Overview
- Kardashian announced on Instagram on Nov. 8 that she did not pass the State Bar of California exam, writing, “Well… I’m not a lawyer yet.”
- She pledged to continue her six-year legal journey, saying she was “so close” to passing and will study and sit for the test again.
- The July 29–30 exam was her first full California bar attempt after passing the baby bar in 2021, completing her apprenticeship in May, and clearing the MPRE earlier this year.
- California’s bar is widely regarded as challenging, with the State Bar reporting a 54.8% pass rate for July 2025 and an exam format that includes essays, a performance test, and multiple-choice questions.
- Days before sharing her result, she said in a Vanity Fair interview that she had used ChatGPT while studying and found it often wrong, a disclosure that drew attention to her study methods.