{"id":150649,"date":"2026-05-07T13:34:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/07\/kim-kardashian-esq-delayed-till-at-least-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:34:57","slug":"kim-kardashian-esq-delayed-till-at-least-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/07\/kim-kardashian-esq-delayed-till-at-least-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian, Esq. Delayed (Till At Least 2027)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve been following Kim Kardashian\u2019s quest to become a lawyer (without going to a traditional law school) since she first announced her apprenticeship back in 2019<\/a> (actually before that<\/a>), and if there\u2019s one thing this journey has taught us, it\u2019s that the California bar exam does not care about your filming schedule.<\/p>\n

Page Six is reporting<\/a> that Kardashian, 45, will be skipping the upcoming round of the California bar exam and won\u2019t attempt it again until 2027. \u201cKim has a packed schedule and has been heavily involved in filming and production for several projects so she decided it\u2019s best to skip this round of the bar exam and focus on taking it again when she feels ready,\u201d a source close to Kardashian told the outlet. \u201cWhen Kim has her mind made up on something, she gives it her all, and this isn\u2019t something she\u2019s taking lightly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fair enough. This is, after all, a woman who spent Labor Day studying contracts<\/a> instead of going to a barbecue, who ugly-cried her way through bar prep footage<\/a> that honestly made her the most relatable she\u2019s ever been, and who openly admitted that ChatGPT had been making her fail tests \u201call the time\u201d<\/a> before yelling at it and sending screenshots to her group chat. She knows what serious bar prep looks like. The source\u2019s point \u2014 that \u201cmost people who take the bar exam dedicate months leading up to the test and focus all their energy on preparing\u201d \u2014 is not wrong, and it is at least honest.<\/p>\n

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 \u201cthere are so many eyes on her, so it just adds a whole other level of weight to it\u201d \u2014 which, yes. We have been among those eyes, dutifully documenting every baby bar failure<\/a>, every eventual baby bar triumph<\/a>, the apprenticeship graduation ceremony<\/a>, and the July 2025 bar exam failure<\/a> that she handled with considerably more grace than most people would. Above the Law is, in a very real sense, part of the problem.<\/p>\n

But\u2026 so is Kardashian; she mined the law school process for social media<\/a> content. 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

It\u2019s worth noting that we\u2019ve been here before. Back in early 2024, reports emerged that Kardashian had put her legal studies \u201con pause\u201d<\/a> due to her business and family commitments \u2014 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\u2019s not done, saying, \u201cShe has no plan on giving up on her dreams, but when she takes the test again, she wants to go into it feeling confident.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the thing: as we\u2019ve noted before, the case for Kim Kardashian needing the bar exam<\/a> is actually not that strong. She\u2019s 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\u2019s not load-bearing for her actual impact.<\/p>\n

That said, she said she wants to do this, she\u2019s put six-plus years into it, and the 2027 bar exam is now circled on the calendar. We\u2019ll be here. We always are.<\/p>\n

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Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of\u00a0The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of\u00a0Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email\u00a0her<\/a>\u00a0with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Kim Kardashian, Esq. Delayed (Till At Least 2027)<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve been following Kim Kardashian\u2019s quest to become a lawyer (without going to a traditional law school) since she first announced her apprenticeship back in 2019<\/a> (actually before that<\/a>), and if there\u2019s one thing this journey has taught us, it\u2019s that the California bar exam does not care about your filming schedule.<\/p>\n

Page Six is reporting<\/a> that Kardashian, 45, will be skipping the upcoming round of the California bar exam and won\u2019t attempt it again until 2027. \u201cKim has a packed schedule and has been heavily involved in filming and production for several projects so she decided it\u2019s best to skip this round of the bar exam and focus on taking it again when she feels ready,\u201d a source close to Kardashian told the outlet. \u201cWhen Kim has her mind made up on something, she gives it her all, and this isn\u2019t something she\u2019s taking lightly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fair enough. This is, after all, a woman who spent Labor Day studying contracts<\/a> instead of going to a barbecue, who ugly-cried her way through bar prep footage<\/a> that honestly made her the most relatable she\u2019s ever been, and who openly admitted that ChatGPT had been making her fail tests \u201call the time\u201d<\/a> before yelling at it and sending screenshots to her group chat. She knows what serious bar prep looks like. The source\u2019s point \u2014 that \u201cmost people who take the bar exam dedicate months leading up to the test and focus all their energy on preparing\u201d \u2014 is not wrong, and it is at least honest.<\/p>\n

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 \u201cthere are so many eyes on her, so it just adds a whole other level of weight to it\u201d \u2014 which, yes. We have been among those eyes, dutifully documenting every baby bar failure<\/a>, every eventual baby bar triumph<\/a>, the apprenticeship graduation ceremony<\/a>, and the July 2025 bar exam failure<\/a> that she handled with considerably more grace than most people would. Above the Law is, in a very real sense, part of the problem.<\/p>\n

But\u2026 so is Kardashian; she mined the law school process for social media<\/a> content. 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

It\u2019s worth noting that we\u2019ve been here before. Back in early 2024, reports emerged that Kardashian had put her legal studies \u201con pause\u201d<\/a> due to her business and family commitments \u2014 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\u2019s not done, saying, \u201cShe has no plan on giving up on her dreams, but when she takes the test again, she wants to go into it feeling confident.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the thing: as we\u2019ve noted before, the case for Kim Kardashian needing the bar exam<\/a> is actually not that strong. She\u2019s 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\u2019s not load-bearing for her actual impact.<\/p>\n

That said, she said she wants to do this, she\u2019s put six-plus years into it, and the 2027 bar exam is now circled on the calendar. We\u2019ll be here. We always are.<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of\u00a0The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of\u00a0Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email\u00a0her<\/a>\u00a0with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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