Jinks is smarter than the average dog. He doesn’t chew stilettos or steal food off the counter. He doesn’t lie around drooling over tennis balls all day. Instead, Jinks, a 4-year-old golden lab, is helping Gina Goldblatt go to law school.

Goldblatt, 23, has cerebral palsy, a brain injury that severely limits her ability to stand, walk and do simple tasks such as picking things off the floor, paying cashiers or handing in homework assignments.