"There will be no foolish wand waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion making. However, for those select few who possess the predisposition...I can teach you to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory and put a stopper in death. Then again, maybe some of you have come to Hogwarts in possession of abilities so formidable that you feel confident enough to not pay attention."
Having graduated from law school, wether it’s Paper Chase or Legally Blonde, it’s 100% true that you are most likely to get picked when you are unprepared. That’s no joke.
Unless you have gotten away with it your entire life. You are good at winging it, and have been forgiven for anything "bad" more than most people. This makes you less afraid than some others may be. Who are not used to being rreated that way. I may have looked like a lazy idiot at first.
i use this part as an introduction on my essay about whether laptop should be allowed or not from my writing class. "on her first day of class, elle woods the main character... the professor was about to ask a question until she saw elle woods was the only one writing with pen and paper while everyone else was using a laptop..the professor chuckled... Haha..the teacher said it was a nice hook/nice introduction.. Thank you Legally Blonde movie
I started a new program and I have a teacher who's teaching style resembles this teacher's and honestly, I learn a lot from her. Teachers are sometimes harsh, but more often than not if you come crying in their office, they will be the ones to give the best advices.
Socratic Method really is one of the best ways to learn, however the professor's handling of Elle was unprofessional - it's one thing to ask Elle to leave the class for being unprepared, it's a completely different thing to engage in what is essentially socially sectioned bullying.
I once had a professer that reminded me of John Houseman. He was even English. Once, he saw me, Corey the C student (which he knew by now) sitting on a bench waiting for a friend. He walked briskly by, looked at me briefly and said "more study." That was iconic, in some ways.
@@goawayleavemealone2880 I don’t think it was bullying, because bullying to me is disparaging something they have little to no control of (their physical appearance, race, sexuality, gender etc) having her leave class for being unprepared by asking another student who was prepared, had mastery of the material asked, and to ask said student if they would forgive another student to dare show up with absolutely no knowledge of what is being discussed and not only that but not be proactive enough to make sure she is ready for her first day. That to me is completely warranted. That is not bullying. Because Elle needed that. She got into Harvard, that’s great. But now is the time to show she really deserves to be there. The only thing she cared about at that time was how she APPEARED and if she looked “serious” because she was still just doing it for Warner. This really was the best wake up call for Elle. Because that professor could give a damn how she was dressed or what she looked like just as long as she was smart and she was passionate about learning. Cuz at this point in the film she was very much in need a slap across the face wake up call.
@@goawayleavemealone2880 I disagree on what's worse. The worst part is asking Elle to leave the class for being unprepared. For two reasons: 1) apparently Elle was not informed that she needed to be prepared, which is a fault of the Professor; and 2) with the school accepting Elle's money to attend, and allowing her to enroll in the course, there is an implied contract that Elle has the right to attend the class whether prepared or not (at least until Elle has agreed to such constraints). Asking Elle to leave is an implicit breach of this contract. A law professor should know better. Though I suspect the professor could weasel-word around this as a breach as she didn't directly ask Elle to leave.
@@throckwoddle - Vivian and the other students appear to be prepared, so the fault is not with the professor but with Elle herself. There's obviously an assigned reading list, which Elle never bothered to familiarise herself with because at this point her only concern is getting back with Warner. So to apply your own logic: By failing to do the assigned reading and familiar herself with the course, Elle has breached the contract she has with the school. It's one thing to drop out or fail because the material was too difficult or the course too demanding, it's quite another to just not bother applying yourself.
The early question - you answer 'I'd stake YOUR life on it". When someone in a superior position of authority stands over you and invades your personal space creating as much pressure as they can- push back in a socially acceptable way, making the professor defend herself. Once the line of questioning is altered, it can become a more reasonable discussion.
Wrong. I brought many of the "progressive" (in quotes for being subjective) ideas of my professors that the City paid the tuition for me to have to Joy. She didn't react, as that was the political move to avoid conflict, but she never developed and stated a counter-argument. Like the central city being left behind as the urban form explodes outward. It might be a way valid way of her reacting, and that is how she was there. I always trusted her integrety in a debate, and we were both smart enough to have had one. The product of that debate might have been better policy than either of us cold have developed.
