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I’m definitely working really hard and it’s a commitment that I’ve chosen to take this time away from my family to study and to not go out with my friends and live a different life. And I’m so OK with that.
— Kim Kardashian West, discussing her legal aspirations during a panel at the New York Times DealBook Conference earlier this week. “I love it and I just hope that one day I can start a firm that will help with prison reform,” the first-year legal apprentice continued. She again reiterated her desire to hire people who are currently behind bars, because “they know the law better than most lawyers.”
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