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In Career Gems June 17, 2019 By Editor

KIM KARDASHIAN AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCES FURTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

Kim Kardashian has returned to the White House and stood alongside President Donald Trump as they announced further support for criminal justice reform.

Kim has made several visits to the highest office in US government, and returned on Thursday to announce a ride share partnership for former prisoners, who are given credit for car journeys to and from interviews.

‘Everyone wants the community to be safe, and the more opportunity we have and that they have and the support that we help give them, the safer everyone will be,’ she told reporters and guests, including Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, in the East Room.

Earlier she took to Instagram to reveal she was ‘heading to the White House to speak at the second chance hiring and reentry event’.

She added that she was ‘honored to be a part of the announcement that the administration and the private sector are stepping up to create opportunities for these men and women to succeed once home’.

‘While I have been able to offer support to some of the individuals I have met, the obstacles to success are an everyday struggle for thousands and more needs to be done,’ she said.

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Kim Kardashian West — The pair are advocating for justice reform (Picture: Getty)

Ivanka Trump and Kim Kardashian West — Kim sat with Trump’s daughter Ivanka (Picture: Getty)

In June 2018 Kim was part of a team who helped to convince the president to pardon 63-year-old grandmother Alice, who was put behind bars in 1997 on money laundering and drug conspiracy charges.

After Alice was reunited with her family, Kim said she couldn’t stop at just one inmate and is now fighting for the release of other inmates.

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In self development May 4, 2019 By Editor

KIM KARDASHIAN HELPS SECURE THE RELEASE OF ANOTHER CONVICT WHO SERVED 22 YEARS OVER A LOW LEVEL DRUG CASE

Kim Kardashian West has again helped secure the release of a black man who spent over 22-years in jail over a low level drug case.

Kardashian, who’s currently studying to become a criminal justice lawyer, became more involved with helping convicts after she was able to persuade US President Donald Trump to commute the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, a first-time non-violent drug offender, months ago.

“We did it again! Had the best call w/this lovely family & my attorney @msbkb who just won release for their loved one Jeffrey in Miami – he served 22 years of life sentence for low level drug case. He served too much time but it gives me so much joy to fund this life saving work,” Kim wrote.

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In self development April 26, 2019 By Editor

“I DON’T WANT TO BE PUT IN A BOX” -KIM KARDASHIAN SPEAKS ON HER DECISION TO STUDY LAW

In an interview with CNN‘s Van Jones, Kim Kardashian opened up about why she decided to become a lawyer.

Kim was instrumental in the release of Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old woman who’d been in an Alabama prison on a nonviolent drug charge since 1996. After her meeting with Donald Trump at the Oval Office to discuss prison reform, Alice was granted clemency.

Kim told Jones that she decided to become a lawyer because she discovered, during the process of getting Alice out of prison, that the “system is broken” and she didn’t know much about it. She said she took the step to know more about the system so as to contribute her quota to fixing it.

“I don’t want to be put in a box,” she said.

“I saw a comment where someone said, ‘You need to stay in your lane. You can have ambitions but don’t be too ambitious.’ And to me, that was that kind of like ‘shut up and dribble’ comment to where … I read it to my husband in bed, and I was just like, ‘This will even push me harder’,” she added.

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In self development April 17, 2019 By Editor

KIM KARDASHIAN OPENS UP ON THE STRUGGLES OF STUDYING LAW AND HOW SHE BALANCE IT ALL

Kim Kardashian recently disclosed to Vogue US that she’s studying to be a lawyer. She has now told her followers that she registered since last year and her first year is almost over.

She added that it’s not been easy and revealed the extreme measures she’s taken to make it work.

She wrote:

Last year I registered with the California State Bar to study law. For the next 4 years, a minimum of 18 hours a week is required, I will take written and multiple choice tests monthly. As my first year is almost coming to an end I am preparing for the baby bar, a mini version of the bar, which is required when studying law this way. I’ve seen some comments from people who are saying it’s my privilege or my money that got me here, but that’s not the case. One person actually said I should “stay in my lane.” I want people to understand that there is nothing that should limit your pursuit of your dreams, and the accomplishment of new goals. You can create your own lanes, just as I am. The state bar doesn’t care who you are. This option is available to anyone who’s state allows it. It’s true I did not finish college. You need 60 college credits (I had 75) to take part in “reading the law”, which is an in office law school being apprenticed by lawyers. For anyone assuming this is the easy way out, it’s not. My weekends are spent away from my kids while I read and study. I work all day, put my kids to bed and spend my nights studying. There are times I feel overwhelmed and when I feel like I can’t do it but I get the pep talks I need from the people around me supporting me. I changed my number last year and disconnected from everyone because I have made this strict commitment to follow a dream of mine – It’s never too late to follow your dreams.
I want to thank Van Jones for believing in me and introducing me to Jessica Jackson. Jessica along with Erin Haney have taken on the role of my mentors and I am forever grateful to them both putting in so much time with me, believing in me and supporting me through this journey. This week I have a big torts essay due on negligence. Wish me luck ???

Kim Kardashian opens up on the struggles of studying law and how she balances it all

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In Career Gems April 11, 2019 By Editor

KIM KARDASHIAN IS STUDYING TO BECOME A LAWYER

Reality tv star and beauty entrepreneur Kim Kardashian West, while speaking with Jonathan Van Meter for her Vogue Magazine May Cover, revealed that she’s studying to become a lawyer and is hoping to take the bar in 2022.

Kim had been instrumental in the release of Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old woman who’d been in an Alabama prison on a nonviolent drug charge since 1996. She was released after she visited Donald Trump at the Oval Office to discuss prison reforms.

“And last summer, she made the unlikely decision—one she knew would be met with an eye roll for the ages—to begin a four-year apprenticeship with a law firm in San Francisco, with the goal of taking the bar in 2022,” Meter wrote.

She was inspired to embark on the journey after “seeing a really good result” with Alice Marie Johnson. She said:

The White House called me to advise to help change the system of clemency… and I’m sitting in the Roosevelt Room with, like, a judge who had sentenced criminals and a lot of really powerful people and I just sat there, like, Oh, shit. I need to know more.
I would say what I had to say, about the human side and why this is so unfair. But I had attorneys with me who could back that up with all the facts of the case.
It’s never one person who gets things done; it’s always a collective of people, and I’ve always known my role, but I just felt like I wanted to be able to fight for people who have paid their dues to society. I just felt like the system could be so different, and I wanted to fight to fix it, and if I knew more, I could do more.

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In self development February 23, 2019 By Editor

NORTH WEST LANDS FIRST SOLO MAGAZINE COVER AT AGE 5

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West‘s daughter North West has landed her very first solo magazine cover, at age 5.

The cover is for WWD and the issue explores Generation Z and Generation Alpha, and their impact on the global beauty industry.

Talking about the cover, the magazine says:

She embodies the upcoming youthquake, having captivated the digital realm with her cross-generational appeal. Without a public Instagram or YouTube channel of her own, she’s too young to fully understand what a digital footprint is. And yet, hers is already wildly popular.

See the cover below.

For more of North, visit WWD.com.

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