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8-year old passes Law Entrance Exam

by Barry ORegan | March 7, 2008 at 05:25 am

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Certainly food for thought when Immigrants to Canada do not understand why their University Degrees from Non Western Countries are not accepted by Federal Authourities in Canada. The 8-years old is described by his parents to the media that their child is an average 8-year old with average 8- year old intelligence certainly didn't help Brazil's Law Society and the Governments investigation into how this could happen.

Certainly an embarassement to the Lawyers currently practising in Brazil and their Clientele who retain them. But then there are some who after witnessing Lawyers and Judges who some who eventually become Policiticans, even in Canada, and their childish antics, pretty much figured out that tidbit of information for themselves.

Brazilian boy surprises lawyers by passing law school entrance test

By Tales Azzoni, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAO PAULO, Brazil - An eight-year-old boy with dreams of becoming a judge has passed a law school entrance exam, shocking Brazil's legal profession and prompting a federal investigation.

The Universidade Paulista, a multi-campus private university, issued a statement acknowledging that Joao Victor Portellinha de Oliveira had passed the entrance exam and that it initially enrolled him. But he was turned away from classes when he showed up on Thursday with his father.

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Swan

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at 10:28 on March 7th, 2008

Hello Barry,

What a great story!

I'd love to know what happens further down the track - I hope you can update us on this one! Good Stuff!
~ Swan

Barry ORegan

at 19:37 on March 7th, 2008

I would love to update this story, but I fear the University and Governments embarrassment over the ease in which anyone can pass a Law Entrance Exam will certainly muffle any updates in the media for sure, unless talkshows like leno and letterman get a hold of him, then that would be a story of comic proportions. I'll keep you posted if I hear anything on it,

Joao Victor Portellinha (not verified)

at 18:43 on March 14th, 2009

I am John Victor Portelinha, what passed in the college entrance exam I want to thank for the interest of the matter, but I am presidando of studying in a univercidade want to dispose of the support of someone here in Brazil and dificil.