Teaching is undervalued in universities. This is why we need great teachers. Their presence matters to their students. Presidents of universities should visit classes "unannounced" to evaluate the quality of teaching. That NEVER seems to happen.
University Students are grossly under educated, rather than learning how to think they learn how to sound smart and then they look down on people who are infinitely smarter than them but don't sound educated. STEM subjects are pretty much the only subjects worth bothering with now.
@@goawayleavemealone2880 You can't teach as many to be original, if that's what you do. The pie of "social, environmental and economic can apply in people too. People should figure out what level of comfort they have, but it seems wise to do the same thing with how we treat others, the arts and science, to be a balanced intellectual. Most likely.
@@drmayeda1930 I wonder if its turned them into whiny little bitches who should get stitches. (I mean that figuratively.) Nietzsche was correct about promoting weakness at the cost of excellence?
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Seriously, I would've told the teacher, "Um, I'm not going anywhere. I'm PAYING for this class, so screw you!!" Ok, maybe I won't go that far, but still, unless the person is being extremely disruptive, he/she has every right to be in that class since they are paying for it in the first place.
Anthony Domingo I would have put it like " I'm sorry, I was under the impression that on the first day of class that you'd be teaching me subject matter jurisdiction and not testing me on it. If I knew what it meant I wouldn't be in your class right now trying to learn it would I?
In law school we literally have to figure out what our assignments are. According to the professor's syllabus, it's fair game. I felt this scene because I had that happen once. It's unfair but it trains students in preparation
Not the case in Law School. Its a class different from the rest, its sui generis, everyone in the class is expected to know already and not to just to learn!
Pages 1-48 for one class, not to mention the first day!!? And you have to know the ENTIRE subject of subject matter jurisdiction! I'm in law school right now and it took us at least 2 weeks to get through subject matter jurisdiction! I know it's Harvard and all but damn!
Haha I would love to know what law School you go to. That type of reading is totally normal for the first day of class and better have all your cases briefed.
pathendlem It's Hollywood. I don't even think we went over diversity jurisdiction until week 2, but if I had to explain it on my first day, I probably would have passed out. The first week we went over punitive damages and the test associated with punitive damages in a case involving a doctor and BMW. Looking back, it was definitely a softball case.
ZannaZatanna1 48 pages is within reason for the first day. I had a very similar sized assignment, just not for Civil Procedure. That's an incredibly long assignment for Civ Pro. For Property, Con Law, Contracts, Crim, and Torts, 48 pages is reasonable, just not Civ Pro. My biggest assignment for Civil Procedure was probably 25 pages, because the subject matter is so dense.
Or dreaming that something bad is happening to you because that world thinks of you as someone who could not finish high school, even all these years after getting a graduate degree. I wake up sometimes out of a nightmare, anniewig.
rowdy yeats that's funny cause that scene is when she's supposedly unprepared. When she decides to work hard and be the best she can be, she buys a computer.
It depends on the class. I went to a good college (different country though), and often humanities students would do some reading over the summer, but the final syllabi weren't usually available until the first class. I would never buy my textbooks until after the first class, because the lecturer would often give their opinion on if the text were useful to buy or not. In the first lecture, we never covered much content. We'd usually go over the administrative side of things, and get an overview of the course.
Olivia Leung I usually didn't get a course syllabus until the first class. It makes it hard if you are trying to add a class but aren't sure you can get in.
Ya it’s totally normal to get your syllabus maybe a week before class or less. You must I repeat must have all your reading done and cases briefed before the first day unless you want to look like a fool and be thrown out of class when your are cold called on.
Aysannes Sylabus with ourcjase of the textbook or the sylabus is located on the school's website. Law School is a different beast. The size of the assignment for a Civil Procedure course isn't very realistic though.
This is a graduate school. There is probably going to be some reading before the course starts. Elle should've checked her email, or read the course description. The course description would likely have mentioned the required reading to be done before class.
