If Kim Kardashian West wants to be a lawyer, I'm totally behind her – and you should be too

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please stay in your lane.” Another snarked: “Walmart’s giving out law degrees?” A common response online was “you can do anything if you have money these days”, accompanied by thinly veiled references to the US college admissions scandal allegedly involving Desperate Housewives actress Felicity Huffman. Though I can’t help but think that those sneering at Kardashian by sharing Legally Blonde GIFs, or saying she should “stay in her lane”, are missing the point. Kim Kardashian teases new Kanye West track 'We'll Find a Way' on instagram stories during sunday service Discussing her decision to officially begin her law career, she said: “I had to think long and hard about this… I wanted to be able to fight for people who have paid their dues to society. Ultimately it’s hard to separate this wave of criticism of Kardashian from the structurally sexist assumption that law is a man’s world, for “serious” people, where beautiful women like her do not fit in.