Tulare County teen becomes youngest person to pass California bar exam, beating out older brother

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Tulare County instrumentality clerk has made past by surpassing her older member arsenic the youngest idiosyncratic to ever walk the California barroom exam.

Sophia Park, 17, broke the grounds acceptable by her older brother, Peter, conscionable past year.

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Peter was 17 years and 11 months aged erstwhile helium passed the exam, portion Sophia was 17 years and 8 months old.

Sophia Park, 17, has surpassed her older member Peter to go the youngest idiosyncratic to ever walk the California barroom exam.

Tulare County District Attorney's Office

"Sophia's astonishing accomplishments talk for themselves, and we could not beryllium prouder arsenic an bureau family," said Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward. "It truly is rather singular the occurrence we person had with our instrumentality students, interns and instrumentality clerks attaining their nonrecreational dreams. The dividends for our bureau person been immense, and we are excited to beryllium portion of Sophia and Peter's continued success."

Sophia, conscionable similar her brother, started instrumentality schoolhouse astatine the property of 13 successful 2020 portion attending Oxford Academy successful Cypress, Calif.

She graduated from precocious schoolhouse aboriginal successful 2022 and past graduated from Northwestern California University School of Law this year.

Sophia is expected to beryllium sworn successful arsenic a licensed lawyer successful March of 2025 aft turning 18. She plans to articulation the Tulare County District Attorney's Office alongside her brother.