Former adult film star Asia Carrera has pulled off a wild career pivot \u2014 passing the Texas bar exam and putting herself on track to become a licensed lawyer.<\/p>\n
Carrera, born Jessica Steinhauser in New York City, shared the news this week after sitting for the notoriously tough test in Waco in February.<\/p>\n
\u201cI passed the bar exam!!!!\u201d she wrote in a Facebook post<\/a>. \u201cAsia Esquire, y\u2019all!!!!!<\/p>\n Former adult film star Asia Carrera has passed the bar exam in Texas to become a licensed lawyer. Facebook\/AsiaCarreraEsquire<\/p>\n \u201cIt was an unnerving\u00a0feeling to look around this massive auditorium of almost 1000 leagle beagles all hunched over their laptops and typing furiously, and knowing \u2018These are the people I\u2019ve got to beat,\u2019 But I think it went well!\u201d she added<\/a>.<\/p>\n Carrera, 52, went on to say that the \u201c2-day 12-hour\u201d exam was her second attempt after she previously missed passing by just two points.<\/p>\n \u201cI only missed passing by 2 points last time (268 out of 270), but I was still wobbly with the law and had borderline passing scores during my practice exams,\u201d she wrote in the Facebook post.<\/p>\n Carrera passed the bar exam on her second attempt after previously missing out by two points. Facebook\/AsiaCarreraEsquire<\/p>\n \u201cThis time I knew my s\u2014 down cold, and I scored higher than 91% of my Barbri Bar Prep peers on the final exam.\u201d<\/p>\n According to TMZ<\/a>, official records show she\u2019s now been admitted to the State Bar of Texas under her birth name, a key step toward practicing law.<\/p>\n Carrera has said she didn\u2019t even set out to become a lawyer \u2014 she simply wanted to prove she could pass the exam, the gossip site reports.<\/p>\n The 52-year-old launched her career in adult entertainment after dropping out of Rutgers University. Facebook\/AsiaCarreraEsquire<\/p>\n Even so, her academic track record makes the feat less shocking.<\/p>\n