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Kim Kardashian’s law school adventure continues!
Reality TV star, makeup mogul, and criminal justice reform crusader Kim Kardashian has received a lot of attention on her journey to becoming a lawyer. Though she is eschewing traditional law school (not having a bachelor’s degree makes that tough), she is studying via apprenticeship with plans to take the bar exam in 2022. As her studies to become an esquire continue, she frequently takes to social media to document the process.
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She shared a criminal law issue spotter that cast Justin Bieber as a criminal mastermind, complained about the fact that law student life sucks and is a huge drag on your social life, she neglected her Keeping Up With the Kardashians livetweeting duties to keep up with torts homework, and she bailed on summer holiday festivities as she and continued with her contract homework. Over the weekend, she went to her Instagram stories to share that while her husband was in Washington D.C. for a surprise concert at Howard University, she was there too — with her study materials.
She continued her contracts work on Monday, shouting out Barbri and University of Washington contracts professor Steve Calandrillo multiple times in her IG stories.
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A Kardashian endorsement? That must be something Calandrillo is excited to put on his résumé.
UPDATE: Professor Calandrillo had this to say about Kim Kardashian’s affinity for his teaching style:
I think it’s awesome she’s enjoying the Barbri videos and I wish her the best on her legal studies! (and probably half of everything I know about the law I learned at Barbri too.)
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