Kim Kardashian is one step closer to following in her late father Robert Kardashian’s footsteps after quietly sitting for the grueling California bar exam earlier this summer.
The 44-year-old reality queen and makeup mogul has spent the past six years grinding through an apprenticeship — the unconventional path that allowed her to bypass law school — before officially wrapping the program on May 21, 2025.
Kim famously passed the ‘baby bar’ on her fourth try back in December 2021, clearing the first major hurdle on her way to becoming a licensed attorney.
Now, she’s facing the ultimate test: the notoriously brutal California bar, considered the hardest in the nation with one of the lowest pass rates.
Kim took the two-day exam last month, answering 200 multiple-choice questions, five essay prompts, and one 90-minute performance test, per TMZ.
The mother of four won’t know her fate until November 7, when results are released to examinees — just two days before they’re made public on November 9 at 6 p.m. PT.
Kim Kardashian is one step closer to following in her late father Robert Kardashian’s footsteps after quietly sitting for the grueling California bar exam earlier this summer
The 44-year-old reality queen and makeup mogul has spent the past six years grinding through an apprenticeship — the unconventional path that allowed her to bypass law school — before officially wrapping the program on May 21, 2025
While most examinees test in person at designated sites, insiders say Kim likely took her exam privately with a proctor to avoid unwanted attention.
The timing couldn’t be more fitting: Kim’s legal pursuit mirrors her father’s famous career as a defense attorney, most notably for O.J. Simpson during his 1995 murder trial.
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It also come as Kim is once again taking aim at Donald Trump — this time blasting his ICE raids, even though she’s maintained a surprisingly cordial bond with the former president, his wife Melania, and daughter Ivanka.
Back in June, the SKIMS mogul used her Instagram Story to condemn Trump’s immigration crackdown in Los Angeles, calling the tactics ‘inhumane’ and urging protection for the ‘hardworking people’ being separated from their families.
But the post drew mixed reactions, with critics accusing her of ‘virtue signaling’ given her personal ties to the Trump family.
Kim has long been friendly with Ivanka Trump, 43, and famously made trips to the White House during Trump’s first term to push for criminal justice reform.
Still, she didn’t back down when pressed about the raids this week.
While walking the red carpet at Diane von Furstenberg’s DVF Awards in Venice, Italy — where she was honored for her work on prison reform — Kim doubled down on her criticism.
Now, she’s facing the ultimate test: the notoriously brutal California bar, considered the hardest in the nation with one of the lowest pass rates
Her latest legal milestone also comes on the heels of a backyard celebration in May, where she toasted the completion of her six-year apprenticeship surrounded by family and friends
‘In the news you hear, “Oh, it’s about people who have committed these crimes and they’re trying to help out our country.” But then you hear about all of the people who have worked so hard to build our country, and so many people that are such a part of our country getting affected,’ she told Variety.
‘People I know. People my friends know. You want to believe that there’s a powerful message in protection, but then you see that it’s not really happening like that. It’s really tough, but I think that we have to do what we can to protect the people that have really supported and built our country,’ Kim added.
In the same interview, the reality star was asked if she’d consider returning to Washington to advocate for additional prison reform cases — even the controversial Menendez brothers, who were recently denied parole after spending more than 30 years behind bars for killing their parents in 1989.
Kim didn’t hesitate: she said she ‘would love to.’
‘[The Menendez brothers] are in a state prison so the governor is really in charge of that decision, but I would go to any administration and any White House to fight for the rights of people I believe in,’ she explained.
Her latest legal milestone also comes on the heels of a backyard celebration in May, where she toasted the completion of her six-year apprenticeship surrounded by family and friends.
The star’s late father was clearly on her mind during the special day, as she shared a photo of him.
He gained national recognition in the mid-1990s for his involvement in Simpson’s murder trial, where he served as a friend and defense attorney on Simpson’s legal ‘Dream Team.’
He passed away in 2003 from esophageal cancer. He was 59 years old.