We’ve been following Kim Kardashian’s quest to become a lawyer (without going to a traditional law school) since she first announced her apprenticeship back in 2019 (actually before that), and if there’s one thing this journey has taught us, it’s that the California bar exam does not care about your filming schedule.
Page Six is reporting that Kardashian, 45, will be skipping the upcoming round of the California bar exam and won’t attempt it again until 2027. “Kim has a packed schedule and has been heavily involved in filming and production for several projects so she decided it’s best to skip this round of the bar exam and focus on taking it again when she feels ready,” a source close to Kardashian told the outlet. “When Kim has her mind made up on something, she gives it her all, and this isn’t something she’s taking lightly.”
Fair enough. This is, after all, a woman who spent Labor Day studying contracts instead of going to a barbecue, who ugly-cried her way through bar prep footage that honestly made her the most relatable she’s ever been, and who openly admitted that ChatGPT had been making her fail tests “all the time” before yelling at it and sending screenshots to her group chat. She knows what serious bar prep looks like. The source’s point — that “most people who take the bar exam dedicate months leading up to the test and focus all their energy on preparing” — is not wrong, and it is at least honest.
The scheduling reality is real. Kardashian is a single mom of four, running multiple companies, filming multiple projects, and doing all of it under a level of public scrutiny that no regular bar examinee has to contend with. The insider noted that “there are so many eyes on her, so it just adds a whole other level of weight to it” — which, yes. We have been among those eyes, dutifully documenting every baby bar failure, every eventual baby bar triumph, the apprenticeship graduation ceremony, and the July 2025 bar exam failure that she handled with considerably more grace than most people would. Above the Law is, in a very real sense, part of the problem.
But… so is Kardashian; she mined the law school process for social media content. She shared her hatred of con law, struggles with evidence, and a criminal law issue spotter that cast Justin Bieber as a criminal mastermind. She’s complained about the fact that law student life sucks, explained that she neglected her Keeping Up With the Kardashians livetweeting duties to keep up with torts homework, bailed on summer holiday festivities as she continued with her contracts homework, and dealt with personalized questions all about her. She even has a favorite law professor — University of Washington contracts professor Steve Calandrillo — who she’s shouted out on Insta. Kardashian even has her “just like us” moment, like when she posted about shooting tequila while studying torts.
It’s worth noting that we’ve been here before. Back in early 2024, reports emerged that Kardashian had put her legal studies “on pause” due to her business and family commitments — before she came roaring back, completed her apprenticeship, took the MPRE, and sat for the actual California bar exam in July 2025. And the source insists she’s not done, saying, “She has no plan on giving up on her dreams, but when she takes the test again, she wants to go into it feeling confident.”
Here’s the thing: as we’ve noted before, the case for Kim Kardashian needing the bar exam is actually not that strong. She’s already done more for criminal justice reform than most people who do have a law license. She has good lawyers in her phone. She has resources, platform, and genuine commitment to the work. The Esq. would be nice, but it’s not load-bearing for her actual impact.
That said, she said she wants to do this, she’s put six-plus years into it, and the 2027 bar exam is now circled on the calendar. We’ll be here. We always are.
Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Bluesky @Kathryn1
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We’ve been following Kim Kardashian’s quest to become a lawyer (without going to a traditional law school) since she first announced her apprenticeship back in 2019 (actually before that), and if there’s one thing this journey has taught us, it’s that the California bar exam does not care about your filming schedule.
Page Six is reporting that Kardashian, 45, will be skipping the upcoming round of the California bar exam and won’t attempt it again until 2027. “Kim has a packed schedule and has been heavily involved in filming and production for several projects so she decided it’s best to skip this round of the bar exam and focus on taking it again when she feels ready,” a source close to Kardashian told the outlet. “When Kim has her mind made up on something, she gives it her all, and this isn’t something she’s taking lightly.”
Fair enough. This is, after all, a woman who spent Labor Day studying contracts instead of going to a barbecue, who ugly-cried her way through bar prep footage that honestly made her the most relatable she’s ever been, and who openly admitted that ChatGPT had been making her fail tests “all the time” before yelling at it and sending screenshots to her group chat. She knows what serious bar prep looks like. The source’s point — that “most people who take the bar exam dedicate months leading up to the test and focus all their energy on preparing” — is not wrong, and it is at least honest.
The scheduling reality is real. Kardashian is a single mom of four, running multiple companies, filming multiple projects, and doing all of it under a level of public scrutiny that no regular bar examinee has to contend with. The insider noted that “there are so many eyes on her, so it just adds a whole other level of weight to it” — which, yes. We have been among those eyes, dutifully documenting every baby bar failure, every eventual baby bar triumph, the apprenticeship graduation ceremony, and the July 2025 bar exam failure that she handled with considerably more grace than most people would. Above the Law is, in a very real sense, part of the problem.
But… so is Kardashian; she mined the law school process for social media content. She shared her hatred of con law, struggles with evidence, and a criminal law issue spotter that cast Justin Bieber as a criminal mastermind. She’s complained about the fact that law student life sucks, explained that she neglected her Keeping Up With the Kardashians livetweeting duties to keep up with torts homework, bailed on summer holiday festivities as she continued with her contracts homework, and dealt with personalized questions all about her. She even has a favorite law professor — University of Washington contracts professor Steve Calandrillo — who she’s shouted out on Insta. Kardashian even has her “just like us” moment, like when she posted about shooting tequila while studying torts.
It’s worth noting that we’ve been here before. Back in early 2024, reports emerged that Kardashian had put her legal studies “on pause” due to her business and family commitments — before she came roaring back, completed her apprenticeship, took the MPRE, and sat for the actual California bar exam in July 2025. And the source insists she’s not done, saying, “She has no plan on giving up on her dreams, but when she takes the test again, she wants to go into it feeling confident.”
Here’s the thing: as we’ve noted before, the case for Kim Kardashian needing the bar exam is actually not that strong. She’s already done more for criminal justice reform than most people who do have a law license. She has good lawyers in her phone. She has resources, platform, and genuine commitment to the work. The Esq. would be nice, but it’s not load-bearing for her actual impact.
That said, she said she wants to do this, she’s put six-plus years into it, and the 2027 bar exam is now circled on the calendar. We’ll be here. We always are.
Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Bluesky @Kathryn1
