Kardashian West was introduced to Jackson and Haney by Jones. Apparently, Kim Kardashian doesn't need a college degree or law school to take the bar exam in California. If you're privileged and complete an apprenticeship with a lawyer or a law firm, you can do whatever you want. Ain't that a blimp.
In an interview with Vogue published on Wednesday, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, 38, revealed that sheâs studying to become a lawyer and decided last summer to begin a four-year apprenticeship with a law firm in San Francisco, with the goal of taking the bar in 2022. Get push notifications with news, features and more.
After the Vogue article, Kardashian West says she received push-back on social media with some telling her to âstay in her laneâ and others critiquing her unconventional path towards becoming a lawyer (a path some describe as a shortcut). She took to her Instagram account-which has 134 million followers-to respond.
The practice of âreading the lawâ as an apprentice actually has a long history in the U.S., and Kardashian West is in good company. The Washington Post reports that Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson both became lawyers through apprenticeships.
The SKIMS founder's law journey began in 2018. Instead of taking the traditional route, Kim took California's alternative route. âIn California, the way I'm studying law you need to take two bar exams, this was just the first one but with the harder pass rate,â she explained.
Kardashian is studying law without attending a traditional, state-accredited law school, which means she had to pass the baby bar, which is the equivalent of completing one year of law school, per the State Bar of California.
Kim isn't officially enrolled in law school but is learning through an apprenticeship to become a lawyer. California does not require a law degree as a prerequisite for taking the bar exam. She plans to take the California bar exam in 2022.
April 2019 The Skims founder revealed that she secretly âregistered with the California State Bar to study lawâ one year prior.
Previously, Kardashian announced that she passed the exam in December on Instagram after three failed attempts. âOMFGGGG I PASSED THE BABY BAR EXAM,â she captioned the post. âLooking in the mirror, I am really proud of the woman looking back today in the reflection.
Kim Kardashian celebrated passing the âbaby barâ with some cheddar bay biscuits. The reality star learned that she passed the First-Year Law Students' Examination in December 2021 while sitting in her car in front of a Red Lobster restaurant.
Only four statesâCalifornia, Vermont, Virginia, and Washingtonâallow potential law students to skip law school entirely. Three othersâMaine, New York, and Wyomingârequire some law school experience, but they allow an apprenticeship to substitute for one or two years of law school.
Did Kim Kardashian take the LSAT? Kim arriving at her law exam in Los Angeles, CA yesterday. If you're wondering if Kim Kardashian is eligible enough to be a lawyer and if she even passed her LSAT, the answer is â no, she didn't.
"You are only allowed to take the baby bar a certain amount of times," she continued. "This was the last time I could ever take it, so if I don't [pass] then this law school journey is over for me." Kim had previously failed the test three times, but the fourth time proved to be the charm.
A score of 560 out of 800 is needed to pass the baby bar exam. Note that there is not a minimum score required on the essay or multiple-choice portion. An examinee just needs to get 560 points in total.
Kim attended Pierce College in Los Angeles but never graduated. Even though she does not have a college degree, she has still decided to pursue a law degree, which is a perfectly acceptable if slightly atypical route.
âWhen I look back at old interviews, when people asked what I wanted to do if I wasn't filming 'KUWTK,' I always said I wanted to be a crime scene investigator or an attorney,â she said.
Tibrina Hobson. Kim Kardashian Westâs first solo American Voguecover debuted on Wednesday morning, signaling she had pretty much achieved everything the career of being Kim Kardashian had to offer. In a shock no one saw coming, she used this career apex to announce that sheâs decided to take on another line of work all together: becoming a lawyer.
Indeed, only 28 percent of law office readers go on to pass the bar exam, compared to 73 percent of those who go to law school. And while the practice can save someone a ton on tuition, itâs also, perhaps obviously, hard to actually find a lawyer or a judge willing to mentor a prospective reader.
Nope. Kim has two lawyer mentors who help her study for four hours at a time in a conference room of a law firm not far from Kimâs home. They study for 18 hours a week, which is...a lot.
Apr 10, 2019. Dimitrios KambourisGetty Images. Kim Kardashian made a low-key shocking announcement today when she said (via a Vogue interview) that she was studying to become a lawyer.