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Kim Kardashian is known for breaking the internet with her sexy snaps, but in April 2019 she did just that by announcing she was studying to be a lawyer. At the time, the 42-year-old tycoon had already advocated for criminal justice reform – including playing a huge role in the release of Alice Marie Johnson, who was serving a life sentence without parole for a first non-violent drug offence. — so for Kardashian, it was a natural next step. "I had to think long and hard about this," Kardashian previously told Vogue. "I just wanted to be able to fight for people who paid their due 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 Instagram post, Kardashian revealed that she called to the California State Bar in 2018 and that for the next four years she is expected to work at least 18 hours a week and take notes. written and monthly monthly. multiple choice tests. The reality star also mentioned that she was preparing for her freshman law exam, aka the baby bar, and on Dec. 13, 2021, Kardashian revealed that she had passed. "Looking in the mirror, I'm so proud of the woman looking back today in the reflection," she wrote on Instagram. "For anyone unfamiliar with my law school journey, please know that it was not easy or given to me. I failed this exam 3 times in 2 years, but I got up each time and i studied harder and tried again until i did this!!!(I got COVID on 3rd try wa 104 fever but im not looking for excuses 😉)."
She continued: "In California, the way I study law requires me to pass 2 bar exams, it was only the first but with the most difficult pass rate. Top lawyers told me that it It was an almost impossible journey and more difficult than the traditional course of law school, but it was my only option and it feels so so good to be here and on the path to achieving my goals."
Along with her exams, Kardashian also began a four-year apprenticeship at a San Francisco law firm, where she is mentored by human rights attorney Jessica Jackson and attorney Erin Haney. Then Kardashian is expected to take the bar exam in the summer of 2024, Jackson confirmed in an interview with Law&Crime Network in December 2022. you're basically not working on cases all the time but you don't have professors. You have to learn all the legal doctrine yourself," Jackson explained.
If all 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.