Has Kim Kardashian Passed the Bar Exam? What We Know About the Reality Star’s Lawyer Journey

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Has Kim Kardashian Passed the Bar Exam? What We Know About the Reality Star’s Lawyer Journey

Kim Kardashian, esquire? The reality TV personality has been open about her journey to become a lawyer after registering with the California State Bar to study law in 2018. Kardashian spoke publicly about her plans for the first time in her April 2019 Vogue cover story, explaining she blocked out 18 hours of supervised study alongside lawyers Jessica Jackson and Erin Haney each week. “First year of law school you have to cover three subjects: criminal law, torts, and contracts,” she told 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. The reading is what really gets me. It’s so time-consuming. The concepts I grasp in two seconds.” At the time, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star’s goal was to take the bar in 2022. However, she has to pass the First-Year Law Students’ Examination a.k.a. the “baby bar” before she can continue her education. During a May 2021 episode of her family’s former reality show, she revealed she failed the baby bar after her first attempt in the summer of 2020. "If you are doing law school the way I'm doing it, it is a four-year program instead of your typical three-year program. And after year one, you have to take the baby bar. This one's actually harder, I hear, than the official bar,” she said on the E! series at the time. [jwplayer 3xoFS0Zi-zhNYySv2] Several weeks after her first try, Kardashian was signed up to try again. While studying in October 2020, she learned she tested positive for COVID-19. That didn’t stop her from attempting to pass again, but she ultimately scored lower than the first time. Kardashian previously cited her late father, Robert Kardashian Sr., as her inspiration for wanting to be a lawyer. “We talked about it for sure when I was in college, but I wasn’t that serious,” she told Wall Street Journal magazine in October 2021. “Hopefully one day I can start a law firm where we can help people pro bono and hire people who were formerly incarcerated. I don’t see me floating on a yacht. I think I’ll always feel good when I’m working.” Scroll through for more on Kim’s law journey:

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April 2019

The Skims founder revealed that she secretly “registered with the California State Bar to study law” one year prior.

“I’ve seen some comments from people who are saying it’s my privilege or my money that got me here, but that’s not the case,” she wrote via social media at the time. “One person actually said I should ‘stay in my lane.’ I want people to understand that there is nothing that should limit your pursuit of your dreams, and the accomplishment of new goals. You can create your own lanes, just as I am. The state bar doesn’t care who you are. Everyone can take this route if you live in a state where this is allowed.”

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Summer 2020

Kim scored a 474 when she took the bar for the first time. 560 is a passing score. 

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November 2020

During her second attempt, the beauty mogul was battling coronavirus. She scored a 463.

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August 2021

After taking the baby bar for the third time, Kim told Kristen Bell and Monica Padman on their “We Are Supported By…” podcast that she would start to “question” herself if she failed again.

“I think I did well,” she said. “So if I don’t pass, I am going to be so f—king pissed, you have no idea.”

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October 2021

She revealed to Wall Street Journal magazine that she still hasn’t passed the exam, noting, “I do have a ways to go.”

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December 2021

The KKW Beauty founder announced she passed the “baby bar” on her fourth try. “I failed this exam 3 times in 2 years,” she revealed via Instagram. “But I got back up each time and studied harder and tried again until I did it!!!”

She added, “I did have COVID on the 3rd try w[ith] a 104 fever but I’m not making excuses 😉.”

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March 2022

“The experience taught me so much and I’ve never worked so hard on something in my life,” Kardashian told Hong Kong Vogue in their April 2022 cover story about passing the baby bar, noting her late father’s career inspired her. “I had to be really diligent about studying and dedicated every spare minute I had to it.”

She continued: “I’m very passionate about Criminal Justice Reform and I want to advocate for those who I feel they were wrongfully convicted. I dream of one day creating a successful law firm.”