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

[Anonymous]

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.”

[Anonymous]

Is this an April Fool's joke?

[Anonymous]

I’m no fan of hers, but I think it’s odd that of everything she discussed in the interview about studying law, this is what you chose to focus on.

[Anonymous]

i didn't know she went to college

[Anonymous]

Did she finish college? Do you have to go to law school to sit for the bar?

[Anonymous]

The article says that California is one of a handful of states that allows people to “read the law” by spending four years working under a licensed attorney rather than attending college and then law school. It looks like you have to take an exam after your first year of study that covers certain core areas, and if you pass then you’re allowed to complete the next three years. You still have to pass the bar to become a licensed attorney.

[Anonymous]

She definitely did not go to college so how is she in law school?

[Anonymous]

Huh - so according to her interview in Vogue (which has been aggregated elsewhere) she is doing an apprenticeship with a law firm instead of going to law school. I guess California will let you sit the bar if you do it that way

https://www.vogue.com/article/kim-kardashian-west-cover-may-2019

[Anonymous]

She is not going to make it and no, I'm not a negative person.

[Anonymous]

Who the heck would hire her as a lawyer??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Huh - so according to her interview in Vogue (which has been aggregated elsewhere) she is doing an apprenticeship with a law firm instead of going to law school. I guess California will let you sit the bar if you do it that way

https://www.vogue.com/article/kim-kardashian-west-cover-may-2019

Here's more about how that works:

https://www.cbtronline.com/index.php/californias-law-office-study-program

California’s Law Office Study Program (LOSP) is grounded in State Bar rule 4.29 (www.rules.calbar.ca.gov). The requirements are uncomplicated, and the State Bar admissions office mainly serves as a registrar. The bar doesn’t supervise apprentices – that’s the task of their sponsors, who must be either a judge or an attorney and must have at least five years of good standing with the bar. The State Bar doesn’t even evaluate the curriculum that the sponsor and the student design. Sponsors may not claim MCLE credit for their mentoring. Here are the basics:

LOSP students must find a sponsor, pay a $40 fee and submit a Notice of intent to Study Law in a Law Office or Judge’s Chamber to the bar’s Office of Admissions.

Simply working for the sponsor won’t do. Law readers must actually follow a self-designed study course under the sponsor’s supervision for at least 18 hours a week, for four years over 48 consecutive weeks a year.

The sponsor must give a written examination once a month and submit a semiannual report to the bar, along with a $30 fee, and the questions and answers of the monthly test.

After the first year participants must pass the “baby bar,” or the California First Year Law Students’ Examination, give in June and October. Those who pass it within three attempts get credit for all study up to that point. If it takes more tries, they earn credit for only one year of study.

Students must pass the Multistate Professsional Responsibility Exam. It’s give three times a year and can be taken any time after the first year of study.

Four years of law office study qualifies participants to sit for the California Bar Examination, which is given in July and February.

[Anonymous]

I think in California you actually do not have to go to law school to take the bar. But the CA bar has a 40% pass rate so...best of luck to her.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did she finish college? Do you have to go to law school to sit for the bar?

Nope, California is one of 4 or 5 states where you don't have to go to law school to be a lawyer.

All she has to do is apprentice to an attorney for four years and pass the bar herself. Like that attorney on Suits.

She's probably taking private legal classes from the most brilliant law professors at UCLA/Stanford anyway.

[Anonymous]

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.