{"id":137008,"date":"2025-11-17T15:09:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/11\/17\/kim-kardashian-ugly-cries-over-bar-prep-and-its-the-most-relatable-shes-ever-been\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:09:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:09:39","slug":"kim-kardashian-ugly-cries-over-bar-prep-and-its-the-most-relatable-shes-ever-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/11\/17\/kim-kardashian-ugly-cries-over-bar-prep-and-its-the-most-relatable-shes-ever-been\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian Ugly Cries Over Bar Prep And It\u2019s The Most Relatable She\u2019s Ever Been"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kim Kardashian is back on her \u201cI\u2019m-going-to-be-a-lawyer-dammit\u201d grind<\/a>, and this time she\u2019s giving the world exactly what the California Bar never will: transparency<\/a>. Earlier this month, Kim failed the bar exam<\/a>, but instead of slinking away, she posted a full emotional montage of her study saga: handwritten notes, panic spirals, and the ugly crying she\u2019s famous for included.<\/p>\n

Kim\u2019s video proudly features pages of handwritten notes, as though she just discovered the pedagogical magic of \u201cwriting things down.\u201d It\u2019s very earnest. Very \u201cI bought the pastel highlighters so now I\u2019m basically Elle Woods.\u201d Honestly, it\u2019s almost wholesome watching the billionaire who built an empire on overpriced loungewear embrace the radical act of\u2026 making flashcards.<\/p>\n

Then we get the waterworks. Like, full meltdown. She\u2019s exhausted, terrified, and mumbling about her brain dissolving\u2026 which, to be fair, is a universal bar exam experience. She even shows off a back brace, because apparently torts aren\u2019t the only thing causing pain here.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve ever stared at a bar prep essay question and wondered why your life choices brought you to this moment, congratulations: you and Kim Kardashian now have something in common.<\/p>\n

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As always, the wild part of the Kardashian bar journey is that she\u2019s not doing this the normal way. No law school. No cold calls. No gunners. She\u2019s apprenticing her way into the legal profession like it\u2019s still 1827. It\u2019s admirable! It\u2019s unconventional! It\u2019s\u2026 perhaps not the optimal approach for the nation\u2019s most notoriously sadistic bar exam, but hey, points for dedication.<\/p>\n

And Kardashian has documented much of the process\u00a0on social media<\/a>. She shared her hatred of\u00a0con law<\/a>, struggles\u00a0with evidence<\/a>, and a\u00a0criminal law issue spotter<\/a>\u00a0that cast Justin Bieber as a criminal mastermind. She\u2019s complained about the fact that\u00a0law student life sucks<\/a>, explained that she neglected her\u00a0Keeping Up With the Kardashians<\/em>\u00a0livetweeting duties to\u00a0keep up with torts homework,<\/a>\u00a0bailed on summer\u00a0holiday festivities<\/a>\u00a0as she\u00a0continued with her contracts homework<\/a>, and dealt with personalized\u00a0questions all about her<\/a>. She even has a favorite law professor \u2014 University of Washington contracts professor\u00a0Steve Calandrillo<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 who\u00a0she\u2019s shouted out on Insta.<\/a>\u00a0Kardashian even has her \u201cjust like us\u201d moment, like when\u00a0she posted about shooting tequila while studying torts.<\/a><\/p>\n

But really this is the most relatable moment in her quest to be a lawyer. Her struggle looks a lot like everyone else\u2019s struggle, minus the millions following her journey, and ready to indulge in schadenfreude when things go pear-shaped.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s tired. She\u2019s defeated. She\u2019s still going; Kardashian confirmed she will tackle the notorious exam again. And if Kim Kardashian \u2014 a woman who runs five companies, films two shows, and never seems to sleep \u2014 can find time to grind out IRACs and memorize hearsay exceptions, then maybe there\u2019s hope for the rest of us.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her<\/a> with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Kim Kardashian Ugly Cries Over Bar Prep And It\u2019s The Most Relatable She\u2019s Ever Been<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kim Kardashian is back on her \u201cI\u2019m-going-to-be-a-lawyer-dammit\u201d grind<\/a>, and this time she\u2019s giving the world exactly what the California Bar never will: transparency<\/a>. Earlier this month, Kim failed the bar exam<\/a>, but instead of slinking away, she posted a full emotional montage of her study saga: handwritten notes, panic spirals, and the ugly crying she\u2019s famous for included.<\/p>\n

