Kim Kardashian is officially one step closer to her dream of being a lawyer.
The Skims founder has finished her four-year law school apprenticeship, and she celebrated on Wednesday, May 21, with a surprise graduation party in Beverly Hills, a source tells Us Weekly. Kardashian, 44, thought she was attending a “regular family brunch” before friends and family surprised her with the celebration.
“They are all excited and proud of her and wanted to surprise her to celebrate this accomplishment,” the insider says. “Her law mentors are also surprising her, and she has no clue they will be there.”
According to the source, Kardashian also passed the multistate professional responsibility exam, which is a 60-question multiple choice test that serves as a prerequisite to the bar exam. Once she passes the bar, she will be allowed to practice law in California.
Kardashian has been open about her goal to become a lawyer, first dropping the news in an April 2019 interview with Vogue. By then, she was already knee deep in her studies.
“First year of law school you have to cover three subjects: criminal law, torts, and contracts,” she said at the time. “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.”
The journey has not been easy. Kardashian finally passed the “baby bar” exam in 2021 after failing three times. She even took the test once with COVID-19 and a fever.
“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,” she said at the time. Her father, Robert Kardashian, was OJ Simpson’s attorney during his 1995 trial. He died in 2003 after a battle with esophageal cancer.
“I am told he was notorious for making fun of people who didn’t pass on their first attempt like he did, but he would have been my biggest cheerleader!” she added.
As for what Kardashian will do if and when she ultimately passes the bar, she has her sights set on criminal justice reform.
“I’m very passionate about criminal justice reform and I want to advocate for those who I feel they were wrongfully convicted,” she told Hong Kong Vogue in April 2022. “I dream of one day creating a successful law firm.”
