Legally Blonde at 20: Not Accurate Edition
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OBJECTION: how do I know it's the end of the video without you telling us you'll see us in court?
OVERRULED: The judge in the end clearly dismisses the case, hence a further appearance in court is not neccessary.
@@QemeH I would like to bring this all the way up to the Supreme Court.
Sustained he didn't say we would or wouldn't be seeing that 1L in court
@@praiserdusty What is this, movie day?
Just announce on any MSM that the IG is investigating and we'll get Rudy do the rest. Oh, too late: lost his accreditations. :(
Objection! You can’t end the video like that, we’ll see you in court
Sounded like "This case is dis'd", which might actually be more perfect than the full word.
Objection: We still need a video on the court scene, you cut your last analysis off before we got to it. Were you getting a perm and then getting in the shower?
Inaccurate edition. We still don't have social life in later years, not just in the first year.
isn't a major reason to study law that you did not have a social life before?
Irrelevant. The movie in the dock doesn't presume to comment on later years.
You don't have it forever
@@Ugly_German_Truths 💀
Objection; counsel is continuing to ignore the clearly established evidence of Elle's victory in the courtroom. Whether or not it 'would' happen is not on trial here; what is that *could* it? Is the law and rule of the court followed? Does Elle's line of questioning make sense? Does her supervising counsel's objection make sense? Can you just fire and replace counsel mid-trial?
1. Law students can try cases, but only after second year (after taking a rules of evidence class) and only when supervised by a licensed attorney. But almost no one does that.
2. Line of questing makes sense, but Elle wouldn't have learned how to do that by this point in her law school career: evidence and trial advocacy are 2L or 3L courses.
3. You can fire and replace counsel mid-trial, but it's typically incredibly stupid, requires the new counsel to get up to speed on a lot of backstory (including past pretrial motions, all the evidence, etc.), and is very expensive.
Missed a perfect opportunity to have used the "having a first year law student try any portion of a major criminal homicide investigation" at the end and then saying "there is no way we will see a such a student in that role in court."
"Show"
It was a film, your honor. He clearly doesn't understand the topic, we move for a mistrial.
"That distinction is not within the scope of this thesis."
don't you mean a BAD COURT THINGY?
Objection: Legally Blonde is a movie and not, “a show”
Over ruled. Back in the 90s we referred to going to the movies as going to the show.
If we want to be old-fashioned, it's a "picture show", so I'll allow it.
Agreed, movie or film suffice. It's not "the olden days"
User name checks out
Objection: "not in your first year, you're not" argumentive.
Not argumentative if its fact
Well said, that sentances would be considered argumentative, weather factual or not.
That is a good analysis of thr proper use for an objection in court. :)
OVERRULED!
You do have a social life as a 1L. It usually involves drinking together heavily about once a week.
Objection! I completed law school (admittedly, not Harvard). Every one of my classes (including 1L) were taught by practicing attorneys. I also worked full time throughout the entire 3.5 years, while most of my classmates also worked or participated in internships (though yes, the internships were not available until 2L). And we all maintained a social life.
Which law school did you go to?
Would love for you to look at Night Court sometime. The pilot is good for discussing being appointed to the bench and there is a good case. There are also lots of great eps to discuss.
As a lawyer, I can tell you that each one of these inaccuracies are completely correct... In that they are inaccurate.
Yes, having a life during 1L is possible, but not when you're at Harvard Law and not to that extent.
It's just as easy at Harvard as everywhere else. You know you're going to get a job no matter what your grades*, and the curve is pretty decent. The pressure is entirely internal, so a lot of students do manage to balance school and life outside it.
Those aspiring to the Law Review/SCOTUS clerk track were busier, but even they showed up for an hour or two at our weekly happy hour. They became ghosts 2L year, though.
Plus there's the whole "work hard play hard" mentality. It wasn't rare to see someone holed up in the library all week then blowing off steam all night Friday or Saturday. The undergrads take this mentality to an extreme, though. I have never seen more alcohol poisoning in my life than I did at the Harvard-Yale game.
*Since I graduated they have done away with grades.
Topic idea , the crimes of Creed Bratton , the list is long and varied , everything from flashing to murder , it would be a classic in my opinion .
Love the channel!
I didn't have time for a social life at a community college. One of my teachers was very reserved with praise. This was one of the hardest classes I took also. It was made even harder by being online. I printed it out, put it on my wall, and have used it for motivation long after college. That semester I was basically working around the clock with passing out breaks.
