Kim Kardashian is reportedly pressing pause on one of the most talked-about personal goals of her career: becoming a lawyer. According to reports from Page Six and TMZ, the reality star and business mogul has decided to temporarily step away from taking the California Bar Exam after failing her most recent attempt last year. Sources claim Kardashian skipped the February 2026 exam and currently has no plans to sit for the July test either. Instead, insiders say she may wait until 2027 before trying again.
The news comes after a difficult few years in Kardashian’s legal journey, one she has publicly documented across interviews, social media, and episodes of The Kardashians.
While Kardashian has only taken the official California Bar Exam once, her path into law has already been unusually long and demanding. Before even qualifying for the main exam, she had to pass California’s “baby bar” exam, which is required for students pursuing legal apprenticeships instead of traditional law school.
That process alone took four attempts.
Kardashian finally passed the baby bar in 2021 after previously failing it three times, a moment she openly celebrated online at the time.
But last November, she revealed she had failed the California Bar Exam after taking it in July 2025.
“Well… I’m not a lawyer yet,” Kardashian wrote on Instagram at the time. “I just play a very well-dressed one on TV.”
She added:
“Six years into this law journey, and I’m still all in until I pass the bar. No shortcuts, no giving up. Just more studying and even more determination.”
Still, according to recent reports, the emotional toll of the process may have finally pushed her to step back for now. In a December interview with Time Magazine, Kardashian admitted the failed result seriously affected her confidence.
“I took a minute to process that,” she said. “Instantly, when I got my results, I didn’t feel good about it. I was really uncomfortable and not confident for a while.”
She also explained that she wanted to publicly address the failure herself before it became internet discourse.
“You get the results on a Friday, and I knew Sunday morning they were going to be live on the internet,” she said. “So I wanted to mention it first and let people know that it didn’t go my way.”
Over the years, Kardashian has repeatedly spoken about how physically and mentally exhausting the studying process has been.
On an episode of The Kardashians, she became emotional while discussing the intense preparation required for the exam.
“I’m absolutely gonna cry because it’s f—ing exhausting,” she said during the episode.
She described feeling like she had hit “a wall,” while also dealing with severe physical stress during the studying process.
“I threw my back out,” Kardashian revealed at the time. “I could hardly walk. I could hardly sit.”
Despite the setbacks, Kardashian’s legal ambitions have remained a major part of her public identity in recent years.
Beyond prison reform advocacy, she has worked on clemency campaigns and criminal justice cases, while also preparing to portray a lawyer in All’s Fair, the upcoming legal drama created by Ryan Murphy.
Online reactions to the latest report have been divided.
Some people are praising Kardashian for continuing to pursue something difficult despite repeated failures and public scrutiny. Others argue that her extended timeline highlights just how challenging the California Bar Exam truly is, even with extensive resources and private tutoring.
Either way, Kardashian’s legal journey has become one of the more unexpected long-term arcs in celebrity culture. And while she may be stepping back for now, it does not sound like she is giving up entirely.