Kim Kardashian Just Finished Her Law Program After Six Years, And Here's What Everyone Is Saying Online
Kim began studying to become a lawyer in 2019 after successfully convincing President Donald Trump to grant clemency to Alice Marie Johnson, a Tennessee woman serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense. Kim discovered Alice's case through a Mic documentary, working to secure her release after 21 years in prison.
'I had to think long and hard about this," Kim told Vogue of her decision to study law. "I just felt like the system could be so different, and I wanted to fight to fix it, and if I knew more, I could do more.'
Instead of traditional law school, Kim enrolled in a four-year apprenticeship program, but it took an additional two years to complete "due to COVID and work," per People. Kim "finally" graduated from the program on Wednesday.
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Sharing an Instagram video of herself in a graduation cap at an outdoor ceremony with family and friends, Kim wrote, "I finally graduated law school after 6 years!!!"
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Her mentor Jessica Jackson said in a speech that Kim had studied "18 hours a week, 48 weeks a year for six straight years." "That's a total of 5,184 hours of legal study," Jessica added, noting that was all while "raising four children, running businesses, filming television shows, and showing up in courtrooms to advocate for others."
And people were seriously impressed. Kim's peers, including her sister Khloé Kardashian, celebrated her online, as seen in Kim's reposts. Fans also celebrated her achievement.
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So what's next? Well, Kim's representative told ABC News that she can now take the state bar exam (you might remember that she took and passed the baby bar in 2021). If Kim passes the state exam, she can practice law.
Good luck, Kim, and congrats on completing your program!!
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