A lawyer channel is perfect for these "shorts". Little explanations like the difference between libel and slander, what "color of right" is and other little things that can't fill 10 minutes could go on ad infinitum.
Lots of "parties"..😂😂
I liked how the end of the video was the judge saying it was dismissed.
But it's 100% accurate about love and friendship.
Maybe the true law school was the friends we made along the way
@@gwynndouglass3883 LOL. Elle brings it all together by marrying her law school T.A.
Two hooves up.
@Anonymus X😊Name one thing!
No
Someone's mad they had no friends freshmen year...
He seems like a gunner
Who calls 1L "freshman" year?
@@AdeleiTeillana freshman year (imo) is giving the first year of college, where you are acquiring your bachelor's degree.
Not his freshman year as in his first year of college, which is what I feel like you think he's saying (assuming you aren't just making a joke). The first year of college is laid back enough that you definitely can go to parties and have a social life. But he's saying L1 because it's grad school, specifically Law school.
@@Throatzillaaa I'm thinking maybe English is not your first language, because I don't totally understand what you're saying (or who you're saying it to.) It's not freshman year, because it's not undergrad or high school, we're not getting a bachelor's or high school degree. I am aware that "freshman" can mean "new to" something, but in the context of schooling, it should not be used with graduate or professional/doctoral degrees (in the US, the J.D. is a professional/doctoral degree.) It's also not L1, as you called it. It's 1L - at least in America. Might be different in other countries, but then in at least some other countries you can get a law degree as a bachelor's and start practicing law right away, which you cannot do in the US.
For the love of my sanity, (and possibly many others time) link the original video that your short are commonly based off of. Possibly in the description or in a pinned comment please!! Also omg I remember watching this movie when it came when I was like 8 and it's crazy that I remember so much of it! Gonna have to rewatch it!
Actually, Columbia has a specific course that all 1Ls take that are often, perhaps even entirely, taught by practicing lawyers. It's Legal Practice Workshop and teaches more real-life legal skills than the regular 1L curriculum. While the main classes may be large (like 100+ students), LPW is broken down into fifteen or so students. I actually loved that class and felt like it did more to prepare me for the real world than any other course I took in 1L.
I miss your long form content
OBJECTION: I still can't get over the fact that she gets away with claiming a common-law marriage in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - the only time Massachusetts recognizes a common-law marriage is if a couple received it in another state. And you can't even say this is a case where a writer in California mistook one of that state's laws as being true in another state - California *also* doesn't recognize a common-law marriage. Elle basically gambles that she won't get called out on her posturing - I can only imagine how much trouble she'd be in if the ex-boyfriend sued.
Well it's been a long time since I've seen the movie but isn't the common law marriage conversation between her and the guy in the trailer park? So that the lady at the beauty parlor could get the dog? Like she honestly could have told the guy that they were taking the dog because of habeas corpus and he wouldn't have known any better.
You should react to the scene in Better Call Saul where Saul causes Chuck to breakdown. I really want to know if what happens in that scene is actually allowed in real courts.
The judge shut down LegalEagle and dismissed all charges!
Are we suggesting that a very rich client of a law firm is going to be told "no" when she picks a specific person from that firm to represent her - at the risk of her going elsewhere? Especially when that first year law student *seems quite competent*?
Seeing as a first year law student can't legally represent her, I'm guessing the law firm would face legal penalties if they let her do so, so I'm gonna say yeah the client probably _would_ be told no.
@@williamcurtis2145 Yeah that sounds made up. I really doubt such a law actually exists.
Objection: It's a movie, not a show
You should do the “Character and Fitness" episode in suits Season 6.
Also what do you think of Anita Gibbs in Suits??
Objection: We usually do have required externships over our summer breaks
Show?? SHOW??? Sir. This is a masterpiece film
Thanks, love your videos!
1L Harvard law student here!
There are bar review parties hosted every week, paid for by large firms who want to recruit at Harvard. There are also section parties at end of term and thanksgiving/Halloween parties.
One of my section mates works as an agent at her patent law firm 20 hours a week (she is the exception to the rule--no one else works this much). Other students are quietly working part time to make ends meet.
Students are in fact actively preparing to interview for their summer jobs and performing informational interview to get their summer internships, even now in October. (These are obviously not in-school internships).
Judgement: besmirching the memory of such a beloved work of fiction and female empowerment. Sentencing: twenty bend and snaps.
Objection! This is a movie, not a show!
As far as the partying thing goes, my dad nearly flunked out of law school his first year because he was going hunting so often with his friends. He managed to pull it together, though, and graduated in the top 5% of his class at the University of Iowa in 1968.
