Kim Kardashian passes ‘baby bar’ law exam
Kim Kardashian has cleared another hurdle in her unconventional quest to become an attorney.
The reality television star and entrepreneur tweeted on Monday that she had passed California’s first-year law students’ exam – a daylong test required of aspiring lawyers in the state who were not taking the traditional path of attending an accredited law school.
“OMFGGGG I PASSED THE BABY BAR EXAM !!!! ” she wrote to her 70.7 million followers, posting photos of herself posing in an electric blue jumpsuit. “For anyone who doesn’t know my law school journey, know this wasn’t easy or handed to me.”
Passing the test – better known as the baby bar – means Kardashian can continue her legal studies and will be able to take the full bar exam.
She said in 2019 that she was studying to become a lawyer through what is known as the Law Office study programme, in which would-be attorneys train under the supervision of an experienced lawyer or judge.
California is among the handful of states that has such a programme and is the only one with a baby bar.
Pass-rate information was not yet available for the exam Kardashian took on 26 October but only 21% of those who took it in June passed – less than half the rate for the state’s most recent regular bar exam.
The State Bar of California said baby bar results were confidential and it could not confirm Kardashian passed.
Kardashian, whose father Robert Kardashian was on OJ Simpson’s defence team during his 1995 murder trial, has previously said she wants to become a lawyer to work on criminal justice reform.
She is studying under the supervision of the attorneys Erin Haney and Jessica Jackson, whom Kardashian thanked on Twitter, saying they had brought her along to observe their court appearances.
Kardashian also noted she had failed the exam three times before passing. That made this her final opportunity: California typically allows people to take the first-year law students’ examination just three times but gave anyone who failed the June 2020 exam one extra try because of the Covid pandemic.
“I am so happy for her,” said Steve Calandrillo, the University of Washington law professor who tutored Kardashian on contracts via Zoom to prepare for the test. “She has worked so hard for two years now. It is not an easy exam.”