How on earth are there only, like, 60 people in this class? I'm in (a good) law school and there are 300 in one lecture. But about the same amount of laptops, I suppose.
keep in mind its Harvard which have a lot less students than any other number of colleges looking up a harvard law school lecture shows about the same number of students in a real lecture as this scene
no, that wasn't meant as criticism of the film. I'm just surprised bc I'm a law student in Europe and our classes are gigantic, so I was wondering if classes in America were smaller (which would be great, I suppose, in terms of teaching effectivity)
NeonlightRebel You have 300 in one lecture? The most I had was 120 and I thought that was a lot. I go to Law School in the U.S. just to give you a point if reference. I would say our Law School is larger than most.
omg i cant belive i didnt see this before but the actress who's playing the teacher plays charlie's mother in two and a half man i wonder why i didnt realize this before lol
I remember a scene with a professor. To this day the professors face is blurry, and I can't even tell you the class subject. It was one of my first days as a college student. Apparently I was the only one in the class who hadn't read the 1st chapter of the book assigned. The professor was fair and asked each of us a rager simple question... as long as you'd read tge 1st chapter...by the time the professor got to me I was sweating cause I hadn't read the assignment. I just blanked out once I got asked a question. From then on I was always prepared. College is wonderful, but you grow up and it's lots and lots of work.
Same here! Pre-reading something before class today haha. It's embarassing to be caught knowing nothing, and you gotta put in the effort anyway to get a good grade (a LOT of effort)
She’s from the Philadelphia area of PA. Funny, every time I thing of Vivian’s last name I think of that sad and run down neighborhood in Philly. Kensington itself.
The professor's exchange with Vivian at the end of this clip has always bothered me, for this was *not* an example of Diversity Jurisdiction. It may be an example of Subject Matter Jurisdiction specifically though. Diversity jurisdiction: Is the citizenship of the parties "diverse" to the point where the case can be removed to Federal Court? Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Does the tribunal have authority to hear the matter of the case? In the clip, the professor asked Vivian if she would support the prof asking Elle to leave. That's all fine and good, but as a student Vivian does not have the authority to make such orders. Vivian would therefore not have Subject Matter Jurisdiction to render an opinion. I'm not sure how Diversity Jurisdiction would play in to that. /Yes, yes I'm probably over thinking it. //You think you're better than me? etc
Moe Greenbacks Diversity Jurisdiction is Subject Matter Jurisdiction. Stated differently, if you have Diversity Jurisdiction (diverse parites in an amount in excess of 75,000), then the federal court has proper SMJ over the lawsuit. For Removal Jurisdiction, the case is currently in state court but it could have been brought in federal court, or at least it can now. 1st Semester is already a bit rusty.
For example, in criminal law, a statute might require a mens reaelement of "unlawful and malicious" intent. Whereas the word "malicious" is well-understood, the word "unlawful" in this context is less clear. Hence, it must be given a meaning of the same kind as the word of established meaning
When me and my sister see this scene, and that hoity music starts at 3:01 we do a Peter Griffin-esque "Nyeh, nyeh, nnye, nyeeeeh-nyeeeh" in tune along with it... Every time :')
As far as staking my life on it, or the life of someone else, I would say "yes." The professor isn't going to pull out a gun, and if she does, the class is cancelled.
Many college courses everywhere have reading/an assignment to be done before the first class. It's not at all uncommon. It's not an ivy league thing, it's a college thing.
In undergrad, I was never expected to do reading assignments before class started. In law school I am, but certainly not undergrad in my experience at least.
Well if a future lawyer isn't prepared for class she probably won't be prepared for her clients either. I have a crappy lawyer like that I have to replace. Doesn't file papers on time etc. You would think she worked for the other party shameful.
But this scene doesn’t work in one way... Elle would have and should have received information on what she would need to read and bring for the classes, especially since everyone else seemed to know so well... 🤷🏻♀️
She probably didn't check her email... Not like she was even taking it seriously in the first place. She was only there to win her ex back from his "Harvard law" fiancee. It wasn't until they humiliated her at the orientation party that she started taking it seriously.
Neither a victim, nor a victimizer be.. he is not willing to risk the other fellow student's life (welfare) but his own only... Vivian, she has no difficulty jeopardizing Elle's welfare - or is she really helping her? Tough love? Be prepared Elle..
I do love how Vivian is consistently wrong through out the movie - it would be really easy to make Vivian's character hideously unlikeable and although she's starts out that way, when it's impossible not to like Elle and therefore difficult for the other characters to compete, she has brilliant character arc.
