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New Straits Times
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: Kim Kardashian finishes law studies after six years
LOS ANGELES: After six years of hard work, Kim Kardashian has successfully completed her law studies. The 44-year-old celebrity took to her Instagram yesterday, to proudly share her achievement. However, she did not graduate from attending conventional law school, instead she had enrolled in the California apprentice programme through a law firm in San Francisco. "Six years ago, I embarked on an unconventional path to pursue my dream of becoming a lawyer. "It wasn't easy, and it took longer than planned, but I never gave up. "Each course brought moments of doubt, tears, and triumph - especially when I conquered subjects I initially feared," she wrote in the caption to the post which also had photos of her at the graduation ceremony. She added that she is now one step closer to becoming a lawyer as she still needs to sit for an exam that will qualify her to practise law. She also thanked several individuals who had guided her to this achievement. "I'm deeply grateful to Van Jones, who introduced me to this path, and to my mentors, Jessica Jackson and Erin Haney, whose guidance was invaluable. "Special thanks to Sam Farkas and Chuck Shonholtz, who dedicated countless hours to help me succeed.
News.com.au
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Kim Kardashian graduates law school
The reality star has graduated from law school after six years of legal training. Kim announced the news on Wednesday, and threw a small commencement ceremony for family and friends, including sister Khloe Kardashian, kids Saint, nine, Chicago, seven, and Psalm, six, as well as her pal Van Jones. 'All of you guys have been on this journey with me," Kim said in her speech, which was shared on Khloe's Instagram Stories. The TV star explained she had been "dumbfounded" by the state of the legal system, so had started looking into criminal justice reform.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kim Kardashian celebrates a major step in her legal journey. Next up? Passing the bar
After six years of study, Kim Kardashian has completed her law studies. On Wednesday, she celebrated privately with a single-student surprise graduation ceremony attended by friends, key supporters and family, including her children. "It's an absolute honor to stand here today, not just as mentors but as witnesses to one of the most inspiring law school journeys we've ever seen," said Jessica Jackson, one of the attorneys who sponsored the 44-year-old in her studies. "Six years ago, Kim Kardashian walked into this program with nothing but a fierce desire to fight for justice. No law school lectures, no Ivory Tower shortcuts, just determination and a mountain of case law books to read." Read more: Kim Kardashian West passes the 'baby bar' exam. Who cares that it took four tries? Jackson's speech was captured in one of a series of videos posted by Khloé Kardashian and then by Kim in their Instagram stories. Khloé said in a separate video that her sister's work was "such a cool accomplishment" and called the ceremony "so inspiring and motivating." Attorney and CNN host Van Jones also came to the lectern and praised Kim Kardashian for her advocacy work to help get the First Step Act, which applies to federal inmates, signed in 2018 by then-President Trump. The act, which contains a series of criminal justice reforms including changes in sentencing and recidivism risk assessment, has benefited 40,000 people, he said. And in Pinterest-type moments tailor-made for reality TV, the placemats on the lunch table were made up in the image of flash cards that Kardashian used in her studies and each cup of coffee was garnished with a logo of a 2025 mortarboard. Ivanka Trump was among those congratulating Kardashian on her accomplishment, as was Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos' bride-to-be. The Skims founder decided to study law in the summer of 2018, she told Vogue in early 2019, when she embarked on her program. She told the outlet that her desire to learn sprang up while she was lobbying for the early release of Alice Marie Johnson, imprisoned for life plus 25 years for a nonviolent drug offense. Johnson's sentence was commuted in 2018, and she was fully pardoned in 2020, but Kardashian seemed unsatisfied with her own level of participation in the process. Read more: Kim Kardashian details confusion, terror of Paris robbery: 'Absolutely' thought she was going to die 'The White House called me to advise to help change the system of clemency, and I'm sitting in the Roosevelt Room with, like, a judge who had sentenced criminals and a lot of really powerful people and I just sat there,' Kardashian said. 'I need to know more.' She also wanted to follow in the footsteps of her father, Robert Kardashian, an attorney and famously a member of his good friend O.J. Simpson's "dream team" of legal defenders. Rather than attending law school — Kardashian didn't graduate from college — she planned to do a four-year apprenticeship with a law firm in San Francisco and then take the bar in 2022. That's allowed under California law, but the COVID pandemic stretched out the timeline. She passed the so-called baby bar exam in December 2021 after her fourth swing at the test. In March of this year, she passed the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam. A passing MPRE score is required before a person attempts to pass a bar exam in the United States. Read more: Kim Kardashian is finally going to testify about being robbed in Paris. How did we get here? Kardashian hasn't revealed yet when she will attempt to pass the California bar exam. The two-day test is administered twice a year, in February and July. 