Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
It’s really all about putting in the work. I think it’s so important. With enough hard work and perseverance, you can accomplish pretty much anything.
— Jimmy Chilimigras, a recent summa cum laude graduate of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, in comments given to CBS affiliate WWL-TV, 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, Chilimigras will still take the bar exam this summer, before heading to Northwestern Law to pursue an LLM in taxation.
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