THE HILL — When Kim Kardashian announced to her 272 million Instagram followers that she passed the “baby bar” exam on her fourth try, reactions ranged from celebration to derision, and then to confusion over what, in fact, is a baby bar. California’s First-Year Law Students’ Examination, or “baby bar” is a one-day test designed to allow prospective lawyers a pathway to California licensure without graduating from a traditional American Bar Association accredited law school. It’s a worthy attempt at diversifying the ranks of people who practice law in California, but it doesn’t go nearly far enough. If our goal is to license competent, ethical and diverse attorneys and protect the public from ineptitude or impropriety, the bar exam is not the tool for the job. In fact, I would argue, it’s time to abolish the bar exam altogether.