Actually blatantly excluding learners is no longer the norm for teaching methods. Now we use universal design for learning, which formatively prepares the student to support the learning.
I just don't know how to process this, but I'm a Teacher (English) and I think I am becoming like the 1 on the video. 2day a student got a D- and I had to put that on his sheet, to crown this I had no other elements (homework, Project, class participation) He tried to present an E-essay (just downloaded the thing) and I had to make an example out of him. I feel bad for him, but there was nothing in his chart that could prove a better grade.
"Good job"! I would have also said the same to him. And about Mrs Tayler's accent I also found something british in it. first I thought her accent was different because of her age. Then she may speak like that because she was educated in The UK. Could that be so?
Why isn't Ruth Bader Gainsbourg in this too? Like a cameo at the end. Use a hologram dammit she needs to be in it! At the end like in return of the jedi
Like, while this is dramatized, it is sort of fair? By the time you reach law school you should know what you're doing and you're EXPECTED to have a lot of reading done by the first day of class. Plus computers are essential and help for faster research, quicker note taking, and better understanding. The professor was in her right to ask an unprepared student to leave class considering Elle was using nothing except pen and paper and didn't even have her textbook, yet, it seemed. I feel for her, but, I mean... Law school.
2Tubist She was singled out because she stood out from the others. She was not stuffy or stiff, she was bubbly and cheery and her outfit reflected that and made her stand out, which rubbed the teacher the wrong way and made her come off as an unprofessional student who is to be dismissed rather than be taken seriously. I believe that what made her single her out the most must have been the way she signed her name. Elle must have signed het name in pencil, or pink or green or purple ink which made her look at her specifically and on top if that she had no laptop, only that heart shaped note pad and the fluffy pen which must have added on to the negative impression ahe already had of her. Then she didn't read the material and bitch teachers can sniff out the ones who didn't read the assigned materials in a heartbeat. The professor wanted to make her feel like she didn't belong and double teamed with the Elle's ex boyfriend's new girlfriend Vivian who already hated her
"There will be no foolish wand waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion making. However, for those select few who possess the predisposition...I can teach you to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory and put a stopper in death. Then again, maybe some of you have come to Hogwarts in possession of abilities so formidable that you feel confident enough to not pay attention."
Professor Snape is God.
Snape at its finest~
campmerricat iconic.
i can hear this!
His voice is playing in my head while reading this
Am I the only one who thinks Elle looks like a younger version of Rita Skeeter from Harry Potter???
I see it
I think she's the age Rita Skeeter actually was in the books?
In this scene, definitely!
Having graduated from law school, wether it’s Paper Chase or Legally Blonde, it’s 100% true that you are most likely to get picked when you are unprepared. That’s no joke.
Unless you have gotten away with it your entire life. You are good at winging it, and have been forgiven for anything "bad" more than most people. This makes you less afraid than some others may be. Who are not used to being rreated that way. I may have looked like a lazy idiot at first.
@coreycox2345 there's no winging it in law school. You either read the cases or you didn't.
i use this part as an introduction on my essay about whether laptop should be allowed or not from my writing class. "on her first day of class, elle woods the main character... the professor was about to ask a question until she saw elle woods was the only one writing with pen and paper while everyone else was using a laptop..the professor chuckled... Haha..the teacher said it was a nice hook/nice introduction.. Thank you Legally Blonde movie
@Highway Unicorn sssht....
Do you make this comment every year?
I started a new program and I have a teacher who's teaching style resembles this teacher's and honestly, I learn a lot from her. Teachers are sometimes harsh, but more often than not if you come crying in their office, they will be the ones to give the best advices.
Socratic Method really is one of the best ways to learn, however the professor's handling of Elle was unprofessional - it's one thing to ask Elle to leave the class for being unprepared, it's a completely different thing to engage in what is essentially socially sectioned bullying.
I once had a professer that reminded me of John Houseman. He was even English. Once, he saw me, Corey the C student (which he knew by now) sitting on a bench waiting for a friend. He walked briskly by, looked at me briefly and said "more study." That was iconic, in some ways.
