Real Lawyer Reacts to Legally Blonde | LegalEagle
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Published 2020-07-03
Is Legally Blonde, like, totally inaccurate or whatever? For sure.
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Plot summary fro Netflix:
Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She's the President of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But, there's just one thing stopping Warner (Matthew Davis) from popping the question: Elle is too blonde. Growing up across the street from Aaron Spelling might mean something in Los Angeles, California, but nothing to Warner's East-Coast blue blood family. So, when Warner packs up for Harvard Law and reunites with an old sweetheart from prep school, Elle rallies all her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. But law school is a far cry from the comforts of her poolside and the mall. Elle must wage the battle of her life, for her guy, for herself and for all the blondes who suffer endless indignities everyday.
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I get asked a lot about whether being a practicing attorney is like being a lawyer on TV. I love watching legal movies and courtroom dramas. It's one of the reasons I decided to become a lawyer. But sometimes they make me want to pull my hair out because they are ridiculous. Today I'm taking a break from representing clients and teaching law students how to kick ass in law school to take on lawyers in the movies and on TV. While all legal movies and shows take dramatic license to make things more interesting (nobody wants to see hundreds of hours of brief writing), many of them have a grain of truth. This is part of a continuing series of "Lawyer Reaction" videos. Got a legal movie or TV show you'd like me to critique? Let me know in the comments!
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All Comments (21)
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Objection: you didn’t review the actual trial where Elle wins. Request that the rest of the evidence be examined
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She was purposefully, using legal jargon to confuse the man into giving up the dog. She assessed his intelligence and she knew that by spewing random phrases she was learning in class, she sounded more real to the man.
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my sister became a lawyer because of legally blonde LMAO when she got admitted to the bar she literally showed up in a hot pink suit she's blonde, too 💀💀💀
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I love how he mentioned that you shouldn't do a video essay, but he never mentioned that you shouldn't be in a BIKINI IN YOUR LAW SCHOOL APPLICATION
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I can't believe legally blonde which is a comedy actually has more technically correct scenes than shows like how to get away with murder and suits lol
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My favorite part ab this movie is how supportive all of her friends were when she was studying for the LSAT
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Getting a 4.0 in anything is absolutely ridiculous and the thing that’s always bothered me about this movie is how everyone treats her like a dummy because she had a “soft” major
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Objection: Elle's gibberish in the scene where she's pretending to be a lawyer is intentional; she's just making stuff up and using the little legal jargon she does know to try to confuse him. EG when she says "habeas corpus" that's Elle's character BSing not the writers.
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objection: elle was clearly using legal, impressive sounding words to intimidate paulette’s ex husband - not actually trying to form clear and coherent sentences.
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Me knowing legally blonde isn’t going to accurate, but also knowing it’s one of the best film
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This movie is also great because of how Elle doesn't change her core self. Everyone around her keeps saying she can't succeed, or if she's gonna she has to be a totally different person. Elle proved all she really had to change was her priorities, because she had everything she needed to succeed inside her already.
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Objection: You ignored Elle's cross examination of Chutney, which was a perfect example of how her diverse background helped her win the case. Additionally, the seeking of Brooke's alibi was dismissed too quickly. Request for further examination.
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Objection: you left out El’s knowledge about hair chemicals that led her to find out/prove the real killer
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Everyone: You're gonna sue the US government? LegalEagle: What, like it's hard?
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I just realized, when Elle says she'd rather have a client that's innocent, it's because she had caught the "mal" prefix in both terms.
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I was thinking...a 4.0 GPA in fashion merchandising from a good school is honestly impressive af. Realistically, an advisor would be trying as hard as possible to prepare her for the LSAT and her admissions essay, because she'd have a really good shot. If she got a 179 on the LSAT with that GPA, then I doubt anyone would care even slightly that her undergrad work was in fashion. That's utterly incredible.
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Reese Witherspoon probably has no idea how many law careers she helped launch by playing this role...lol (years ago I met an attorney who said this movie got her started in law.)
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Objection! Seriously? The final court scene about the “perms” is not discussed? That’s like the pinnacle of victory for Elle in this movie and it wasn’t discussed? Booooo.
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I've always loved Legally Blonde, they broke the dumb blonde trope in the most epic way possible. I also think the part at the beginning when she's checking out the dress could've been included as well as the later scene with the discussion about the perm. Both scenes show her attention to details- like how she remembered that same dress was already in a magazine months ago and how she remembered that no one ever takes a shower right after getting a perm.
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I had not thought of that. She could be a lawyer specializing in fashion industry cases or law. Plenty of fashion companies or designers file lawsuits for others stealing their designs as well as other issues pertaining to the fashion company. She would be great to carve out a niche as a lawyer with expertise in the fashion industry.
