Brazilian lawyer, 21, will become the youngest admitted to the New York State Bar in decades after he graduated from law school in Brazil and won a case in their Supreme Court while just a TEEN
Mateus Costa-Ribeiro will become the youngest person in recent decades to be admitted as a member of the New York state bar next Thursday
Costa-Ribeiro, who grew up in Brasilia, graduated from Brazil's law school at 18 before he argued a case before the country's highest court
He then got accepted into Harvard Law School's one-year master of laws program
When he was 19, Costa-Ribeiro petitioned the New York State Court of Appeals and was granted a waiver to take the bar exam - which he passed