I'm afraid for myself at that last part about my social life being non existent next year😭
I'm a 1L...you can have a social life. It's just all about time management. Like for example I play hockey monday nights so I just have to grind it out on Sunday to make up for it
@@nathanbork2479 last minute grinds can be a problem sometimes though
I had a pretty good social life when I was in law school.
Love your channel. Seeing a lot about the sovereign movement “right to travel”. People refusing to admit they need a drivers license and then they spout off multiple laws and court cases. They all usually end up in jail. Would like to get your take (other than they all seem to have gone to the Lionel Hutz law school)
My dad taught a law class at the local community college for a year or two in the 1970s as a fairly new practicing lawyer. I think it may have been just before or just after he made partner at his first firm.
As a rebuttal I would say that Elle is obviously a once in a generation prodigy able to absorb information almost instantly. Therefore she would have much more time to socialize than the average Harvard 1L. To quote "YOU got into Harvard?" "Like it's hard?"
I feel old...i was 5 when it came out and loved Ell...
My illusions, ruined, all of them!
Oddly enough, my Torts and Crim Pro prof still took occasional cases, but yes, he was primarily in academia (and just about my age, which is impressive for 30-something).
Not gonna lie you look like a tutorial character in a tycoon game
I’m from Ireland and I’m in law school (undergrad) and practicing lawyers, barristers and solicitors teach us
Yes lol. I think they lost me at the lawyer being the prof
Objection! I am a 2L law student and my 1l professors were practicing attorneys, a practicing judge, and the head DA in my city.
Objection: counsel forgot the egregious error in Elle Woods' Civ Pro class: saying Gordon v. Steele did NOT have diversity jurisdiction when the point of the holding is that it DID.
Ok Ok
Now Talk about the Legal issues with
The Morning Show
or that icon (The Paper Chase)
Law students not having a social life... Very funny!
OBJECTION: hearsay😡😤🙄
Objection! I'd love you to do a classic review of the Big Easy. If you haven't seen it, it's about a corrupt Nola cop, starts a relationship with a prosecutor who ends up accusing him of being a dirty cop -- Court scene of him winning the case, but reconciles his dirty ways.
Can you PLEASE review these 2 episodes of
Bones S3 E13
(The verdict in the story)
&
Bones S5 E21
( The boy with the answer)
When did the video end? Will we not be seeing them in court?
My 1st yr I attended no family functions at all but they understood.
Hey Legal Eagle 👋
Is YT Vanced illegal?
OBJECTION: you said "a first year won't represent a high profile murder trial" but did not address the legitimacy of the law they quoted.
Ah is that why lawyers are so boring, they had the fun stomped out of them by an insane overload of schoolwork!
Objection! While not advisable, doesnt a defendant have a right to name their council?
Actually it was possible to get internships in first year where I went.
They were legal aid, family aid and the lowest tier of court. Never for profit businesses.
Does not match my current experience at a higher end T14. My 1L crim law professor continued to practice criminal defense in another state (and actually almost faced arrest for something he did as a part of that (until a judge slapped down the charge and fined the prosecutors for trying it lol)). While working during law school is uncommon, and biglaw internships are never during school, I do have classmates who do part time work! He’s correct that you’d never be on a super big national criminal case in law school, but you can be on pretty significant cases once you get your practice certificate in 3L (though always under an actual attorney). Finally, there’s not much of a social life during exams, but at my school (granted, we’re specifically known for being the most fun top law school), we have at least one party every weekend before going out to bar review (bar as in alcohol, not bar as in the bar), and generally significantly more than that… and a party every night of February (sorry for stealing it from you Yalies)
Objection: my sister graduated law school, a great school in Charleston SC. She had a job 90% of that time as a waitress. Interned at a law office every summer. Still partied too. She works at Bloomberg now. I think she'd rather be practicing criminal law but it didn't work out too bad.... Still plenty of time to do something else if she wants. Only 28yrs old.
Hey! Can you make a video about what you do when you know (or feel, hugely different, I know) that your client is guilty?
Do "The Firm."
(Do top-flight Harvard-law students (Tom Cruise) wait tables in a pub.)
Miss da Movie ❤
Objection: this is not a show
It app happened because Elle has such raw power that she changed the law and rules of the land
let's talk about what's not accurate about this show, did you say?
show?
yes, cause the movie is a shit show. (rim shot)
It was later a musical on Broadway, so yes, it was also a show.
