By now, you've probably heard that Kim Kardashian has plans to become a lawyer (unless you reside under a rock.) But the reality star isn't going to law school. Instead, she's pursuing the little known and rarely trodden path of "reading the law"—that is, studying for four years under a practicing attorney before taking the bar exam. Only California, Washington, Vermont and Virginia allow aspiring attorneys to never set foot in a law school. We're not kidding when we say it's the path less taken. Fewer than 70 of the roughly 70,000 who took the bar exam in 2017 went that route—and just 30 percent of them passed the licensing exam, according to the National Conference of Bar Examiners. We've compiled a list of notable lawyers who read the law, also known as apprenticing. Take note, most of these men (and they're nearly all men) are from a bygone eras. As we said, reading the law just isn't very popular these days. If Kardashian passes the bar exam, might that change?