{"id":20658,"date":"2021-12-13T19:21:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T00:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20658"},"modified":"2021-12-13T19:21:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T00:21:06","slug":"kim-kardashian-passes-california-baby-bar-law-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/12\/13\/kim-kardashian-passes-california-baby-bar-law-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian passes California &#8216;baby bar&#8217; law exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Kim Kardashian is one step closer to her dream of becoming a lawyer after revealing she has passed a key law exam on her fourth attempt.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The reality TV star and businesswoman posted the news on social media, urging fans never to give up on goals they have set their mind on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Kardashian, 41, has spent years advocating for criminal justice reform, including lobbying at the White House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">She announced in 2019 that she wanted to go further and qualify in law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Without an undergraduate degree, she has been studying on an alternative apprenticeship pathway under the supervised mentorship of lawyers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Kardashian said she had been previously told that her journey would be &#8220;close to impossible&#8221; and &#8220;harder than the traditional law school route&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">But in an excited announcement on Monday, she said she had passed California&#8217;s first-year law students&#8217; exam &#8211; also known as the baby bar &#8211; on her fourth attempt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;Looking in the mirror, I am really proud of the woman looking back today in the reflection,&#8221; she said about her result.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;For anyone who doesn&#8217;t know my law school journey, know this wasn&#8217;t easy or handed to me,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I failed this exam three times in two years, but I got back up each time and studied harder and tried again until I did it!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Kardashian&#8217;s tweets praised those who had helped her get through the exam with &#8220;10-hour days, daily four-hour zooms&#8221; and &#8220;practice tests week after week&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The exam has an overall success rate of about 20%, according to recent pass figures. Kardashian will still have further study and another bar exam on her pathway to qualification.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Kim Kardashian found fame alongside her family on their hit reality television show, Keeping up with the Kardashians, which began airing in 2007. The show saw Kim and her siblings gain huge online followings and business success across a range of industries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-57343862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8 ways one family became a hot topic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-56657188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kim Kardashian joins billionaires&#8217; club<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Using her influential platform in a different way, Kardashian has increasingly voiced her support for campaigns to change the US justice system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">She has lobbied for clemency in individual cases and been critical of the long sentences handed down to first-time offenders, and the disproportionate impact the law can have on ethnic minority communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Her late father, Robert Kardashian, was himself a lawyer. He was famously part of the legal team that represented former American football star OJ Simpson in his high-profile 1995 murder trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In Kardashian&#8217;s posts on Monday, she said her father would be &#8220;so proud&#8221; and &#8220;shocked&#8221; about her change of path.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bar Bri Law School bar prep- I couldn\u2019t have done it without you guys setting me up w professors Sam Farkas &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckShonholtz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChuckShonholtz<\/a> you changed my life. Thank you for putting in the hours! 10 hour days, daily 4 hour zooms, our in person practice tests week after week. We did it!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimKardashian\/status\/1470397354213724163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">But she was not the only celebrity enjoying academic success over the last few days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Rapper Megan Thee Stallion graduated from Texas Southern University with a Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in Health Administration on Saturday. She previously spoke about wanting to complete the degree in honour of her mum, who died of brain cancer in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Fellow rap powerhouse Cardi B was among those who congratulated Megan online.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congrats <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theestallion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theestallion<\/a> all of your hard work paid of!!! I know your Parents are super proud of you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iqveHPWf4x\">pic.twitter.com\/iqveHPWf4x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cardi B (@iamcardib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamcardib\/status\/1469813869874847748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-59642262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Kim Kardashian is one step closer to her dream of becoming a lawyer after revealing she has passed a key law exam on her fourth attempt. 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