Okay, Counselor. You asked the question. "Who's the best fictional lawyer?" Which is fine. However, only two choices. I nominate Horace Rumpole.
What do you call that person who graduates from law school at the bottom of the class?
A lawyer.
(The joke is more terrifying when referencing surgeons.)
It's also more accurate when referencing surgeons because lawyers still have to pass the bar so no, the lowest-ranked person probably didn't become a lawyer.
Given the number of people ruined by bad public defenders or terrible prosecutors, it might be worse. A long life is prison could be worse than simply dying in hours, days, or weeks from surgery. At least when you die from bad medical work, your reputation is still intact. Bad lawyers can ruin your place in society.
Change the punch line to "Law Professor" and you've got a winner.
Is that actually true considering how there are way more lawyers than supply and demand requires? Maybe the bottom of the class at Harvard. Not sure about the bottom, or top, of the class at a badly ranked law school.
To be honest the attrition rates are pretty high so its still impressive.
Have you watched the kdrama ‘Why her?’ I think it is also related to law
Objection: the perm tho
But what about the bend and snap?
Opinions on the TV show Murder One?
Objection! At @0:03 you talk about what is inaccurate about this "show." This is not a show but a movie! Clearly the prosecution doesn't know anything about this matter, I move to have the comment stricken from the record!
Guess we won't be seeing her. In court.
Hey there, loved watching all your movie reactions. Hope you're still doing them... I'm surprised you haven't touched the Samuel Jackson & Tommy Lee Jones movie "Rules of Engagement" (2000). Lots of courtroom drama there. Anyways, Legally Blonde was a fun film and while it has a ton of wild crazy things that should never happen IRL, it's a great comedy romp. See ya!
Well not only would you never see a 1L represent a homicide defendant due to serious ethical problems, the judge would never agree to it. Any guilty verdict would be automatically vacated for ineffective assistance of counsel.
Noooo I’m not this old I will not accept this 🤣
I want to become a lawyer what exactly do I have to do to become one?
This video is in error - Reese Witherspoon is never wrong, she is perfect in every way.
I think you'd like the musical better. Still highly inaccurate, but at least they talk about the "law school is hard work" bit a lot more. And Emmett is less creepy and more like how I imagine you were in law school ;P
I think there are even more inaccuracies. Like, Emmett did two jobs whole studying at Harvard law. Sounds as unrealistic as the in-class internship. Lol. Also, has a courtroom ever taken a field trip to a bathroom? Ever, in the history of court? I’m curious to know. Haha
@@laurenconrad1799 Oh yeah, it's still hillariously overboard! But Emmet could have been working on campus and off, like a part time job at a bookstore close to campus while also working in the craft services department, aka where all the food comes from. Not everyone that goes to Harvard is rich, and even scholarships don't always cover books or housing.
Have you watch law school?
Could you react to the court scenes in Mrs Brown's boys the movie? Or just the whole movie? It's a comedy movie centered around a scetchy court case. Hilarious, but I keep wondering how accurate it is. You are great!! 😁
It’s a movie not a show 😂
Objection,I watch the movie for a good feel good story,not to learn about law,says a person who’s not a lawyer!
I know I'm saying this on a random video but I'm interested in your take on the lawsuit regarding Randy Orton's tattoos. His tattoo artist is suing WWE and 2k video games because they apparently didn't have permission to put Randy's tattoos in the video games. But since randy is contracted under wwe and his likeness is in the game, does this tattoo artist have a case?
That is interesting. I'd say no: he added some ink to someone else's art (the rest of Randy) and doesn't thereby own the original work. If the game had just the tattoo in isolation then he might have a case. I have no idea if the law agrees with me.
Of course there's also Elle getting into Harvard in the first place. I would assume nobody gets into Harvard law school after not even being interested in pursuing a law career until their final semester of college and majoring in a completely different career field.
Please react to 'Bridge of Spies'
So, we wont see first year law school students, in court?
Any plans to make a video on the Chris-Chan situation? If the current allegations aren't enough content for a video, you could look into some of the other illegal things Chris-Chan has done, like hitting someone with a car, or pepper-spraying a GameStop employee. Just an idea!
What’s not accurate is he called it a show it was movies
University of Arkansas doesn't allow law students to have jobs either
objestion: assumption.
Could the
Could artist that their Music is used on TikTok sue TikTok?
Please please please review "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Atticus is the best lawyer character ever!
as a current first year at UCLA law, this is sustained, I'm so tired
any chance u can cover chris chan?
Wait, Legally Blonde isn't realistic?!?! :-)