Kim Kardashian announced Wednesday that she has completed her law program after six years of legal studies.
Khloe Kardashian shared photos of her sister’s private ceremony on her Instagram stories. The ceremony featured speeches from Kim’s mentors, CNN political commentator Van Jones and the graduate herself.
“All of you guys have been on this journey with me,” Kim Kardashian said in her speech. “It did start with Van and I.”
She said she was “dumbfounded” by the state of the legal system when she began her journey years ago.
Kardashian began her legal studies in 2019, telling Vogue magazine her passion for prison reform inspired her decision to pursue a legal education. Although she never obtained an undergraduate degree, California’s “reading law” process allows future lawyers to participate in apprentice-style learning under licensed attorneys instead of attending formal law schools.
In March, E! News reported that Kardashian, 44, took the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam, a requirement for admission to the California bar.
“Six years ago, Kim Kardashian walked into this program with nothing but a fierce desire to fight for justice,” attorney Jessica Jackson, one of Kardashian’s mentors throughout her studies, said at the ceremony Wednesday. “No law school lectures, no ivory tower shortcuts, just determination and a mountain of case log books to read.”
Jackson said Kardashian studied for 18 hours a week, 48 weeks a year, for six years, totaling more than 5,000 hours of legal study.
“That’s time she carved out raising four children, running businesses, filming television shows and showing up in courtrooms to advocate for others,” Jackson said.
Jones also spoke at the intimate commencement, acknowledging that Kardashian embarked on her studies during a difficult time, “when it wasn’t trendy, when it wasn’t cool.”
Kardashian celebrated the accomplishment alongside several of her children, sisters Khloe Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian Barker and various friends at the luncheon, complete with place mats of her flash cards.
She also shared a photo on her Instagram stories of Robert Kardashian, her late father, the famed lawyer known for representing O.J. Simpson.
Khloe Kardashian said of her older sister in a video posted to Instagram stories: “This is years and years in the making. I’m so proud of her. This was really inspiring and motivating.”