During the season 3 reunion special in June 2016, Conover admitted that he never actually took the bar exam to become a licensed attorney, because he wasn’t eligible since he never submitted his final paper during law school. One year later, the Bravo personality did take the test and passed, which he confirmed once again on Monday.
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During the third season of Southern Charm, former Charleston School of Law student Craig Conover transformed himself into "New Craig," a driven guy who was working hard to make his dreams become reality. The Delaware native had been fired from a job as a paralegal, so he temporarily worked in the bourbon biz with castmate JD Madison. When that partnership ended, he wholeheartedly threw himself back into pursuing a career as an attorney. While he seemed earnest about his aspirations, some of his castmates questioned his law credentials.
During the Southern Charm Season 3 reunion special, Craig Conover admitted he hadn't been truthful about passing the bar exam. He was supposed to take it in February 2016, but explained that he wasn't allowed to do so because he never completed his thesis paper. He also confessed he hadn't received his diploma when he walked at graduation. His dishonesty deeply hurt Shep Rose, who helped him prepare his bar application.
His education (he attended Charleston School of Law) was called into question by his castmates during season 3, which aired in spring 2016. Craig Conover Tommy Garcia/Bravo. During the season 3 reunion special in June 2016, ...
Craig Conover Tommy Garcia/Bravo. During the season 3 reunion special in June 2016, Conover admitted that he never actually took the bar exam to become a licensed attorney, because he wasn’t eligible since he never submitted his final paper during law school.
Last month, Us Weekly confirmed that Conover and his Southern Charm costar Austen Kroll would be adding another reality show to their resume. A source told Us in February that the duo are joining the cast of the upcoming Bravo spinoff series Winter House, which will also feature Summer House stars and a few new faces.
Since he made his debut on Bravo’s Southern Charm, Craig Conover has been talking about being a lawyer — and now he’s that much closer to becoming a practicing attorney! The reality star celebrated passing the Bar Exam by popping a bottle of champagne, as seen on his girlfriend Naomie Olindo’s Instagram stories on Friday.
At the season 3 reunion in summer 2016, Conover admitted to Andy Cohen and his cast mates on national television that he failed to take the bar exam because he was ineligible to do so due to not finishing his final paper. Conover’s inability to take the bar has very much become his storyline in past seasons, including the current fourth season.
Craig Conover’s life hasn’t taken the usual path, but since season 7 of Southern Charm, he has had some successes and reached a particularly big milestone that was years in the making. 2020 was a hard year for most people, including Conover.
The cast of Southern Charm goes through nothing but drama on the show. Luckily, things in their real lives seem to go smoother, with just the normal ups and downs of life that happen when you don’t have producers artificially creating problems to boost ratings.
In early seasons of the show, Conover nearly graduated law school, but never completed his final paper or took the bar exam. After this information came out on Southern Charm, Conover went back and finished what he’d started and officially became a lawyer. Now he has his own modest law firm.
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As reported, Craig rocked the Season 7 reunion series when he blasted his co-star, Madison LeCroy, for communicating with a “married” MLB star while still in a relationship ...
Fans of the Charleston based series know that Craig’s early season storyline revolved around his law school journey and preparation to take the bar exam. He was challenged and teased by his co-stars after giving only vague answers about his completion of law school and his goal to pass the test.