Not Just A Party Girl: Kim Kardashian Already Knows More Than Most Attorneys

'It's embarrassing,' says Van Jones, who recently sang the reality TV star's praises.

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I think she’s gonna be an unbelievable attorney and she’s already one of the best advocates that we have in criminal justice.

She takes these cases seriously. It’s embarrassing to go into a meeting with Kim Kardashian, you’re the attorney and she’s not and she knows more than you by far, and that happens all the time.

She is just extraordinary, and people are just going to have to reassess — she is not that kid that used to party with Paris Hilton.

— CNN anchor Van Jones, gushing about Kim Kardashian and her aptitude for being a lawyer, during a recent appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show. “She’s doing amazing,” the Yale-educated attorney added, commenting on Kardashian’s legal studies as she readies herself to take the bar exam. “She has used her platform to help people behind bars. Her dad [the late Robert Kardashian Sr.] was a lawyer, and she always wanted to be a lawyer.”


Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.