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We’ve
been
following
Kim
Kardashian’s
quest
to
become
a
lawyer
(without
going
to
a
traditional
law
school)
since
she
first
announced
her
apprenticeship
back
in
2019
(actually
before
that),
and
if
there’s
one
thing
this
journey
has
taught
us,
it’s
that
the
California
bar
exam
does
not
care
about
your
filming
schedule.
Page
Six
is
reporting
that
Kardashian,
45,
will
be
skipping
the
upcoming
round
of
the
California
bar
exam
and
won’t
attempt
it
again
until
2027.
“Kim
has
a
packed
schedule
and
has
been
heavily
involved
in
filming
and
production
for
several
projects
so
she
decided
it’s
best
to
skip
this
round
of
the
bar
exam
and
focus
on
taking
it
again
when
she
feels
ready,”
a
source
close
to
Kardashian
told
the
outlet.
“When
Kim
has
her
mind
made
up
on
something,
she
gives
it
her
all,
and
this
isn’t
something
she’s
taking
lightly.”
Fair
enough.
This
is,
after
all,
a
woman
who
spent
Labor
Day
studying
contracts
instead
of
going
to
a
barbecue,
who
ugly-cried
her
way
through
bar
prep
footage
that
honestly
made
her
the
most
relatable
she’s
ever
been,
and
who
openly
admitted
that
ChatGPT
had
been
making
her
fail
tests
“all
the
time”
before
yelling
at
it
and
sending
screenshots
to
her
group
chat.
She
knows
what
serious
bar
prep
looks
like.
The
source’s
point
—
that
“most
people
who
take
the
bar
exam
dedicate
months
leading
up
to
the
test
and
focus
all
their
energy
on
preparing”
—
is
not
wrong,
and
it
is
at
least
honest.
The
scheduling
reality
is
real.
Kardashian
is
a
single
mom
of
four,
running
multiple
companies,
filming
multiple
projects,
and
doing
all
of
it
under
a
level
of
public
scrutiny
that
no
regular
bar
examinee
has
to
contend
with.
The
insider
noted
that
“there
are
so
many
eyes
on
her,
so
it
just
adds
a
whole
other
level
of
weight
to
it”
—
which,
yes.
We
have
been
among
those
eyes,
dutifully
documenting
every
baby
bar
failure,
every
eventual
baby
bar
triumph,
the
apprenticeship
graduation
ceremony,
and
the
July
2025
bar
exam
failure
that
she
handled
with
considerably
more
grace
than
most
people
would.
Above
the
Law
is,
in
a
very
real
sense,
part
of
the
problem.
But…
so
is
Kardashian;
she
mined
the
law
school
process
for
social
media
content.
She
shared
her
hatred
of con
law,
struggles with
evidence,
and
a criminal
law
issue
spotter that
cast
Justin
Bieber
as
a
criminal
mastermind.
She’s
complained
about
the
fact
that law
student
life
sucks,
explained
that
she
neglected
her Keeping
Up
With
the
Kardashians livetweeting
duties
to keep
up
with
torts
homework, bailed
on
summer holiday
festivities as
she continued
with
her
contracts
homework,
and
dealt
with
personalized questions
all
about
her.
She
even
has
a
favorite
law
professor
—
University
of
Washington
contracts
professor Steve
Calandrillo —
who she’s
shouted
out
on
Insta. Kardashian
even
has
her
“just
like
us”
moment,
like
when she
posted
about
shooting
tequila
while
studying
torts.
It’s
worth
noting
that
we’ve
been
here
before.
Back
in
early
2024,
reports
emerged
that
Kardashian
had
put
her
legal
studies
“on
pause”
due
to
her
business
and
family
commitments
—
before
she
came
roaring
back,
completed
her
apprenticeship,
took
the
MPRE,
and
sat
for
the
actual
California
bar
exam
in
July
2025.
And
the
source
insists
she’s
not
done,
saying,
“She
has
no
plan
on
giving
up
on
her
dreams,
but
when
she
takes
the
test
again,
she
wants
to
go
into
it
feeling
confident.”
Here’s
the
thing:
as
we’ve
noted
before,
the
case
for
Kim
Kardashian
needing
the
bar
exam
is
actually
not
that
strong.
She’s
already
done
more
for
criminal
justice
reform
than
most
people
who
do
have
a
law
license.
She
has
good
lawyers
in
her
phone.
She
has
resources,
platform,
and
genuine
commitment
to
the
work.
The
Esq.
would
be
nice,
but
it’s
not
load-bearing
for
her
actual
impact.
That
said,
she
said
she
wants
to
do
this,
she’s
put
six-plus
years
into
it,
and
the
2027
bar
exam
is
now
circled
on
the
calendar.
We’ll
be
here.
We
always
are.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of Thinking
Like
A
Lawyer.
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