'Finally': Kim Kardashian finishes law school after six years

American socialite and model Kim Kardashian has added another feather to her cap as she finished her law program after six years. 

On Instagram stories, her sister, Khloe Kardashian, posted a series of videos and photos of Kim's private graduation ceremony. 

"It's an absolute honor to stand here today, not just as mentors, but as witnesses to one of the most inspiring legal journeys we've ever seen," Attorney Jessica Jackson, one of the socialite's mentors, said, adding that the SKIMS co-founder spent 18 hours a week, 48 weeks a year, for six straight years studying.

"Six years ago, Kim Kardashian walked into this program with nothing but a fierce desire to fight for justice. No law school lectures, no ivory tower shortcuts, just determination and a mountain of case log books to read."

For his part, attorney and CNN political correspondent Van Jones talked about how Kim wasn't "embraced by anybody" when she started taking up law.

He then reminisced about how the socialite works with individuals who were described as abandoned by society, and at times, their own families.

"The advocates are always last in line on the other, more popular causes." 

In case you missed it, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star revealed in a 2019 Vogue interview that her dedication to prison reform motivated her to pursue a legal career. 

That same year, she successfully appealed to U.S. president Donald Trump for the release of Alice Marie Johnson, who had spent over 21 years in federal prison for nonviolent drug and money laundering offenses.

She then paid five years' worth of rent for former inmate Matthew Charles, who struggled to secure housing after being released under the First Step Act.

"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," she told Vogue during that time. 

"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," she continued. 

Meanwhile, Khloe also gave a congratulatory message to her sister in a separate video.  

"I am so proud of Kim. I cannot believe [it]. This is years and years in the making. I'm so proud of her. This was such a cool accomplishment, and I'm so proud. [It] was really inspiring and motivating, and it was such a beautiful day. I am so happy for her."

Although the 44-year-old businesswoman never earned a college degree, she chose an alternative legal path called "Reading The Law," a program offered in California, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. 

This program is a "process whereby a person wanting to become a lawyer learns and qualifies not by means of attending a formal law school but instead through an apprentice-style learning process under a licensed attorney." Once the student completes the program, they are eligible to take that state's bar exam.

In her case, Kim was mentored by Jackson and Erin Haney, who are part of #cut50, an initiative to "cut the prison population and crime in[sic] 50 percent in the next 10 years by advancing left-leaning criminal justice policies. The bipartisan initiative was co-founded by Jones.

Kim's father, Robert Kardashian, was an attorney who was part of former football player and acquitted murderer O.J. Simpson's defense team.