Meet Jimmy Chilimigras, the Mississippi teen who finished high school at 12

After Starting His JD at Fifteen, Eighteen-Year-Old Loyola Law Student Graduates in May At an age when most teenagers are preparing for high school final exams or applying to undergraduate programs, 18-year-old James “Jimmy” Chilimigras has graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.The Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, native graduated with highest honours, finishing in the top two percent of his class and earning the highest grade in more than 40 percent of his courses.University officials believe Chilimigras may be the youngest person ever to graduate from a law school in Louisiana, a state that joined the United States in 1812.According to a statement from Loyola University New Orleans, Chilimigras completed his degree with five certificates of concentration: taxation law, social justice, immigration and citizenship law, international legal studies, and technology and entrepreneurship. School officials believe this combination is unmatched in the history of the law school, which was founded in 1914.“Starting at Loyola, I had no idea what to expect,” Chilimigras said in the university’s statement. “Faculty and fellow students go out of their...