Derick Dillard Passes Arkansas Bar Exam Nearly a Year After Graduating Law School

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Derick Dillardis officially a lawyer.

Dillard, 33, has passed the bar exam, according to a release from the Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Dillard took the test on Feb. 23 and has now completed all of the requirements to “be certified to the Clerk of the Arkansas Supreme Court for admission as [an] attorney licensed to practice law in Arkansas,” the state’s Supreme Court says.

Dillardgraduatedfrom the University of Arkansas School of Law in May 2021, 10 years after he graduated from Oklahoma State University’s School of Accounting.

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The couplefirst announcedthe pregnancy in February aftersuffering a miscarriagein October.

source: people.com