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The No. 1 thing is just to be yourself and forge your own path. Everyone will tell you how they did it. But really, figure it out for yourself. And just be a regular law student. Don’t try to be the young one in the class. Don’t try to impress people because of your age. Just be normal. Try to fit in.
— Aaron Parnas, 20, a rising third-year student at the George Washington University Law School, offering his advice to the spate of teenagers who will be enrolling in law schools across the country this fall. Parnas was just 18 years old when he first arrived at GW Law, and now he’s a summer associate at an unnamed Biglaw firm.
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