Kim Kardashian’s Legal Career Remains a Work in Progress

Kardashian’s path to the courtroom bypassed traditional law school, opting instead for California’s Law Office Study Program. This route requires candidates to train under a practicing attorney or judge, a commitment that mentor Jessica Jackson described as an 18-hour-a-week slog spanning nearly half a decade. Though she successfully cleared the hurdles of the “baby bar” in 2021 and passed the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination, the final general bar exam remains uncrossed. Following the November 2025 announcement of her latest failure, Kardashian confirmed on social media that she is not yet a lawyer, though she remains committed to the goal. Reports suggest she may delay her next attempt until 2027.

Her lack of a license does not diminish her history of criminal justice advocacy, most notably her 2018 lobbying efforts that led to the commutation of Alice Marie Johnson’s sentence. However, this work sits firmly outside the scope of licensed legal practice. Kardashian can lobby officials and highlight cases, but she lacks the authority to represent clients in court or provide independent legal counsel. The gap between her public image and her professional status is now being mined for television, with the second season of All’s Fair explicitly incorporating her real-life bar exam struggles into the script.