Peter Park being sworn in.
  • Peter Park was just 17 when he passed the California state bar exam.
  • It made him the youngest person to pass the notoriously difficult test.
  • Park, now 18, was sworn in as a practicing attorney on Tuesday.

An 18-year-old from California who passed the state's bar exam when he was only 17 is now working as a practicing attorney.

The Tulare County District Attorney's office announced the teen's record-breaking achievement in a Facebook post, saying that it was a "legal history making moment."