrepreneurship). Chilimigras is one of the youngest people in the country to ever graduate from law school. Although the Mississippi native is too young to take the bar exam in his home state<\/em><\/strong>, Chilimigras<\/em><\/strong> will still take the bar exam this summer, before heading to Northwestern Law to pursue an LLM in taxation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post The Bar Exam Awaits America\u2019s Latest Teenage Law School Graduate<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. It\u2019s really all about putting in the work. I think it\u2019s so important. With enough hard work and perseverance, you can accomplish pretty much anything. \u2014\u00a0\u00a0Jimmy Chilimigras, a recent summa cum laude graduate of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, in comments given to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":151297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staci-Zaretsky-2Xyt68.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}