Kim Kardashian West Isn’t the Only One of Her Siblings Who Has Considered a Career in Law
Kim Kardashian West may have made her dream of becoming a popular reality star come true, but being rich and famous isn’t her only passion in life. In 2019, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star revealed that she would be pursuing a career in law since she’s always been fascinated by criminal justice.
While she is currently working toward becoming a lawyer, it turns out that Kardashian West isn’t the only one in her family who’s considered turning her passion for law into a career.
Kim Kardashian West has been interested in law for years
Kardashian West may have found her calling in the judicial system after helping to free Alice Marie Johnson from prison in 2018, but her passion for law was something she discovered long before she started working on prison reform.
Since her dad, the late Robert Kardashian Sr., was a very well-known lawyer and represented O.J. Simpson during his infamous 1995 murder trial, Kardashian found herself subconsciously discovering her love of law during her youth.
When the legal team would come over to prep for trial, the reality star would spend time looking through law books and studying the evidence.
The KUWTK star even told her father a few years ago that she was interested in pursuing a career in criminal justice. However, the Kardashian patriarch discouraged his daughter from becoming a lawyer, telling her that the job “will stress you out so much. You do not really want to take this on.'”
Though Kardashian West ended up pursuing a career in reality television, her interest in law never went away.
In fact, in 2016, the SKIMS founder told Wonderland Magazine that she was considering going to law school sometime in the future.
“If things slow down and I had time, I really wanna go to law school – just something I can do in my older age,” she said. “Or I could become a forensic investigator. That would be my ultimate. I can really investigate things.”
Kim Kardashian West is studying to become a lawyer
In 2019, Kardashian West surprised everyone when she announced that she is studying to become a lawyer. However, she is not going down the traditional law school route.
During an interview with Vogue magazine, the reality star revealed that she is doing a four-year apprenticeship with a San Francisco law firm. At the moment, Kardashian West is studying hard to prepare for the bar exam, which she plans to take in 2022.
“First year of law school you have to cover three subjects: criminal law, torts and contracts. To me, torts is the most confusing, contracts the most boring, and crim law I can do in my sleep,” she explained. “Took my first test, I got a 100. Super easy for me. The reading is what really gets me. It’s so time-consuming. The concepts I grasp in two seconds.”
Two of Kim Kardashian West’s siblings were once interested in pursuing careers in law
Though Kardashian West is the first of her siblings to pursue a career in something outside of the entertainment and fashion industries, it turns out that she’s not the only one in her family who has had an interest in studying law.
After obtaining her undergraduate degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Arizona, Kourtney Kardashian applied to law schools before ultimately deciding against it.
In addition to the Poosh founder, brother Rob Kardashian also considered a career in law. He even revealed on Twitter in 2012 that he was heading back to his alma mater, the University of Southern California, to study law.
However, the University quickly debunked this claim via a tweet, stating that Kardashian had not even applied. Since then, there hasn’t been any news of the reality star pursuing a career in law at any institution.
Though Kourtney and Rob ended up not taking up careers in law, it’s clear that having an interest in the judiciary system runs in the Kardashian family.
