At 8, legal eaglet’s wings are clipped
An 8-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a judge has passed a law school entrance exam, shocking Brazil’s legal profession and prompting a federal investigation.
According to Globo TV’s website, the boy said: “It was easy. I studied a week before the test.”
The Universidade Paulista, a multi-campus private university, acknowledged that Joao Victor Portellinha de Oliveira passed the exam and that it initially enrolled him.
But he was turned away from classes when he showed up with his father.
The school said the fifth-grader, who is two grades ahead of others his age, must graduate from high school before he can enter the university.
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