Kim\u2019s video proudly features pages of handwritten notes, as though she just discovered the pedagogical magic of \u201cwriting things down.\u201d It\u2019s very earnest. Very \u201cI bought the pastel highlighters so now I\u2019m basically Elle Woods.\u201d Honestly, it\u2019s almost wholesome watching the billionaire who built an empire on overpriced loungewear embrace the radical act of\u2026 making flashcards.<\/p>\n

Then we get the waterworks. Like, full meltdown. She\u2019s exhausted, terrified, and mumbling about her brain dissolving\u2026 which, to be fair, is a universal bar exam experience. She even shows off a back brace, because apparently torts aren\u2019t the only thing causing pain here.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve ever stared at a bar prep essay question and wondered why your life choices brought you to this moment, congratulations: you and Kim Kardashian now have something in common.<\/p>\n

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As always, the wild part of the Kardashian bar journey is that she\u2019s not doing this the normal way. No law school. No cold calls. No gunners. She\u2019s apprenticing her way into the legal profession like it\u2019s still 1827. It\u2019s admirable! It\u2019s unconventional! It\u2019s\u2026 perhaps not the optimal approach for the nation\u2019s most notoriously sadistic bar exam, but hey, points for dedication.<\/p>\n

And Kardashian has documented much of the process\u00a0on social media<\/a>. She shared her hatred of\u00a0con law<\/a>, struggles\u00a0with evidence<\/a>, and a\u00a0criminal law issue spotter<\/a>\u00a0that cast Justin Bieber as a criminal mastermind. She\u2019s complained about the fact that\u00a0law student life sucks<\/a>, explained that she neglected her\u00a0Keeping Up With the Kardashians<\/em>\u00a0livetweeting duties to\u00a0keep up with torts homework,<\/a>\u00a0bailed on summer\u00a0holiday festivities<\/a>\u00a0as she\u00a0continued with her contracts homework<\/a>, and dealt with personalized\u00a0questions all about her<\/a>. She even has a favorite law professor \u2014 University of Washington contracts professor\u00a0Steve Calandrillo<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 who\u00a0she\u2019s shouted out on Insta.<\/a>\u00a0Kardashian even has her \u201cjust like us\u201d moment, like when\u00a0she posted about shooting tequila while studying torts.<\/a><\/p>\n

But really this is the most relatable moment in her quest to be a lawyer. Her struggle looks a lot like everyone else\u2019s struggle, minus the millions following her journey, and ready to indulge in schadenfreude when things go pear-shaped.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s tired. She\u2019s defeated. She\u2019s still going; Kardashian confirmed she will tackle the notorious exam again. And if Kim Kardashian \u2014 a woman who runs five companies, films two shows, and never seems to sleep \u2014 can find time to grind out IRACs and memorize hearsay exceptions, then maybe there\u2019s hope for the rest of us.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her<\/a> with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Kim Kardashian Ugly Cries Over Bar Prep And It\u2019s The Most Relatable She\u2019s Ever Been<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kim Kardashian is back on her \u201cI\u2019m-going-to-be-a-lawyer-dammit\u201d grind, and this time she\u2019s giving the world exactly what the California Bar never will: transparency. Earlier this month, Kim failed the bar exam, but instead of slinking away, she posted a full emotional montage of her study saga: handwritten notes, panic spirals, and the ugly crying she\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":137009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5243-1-scaled-e1623338814705-620x568-u9JF1u.jpg?fit=620%2C568&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}