Pop star Hilary Duff is set to play a young lawyer in a new TV sitcom. The singer/actress, who made her mark as Disney's Lizzie McGuire, is to star in "Barely Legal" for Fox.

The sitcom is based on the true story of Kathleen Holtz, who in 2007 passed the notoriously difficult California bar at age 18 to become the state's youngest lawyer.

Duff, 21, signed a production deal with Fox and producer Universal Media Studios in 2008.

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