Adhemir attended Columbia University from 2003-2007 where he received his degree in both History and Economics from Columbia College. Adhemir split the next two years working as a collegiate volleyball coach at a NCAA Division 1-AA school and at a law firm in Los Angeles while applying to law school. He would then go on to attend the University of California Hastings, College of the Law from 2009-2012 where he received his Juris Doctor. Adhemir passed the California Bar Exam in November 2012.