Kim Kardashian West wants to become a lawyer, and although she can be controversial and has made some shocking remarks, this can actually be a good thing. But of course, people are gonna have their opinion on why or why not they are in support of her decision.

I personally am not really a fan of Kardashian or anything of that sort but, when I read about her wanting to become a lawyer, I initially hoped that it was just some joke because her studying to becoming a lawyer just did not seem right. But, I later realized that with the large platform that she has, she would be able to raise awareness to cases that deserve to be acknowledged and talked about for whatever reason that may be. This has happened a couple of times when she helped Alice Johnson by speaking out against the claims of her sentence. Kardashian was talking about how unfair it was for them to have sentenced such a harsh punishment especially since she was a first time, nonviolent, drug offender since 1996. She actually ended up talking to the president, Donald Trump, in person to commute her life sentence and later succeeded!

This article from CNN claimed that Kim said “she began a four-year apprenticeship with a law firm in San Francisco” back in the summer of 2018 and has supposedly been studying there ever since. The exposure of defendants who are in a situation where their sentence is unfair is essentially a good thing because that way the media can get an idea of how some sentences for inmates are somewhat severe and unfair because the crime they committed was not extreme enough to deserve what they were imprisoned with.

Overall, Kim Kardashian West becoming a lawyer would be a great thing because that means that she would pretty much be advocating for criminal justice and would be fighting so that the defendant she’s working with can hopefully attain a fair trial. Another reason why this is important and is something people can benefit off of is it could tie to injustice towards people of color when they’ve been given a jail/prison sentence that is a nonviolent offense. Meanwhile, when someone commits a grave crime such as homicide, burglary, mass shooting, etc. and the person isn’t of color, their sentence is likely not too severe. Overall, non-people of color are treated differently than people of color within the judicial system, and Kim becoming a lawyer could help bring awareness to that.