Reality star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian has revealed she plans to give up her “Kim K” persona within the next decade, saying she hopes to focus on a full-time legal career after completing the bar exam.
Speaking on The Graham Norton Show on Friday, the 45-year-old confirmed she expects to qualify as a lawyer in the coming weeks after sitting her final exam in July.
“I will be qualified in two weeks. I hope to practice law,” Kardashian said. “Maybe in 10 years I’ll give up being Kim K and be a trial lawyer. That’s what I really want.”
Kardashian, who has balanced family life, multiple business ventures, and television commitments, celebrated earning her law degree earlier this year after six years of study. A private commencement ceremony was held in May, attended by family, friends, and mentors who praised her commitment.
One mentor, speaking during the event, said Kardashian joined the program “with nothing but a fierce desire to fight for justice.”
“No law school lectures, no ivory tower shortcuts, just determination,” the mentor said in a clip shared on Kardashian’s Instagram Story.
According to the speech, the Kardashian star dedicated “18 hours a week, 48 weeks a year for six straight years” — a total of more than 5,000 hours of legal study — while managing her four children and her media empire.
Kardashian first revealed her ambition to enter the legal profession in a 2019 interview with Vogue, saying she was inspired by her role in the release of Alice Marie Johnson, a nonviolent drug offender whose life sentence was commuted.
She recalled a key moment at the White House when she was invited to discuss clemency reform.
“I’m sitting in the Roosevelt Room with a judge who had sentenced criminals and a lot of powerful people, and I just thought, ‘Oh, s–t. I need to know more,’” she said.
Kardashian credited the attorneys who supported her during those meetings, noting that her efforts were part of a wider collective push for change.
“It’s never one person who gets things done; it’s always a collective,” she said. “But I just felt like I wanted to fight for people who have paid their dues to society. The system could be so different, and if I knew more, I could do more.”
Kardashian’s transition from reality television to criminal justice reform has drawn both praise and scepticism, but her persistence — including passing California’s “baby bar” on her fourth attempt — has earned respect within legal circles.
Her next goal, she said, is to take on trial work and continue advocating for criminal justice reform.
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