'I know my dad would be so proud and he would actually be so shocked to know that this is my path now but he would have been my best study partner,' Kardashian wrote on social media after passing the 2021 "baby bar" exam. Kardashian said in 2023, via People, that she "would be just as happy being an attorney full time" as working in reality TV. She added that her criminal justice advocacy efforts up to that point had "really opened up my eyes so much. It gets overwhelming because there's so much to be done.' But perhaps she's working on ways to blend her TV and law pursuits? Could be. Kardashian will star as attorney Allura Grant in the upcoming Hulu drama "All's Fair." The series, premiering in August and co-created by "American Horror Story" mastermind Ryan Murphy, revolves around a team of women lawyers. Sign up for Screen Gab, a free newsletter about the TV and movies everyone's talking about from the L.A. Times. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kim Kardashian graduates law school, following in footsteps of lawyer dad Robert Kardashian
Kim Kardashian graduated from law school, following in the footsteps of famous father Robert Kardashian Sr. The "Kardashians" on Hulu reality star revealed the news to fans by sharing videos of an intimate backyard ceremony surrounded by family and friends. Her late father was a defense attorney for the defensed in former NFL player O.J. Simpson's murder trial. The "All's Fair" actress took to her Instagram stories on May 21 to celebrate graduating from the four-year Law Office Study Program. "I finally graduated law school after six years!!!" Kardashian wrote over top of a video shared from sister Khloé Kardashian's footage of the event. In one video, the reality star's legal mentor Van Jones said, "I am trying not to get emotional, thank you Kim Kardashian." "Six years ago, seven years ago when you were working on criminal justice, you were not embraced by anybody," CNN commentator Jones said in the video. "You were working with people who were thrown away often by their own families. You were working with people who were literally one step from the grave." During President Donald Trump's first term in office, Kardashian emerged as one of Hollywood's fiercest advocates for criminal justice reform. In June 2018, following a meeting that May with Kardashian in the Oval Office, Trump granted clemency to Alice Marie Johnson who was serving a life sentence for cocaine trafficking. The 44-year-old announced on social media in December 2021 that she passed California's First-Year Law Students' Exam, better known as the "baby bar" exam. Celebrating the Skims co-founder's accomplishments was a family affair. Kardashian shared details from her graduation party, like her youngest son Psalm West dressed as a lawyer with a briefcase and lunch placemats depicting her flashcards from studying. In her own Instagram story video, Khloé Kardashian said, "I am so proud of Kim. I just left her celebration lunch for graduating law school, I mean, I cannot believe this is years and years in the making." Kourtney Kardashian Barker was also in attendance and reshared a video of her wearing a cap and gown captioned, "supportive sister." Kim Kardashian also shared an Instagram story with an image of her in her grad cap posted by Ivanka Trump, with a message that read, "Congratulations Kim! You did it! My favorite law school graduate!" Contributing: Hannah Yasharoff This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Kim Kardashian graduates law school
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kim Kardashian Has Finished Her Law Program After 6 Years
Kim Kardashian has graduated her law program. 'I finally graduated law school after six years!!!' Kardashian wrote on her Instagram stories. Kim Kardashian's sister Khloe Kardashian posted scenes from Wednesday's celebration lunch on her Instagram stories. CNN political commentator Van Jones spoke, congratulating Kim Kardashian on her work in prison reform. 'Six years ago, seven years ago, when you were working on criminal justice, you were not embraced by anybody,' Jones said in his speech. The reality TV star and beauty mogul got her start in law and criminal justice after she saw a video about Alice Marie Johnson, a woman who was in prison for life for a nonviolent drug crime. Kim Kardashian asked President Donald Trump to grant Johnson clemency, which he did in 2018, and Johnson was released. Since then, Kim Kardashian has helped free at least 17 people from prison. In 2019, Kim Kardashian told Vogue that she was studying to take the bar exam because her interest in prison reform inspired her to study law. Kim Kardashian didn't go to law school, rather she completed California's Law Office Study Program, which allows people to study law under the supervision of an attorney or judge. Kim Kardashian has yet to pass the bar exam. Khloe Kardashian said on her Instagram stories that she is 'so proud' of her sister. 'This is years and years in the making,' Khloe Kardashian said. 'I'm so proud of her. This was just such a cool accomplishment.' On Kim Kardashian's Instagram stories, she shared a photo of her late father, Robert Kardashian, who was an attorney and was on O.J. Simpson's famous defense team. Kourtney Kardashian's 'Dated' School Comments Reveal Just How Disconnected She Is Kim Kardashian Testifies In Jewelry Heist Trial: 'I Absolutely Did Think I Was Going To Die' Kim Kardashian Arrives At Paris Court To Testify About 2016 Jewelry Heist
