Kim Kardashian Is Studying to Become a Lawyer, Wants to Take the Bar in 2022

[Anonymous]

Good for her.

Her dad was an attorney. I don't doubt that she's capable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who the heck would hire her as a lawyer??

A lot of people, I would guess. Also she'd be quite a good rainmaker/lobbyist.

She's rich enough to start and head her own firm. But I'm pretty sure she's doing this to practice privately and help clients pro bono.

She's been making a lot of waves with The Innocence Project - I applaud her efforts.

Yeah, same. I don't watch the tv show but good on her for using her platform like this. No shade from me. I hope she's successful. (And look - she's already smart enough not to take on debt to go to law school. She's smarter than me with my fancy degrees!)

[Anonymous]

I mean, I'm not Kim Kardashian fan, but don't really see the issue with her doing this. It's allowed in CA and it seems that getting minorities out of jail for unjust sentences is her new passion.

I have a friend who gave up big law and now spends 90% of her time working with The Innocence Project.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who the heck would hire her as a lawyer??

A lot of people, I would guess. Also she'd be quite a good rainmaker/lobbyist.

She's rich enough to start and head her own firm. But I'm pretty sure she's doing this to practice privately and help clients pro bono.

She's been making a lot of waves with The Innocence Project - I applaud her efforts.

I'm pretty sure she's doing this for the publicity. And then she'll show up to some high-profile court appearance for a celebrity friend and the media will go nuts.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure she's a very intelligent person. Not bookish, as she says, so not sure the law is for her. It's very text and detail-oriented.

It's great she's interested and wants to try, though.

[Anonymous]

Well, good for her for considering a life beyond selfies.

[Anonymous]

This cracks me up. Since I work with lawyers all day every day I plan to use this daily "hey, don't you get on your high horse. Kim Kardashian can do your job"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, good for her for considering a life beyond selfies.

A genuine +1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, good for her for considering a life beyond selfies.

A genuine +1

this

I saw it coming she was doing a lot of criminal defense work

[Anonymous]

Well, good for her.
She can't trade on her looks for the rest of her life, so maybe she's seen the light.

[Anonymous]

Why not?

California, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington allow apprenticeships instead of law school. Seems like a smarter way to learn law.

Lawyers are not geniuses. She's not trying to become an astronaut.

I hope she uses it to do good things... but she will become a lawyer and most lawyers are scum.

[Anonymous]

Don't knock it until you've tried it. A lot of smart people flunked the bar. If she can do it by "reading the law" which is allowed in CA, then good for her. If she can help more poor people and people of color get out of jail for being wrongly imprisoned, she's doing God's work. I'm not throwing any shade her way. Good luck to her!
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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's what people.com says. I am really trying not to judge and am not a Kardashian-hater, but I just can't based on these quotes:

"The reading is what really gets me. It's so time-consuming. The concepts I grasp in two seconds," says Kim Kardashian

“First year of law school, you have to cover three subjects: criminal law, torts, and contracts,” she tells the magazine. “To me, torts is the most confusing, contracts the most boring, and crim law I can do in my sleep. Took my first test, I got a 100. Super easy for me.”

I mean, I don't think that many first-year law students would disagree! Casebooks are HORRIBLY edited, and hide the ball instead of just setting out the concepts. The concepts themselves can usually be expressed in bullet or outline form (as anyone who has actually studied successfully for a law school final or the bar knows.) The one issue where reading is appropriate is to gain a sense of the facts of a case, and how opinions and briefs are written. But 1L year generally does a horrible job of showing you how to do that.

There are many ways to be a good lawyer and advocate, and having a super high IQ or intellectual sophistication is not at all required for all of them. I say good for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not?

California, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington allow apprenticeships instead of law school. Seems like a smarter way to learn law.

Lawyers are not geniuses. She's not trying to become an astronaut.

I hope she uses it to do good things... but she will become a lawyer and most lawyers are scum.

LOL. I wish more law schools would drill that into lawyer's heads. When I see a REALLY brainy lawyer (like the guys who were #1 at my Ivy) I just kind of think: "what a shame they didn't become engineers or doctors with that brain power."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's what people.com says. I am really trying not to judge and am not a Kardashian-hater, but I just can't based on these quotes:

"The reading is what really gets me. It's so time-consuming. The concepts I grasp in two seconds," says Kim Kardashian

“First year of law school, you have to cover three subjects: criminal law, torts, and contracts,” she tells the magazine. “To me, torts is the most confusing, contracts the most boring, and crim law I can do in my sleep. Took my first test, I got a 100. Super easy for me.”

I mean, I don't think that many first-year law students would disagree! Casebooks are HORRIBLY edited, and hide the ball instead of just setting out the concepts. The concepts themselves can usually be expressed in bullet or outline form (as anyone who has actually studied successfully for a law school final or the bar knows.) The one issue where reading is appropriate is to gain a sense of the facts of a case, and how opinions and briefs are written. But 1L year generally does a horrible job of showing you how to do that.

There are many ways to be a good lawyer and advocate, and having a super high IQ or intellectual sophistication is not at all required for all of them. I say good for her.

Yes, that's the point of 1L, teaching you to "think like a lawyer", i.e., read a case and figure out the important part, discard the rest.