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Kim Kardashian is known for breaking the internet with her sexy snaps, but in April 2019, she did so by announcing that she was studying to become a lawyer. At the time, the 42-year-old mogul had already been advocating for criminal justice reform – she notably played a huge role in the release of Alice Marie Johnson, who was serving a life sentence without parole for a first-time nonviolent drug offense – so for Kardashian, this was a natural next step. “I had to think long and hard about this,” Kardashian previously told Vogue. “I just felt like I wanted to be able to fight for people who have paid their dues to society. I just felt like the system could be so different, and I wanted to fight to fix it, and if I knew more, I could do more.”
In a follow-up post on Instagram, Kardashian revealed that she had registered with the California State Bar in 2018, and for the next four years, she would need to put in a minimum of 18 hours a week of work and take monthly written and multiple choice tests. The reality-TV star also mentioned that she was prepping for her first-year law exam, aka the baby bar, and on Dec. 13, 2021, Kardashian revealed that she passed. “Looking in the mirror, I am really proud of the woman looking back today in the reflection,” she wrote on Instagram. “For anyone who doesn’t know my law school journey, know this wasn’t easy or handed to me. I failed this exam 3 times in 2 years, but I got back up each time and studied harder and tried again until I did it!!! (I did have COVID on the 3rd try w a 104 fever but I’m not making excuses😉).”
She continued, “In California, the way I’m studying law you need to take 2 bar exams, this was just the first one but with the harder pass rate. I was told by top lawyers that this was a close to impossible journey and harder than the traditional law school route but it was my only option and it feels so so sooooo good to be here and on my way to achieving my goals.”
In conjunction with her exams, Kardashian started a four-year apprenticeship as well with a San Francisco law firm, where she’s being mentored by human rights attorney Jessica Jackson and attorney Erin Haney. Up next, Kardashian is set to take the bar exam in the summer of 2024, Jackson confirmed in an interview with Law&Crime Network in December 2022. “Now I will tell you, that is a much, much harder path because you’re essentially not just working on cases the whole time but you don’t have professors. You’re having to learn all of the legal doctrine yourself,” Jackson explained.
If everything goes according to plan and Kardashian passes the bar exam, she’ll be well on her way to becoming a lawyer just like her late father, Robert Kardashian Sr.
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