Kim Kardashian Complains About ’14-Hour Day’ Proving She’s Totally Ready To Be A Lawyer

Generally speaking, I’m fairly supportive of Kim Kardashian’s bid to become an attorney. Sure she’s got that obnoxious 1L mentality, but she seems committed to her studies and has certainly started down this path with noble intentions — drawn to the law by her interest in addressing the ills of mass incarceration.

That said, her consistent unwillingness to recognize that she’s in this position by virtue of her massive amounts of privilege is continually disappointing. It doesn’t diminish her effort to admit that most moms don’t get to haul off and begin a lengthy apprenticeship program without worrying about providing for their kids. But not having the maturity to own those advantages isn’t a great look.

On Sunday’s episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Kim lays out her frustrations on Kanye and it’s safe to say there’s not a single lawyer in America with a lick of sympathy.

“I don’t know what to do,” she tells husband Kanye West. “How am I going to have another kid, how am I going to study, how am I going to read, how am I going to do this all? I just had like, a 14-hour day.”

Fourteen whole hours, you guys! I went into an office on a Thursday morning and left on a Saturday afternoon and remember it fondly as one of my lighter Biglaw work weeks. Excuse me, “LIKE a 14-hour day” which almost assuredly means a 12-hour day with copious padding. This is the job, Kim. It may be hard to adjust from spending her entire adult life being handsomely rewarded for living her life on television, but “work” takes a toll on people and families, and working as a lawyer is going to take an oversized toll. It’s not pleasant but it’s what everyone else is out here doing and the callous inability to grasp that speaks to a core problem with her commitment to entering a service profession that needs adjusting far faster than her baby bar scores.

Remember, this is about assisting non-violent drug offenders incarcerated by a broken system. They have to spend, like, 24-hour days in prison.

As it turns out, Kanye offers some really good advice actually, reminding everyone that his public jackassery rests atop a truly successful entrepreneur.

“I think you can get in control of your schedule and you’ve just got to sit back and analyze, like, what are your distractions?” responds West, 41. “Once you manage your time, you’ll be able to manage your time to be able to give attention to me, attention to the kids and attention to law that you’re passionate about.”

Kanye West for life coach! Give this guy a self-help book deal right now.

But before we get too excited about Kanye’s ability to see the big picture, here’s what he thinks about her ability to get this far in her nascent legal career:

“That means the universe really wants this to happen,” he says. “It’s beautiful.”

Yes, an incredibly wealthy famous woman married to an incredibly wealthy famous man getting breaks that struggling law students could never dream of because… the universe wills it. When you think about it, the way the universe moved through Ray J to reform the American penal system is kind of awe-inspiring.

Kanye West Gives Kim Kardashian a Pep Talk on Becoming a Lawyer: ‘Take Control of Your Schedule’ [People]

Earlier: Kim Kardashian Explains Her Law School Dream With New Details
Kim Kardashian Is The World’s Most Obnoxious 1L According To Sister

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