Kim Kardashian Addresses Future of Her Legal Career After Bar Exam Result

Kim Kardashian has confirmed that she intends to retake the California bar exam after failing her first attempt, but she is in no hurry to set another date. The reality star says she wants to wait until she can give her studies the attention they require, rather than prepare while managing her existing commitments.

Speaking at the New York premiere of the second season of All’s Fair on 2 November 2026, Kardashian told PEOPLE that she still thinks about the examination and plans to try again when she has more time to study.

“I’m going to take my time and wait until the moment is right, when I have some free time to focus on it,” she said.

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Kardashian’s comments follow her unsuccessful attempt at the California bar exam in July 2025. She announced the result in November that year, acknowledging that she had not passed but insisting that she would continue pursuing her legal ambitions.

“I was so close to passing the exam and that only motivated me even more,” she wrote in an Instagram Stories post at the time. “Let’s go!”

Her route into the legal profession has been different from the traditional law school path. Kardashian began studying law in 2019 through California’s Law Office Study Program, which allows eligible candidates to train under the supervision of practising lawyers or judges instead of attending an accredited law school.

In 2021, she passed California’s First-Year Law Students’ Examination, commonly known as the baby bar, on her fourth attempt. She continued her legal studies and announced that she had completed the programme in May 2025, shortly before sitting the full bar examination.

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During an interview with Good Morning America at the All’s Fair premiere, Kardashian also addressed speculation that her unsuccessful result might have ended her plans.

“I’m not giving up on trying to become a lawyer,” she said. “I think that that was like a big misconception, but I do want to wait until the timing is right so that I know that I can do it without a ton of distractions around me.”

She added that becoming a lawyer remained important to her and that she intended to see the process through.

Kardashian’s legal studies have developed alongside her work in entertainment and business. She runs her shapewear and clothing brand SKIMS, appears in The Kardashians and is a mother to four children. She also stars as divorce attorney Allura Grant in All’s Fair, the legal drama created by Ryan Murphy.

The idea of combining her television role with her real-life legal ambitions had previously appealed to her. Speaking to Page Six at the premiere, Kardashian recalled discussing the possibility with Murphy before the series began.

“When Ryan and I sat down at the beginning, we said, ‘How cool would it be to play a lawyer on TV and play one in real life?'” she said.

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Kardashian’s interest in law became more prominent in 2018 when she helped campaign for the release of Alice Marie Johnson, whose life sentence was commuted by then-President Donald Trump. Her involvement in criminal justice reform encouraged her to pursue legal studies. She has also spoken about the influence of her late father, Robert Kardashian, a prominent defence attorney.

Although she has yet to announce when she will sit the California bar exam again, Kardashian has ruled out abandoning her goal. For now, she is prioritising finding the time to prepare before making another attempt.