@@goawayleavemealone2880 I don’t think it was bullying, because bullying to me is disparaging something they have little to no control of (their physical appearance, race, sexuality, gender etc) having her leave class for being unprepared by asking another student who was prepared, had mastery of the material asked, and to ask said student if they would forgive another student to dare show up with absolutely no knowledge of what is being discussed and not only that but not be proactive enough to make sure she is ready for her first day. That to me is completely warranted. That is not bullying. Because Elle needed that. She got into Harvard, that’s great. But now is the time to show she really deserves to be there. The only thing she cared about at that time was how she APPEARED and if she looked “serious” because she was still just doing it for Warner. This really was the best wake up call for Elle. Because that professor could give a damn how she was dressed or what she looked like just as long as she was smart and she was passionate about learning. Cuz at this point in the film she was very much in need a slap across the face wake up call.
@@goawayleavemealone2880 I disagree on what's worse. The worst part is asking Elle to leave the class for being unprepared. For two reasons: 1) apparently Elle was not informed that she needed to be prepared, which is a fault of the Professor; and 2) with the school accepting Elle's money to attend, and allowing her to enroll in the course, there is an implied contract that Elle has the right to attend the class whether prepared or not (at least until Elle has agreed to such constraints). Asking Elle to leave is an implicit breach of this contract. A law professor should know better. Though I suspect the professor could weasel-word around this as a breach as she didn't directly ask Elle to leave.
@@throckwoddle - Vivian and the other students appear to be prepared, so the fault is not with the professor but with Elle herself. There's obviously an assigned reading list, which Elle never bothered to familiarise herself with because at this point her only concern is getting back with Warner.
So to apply your own logic:
By failing to do the assigned reading and familiar herself with the course, Elle has breached the contract she has with the school. It's one thing to drop out or fail because the material was too difficult or the course too demanding, it's quite another to just not bother applying yourself.
i love elle's hair so much here!!!!
The early question - you answer 'I'd stake YOUR life on it".
When someone in a superior position of authority stands over you and invades your personal space creating as much pressure as they can- push back in a socially acceptable way, making the professor defend herself. Once the line of questioning is altered, it can become a more reasonable discussion.
Sunset Blue or you pull out a knife and play cause yeah fuck the man
I would’ve said, “No, I stake Your life and
Your family on it.”
Ha, good luck getting through law school then.
Wrong. I brought many of the "progressive" (in quotes for being subjective) ideas of my professors that the City paid the tuition for me to have to Joy. She didn't react, as that was the political move to avoid conflict, but she never developed and stated a counter-argument. Like the central city being left behind as the urban form explodes outward. It might be a way valid way of her reacting, and that is how she was there. I always trusted her integrety in a debate, and we were both smart enough to have had one. The product of that debate might have been better policy than either of us cold have developed.
Teaching is undervalued in universities. This is why we need great teachers. Their presence matters to their students. Presidents of universities should visit classes "unannounced" to evaluate the quality of teaching. That NEVER seems to happen.
University Students are grossly under educated, rather than learning how to think they learn how to sound smart and then they look down on people who are infinitely smarter than them but don't sound educated.
STEM subjects are pretty much the only subjects worth bothering with now.
The professors are part of unions now. They probably have a clause for "unannounced inspections of classes from being used in hire/fire decisions
@@goawayleavemealone2880 You can't teach as many to be original, if that's what you do. The pie of "social, environmental and economic can apply in people too. People should figure out what level of comfort they have, but it seems wise to do the same thing with how we treat others, the arts and science, to be a balanced intellectual. Most likely.
@@drmayeda1930 I wonder if its turned them into whiny little bitches who should get stitches. (I mean that figuratively.) Nietzsche was correct about promoting weakness at the cost of excellence?
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Seriously, I would've told the teacher, "Um, I'm not going anywhere. I'm PAYING for this class, so screw you!!"
Ok, maybe I won't go that far, but still, unless the person is being extremely disruptive, he/she has every right to be in that class since they are paying for it in the first place.
Anthony Domingo I would have put it like " I'm sorry, I was under the impression that on the first day of class that you'd be teaching me subject matter jurisdiction and not testing me on it. If I knew what it meant I wouldn't be in your class right now trying to learn it would I?
In law school we literally have to figure out what our assignments are. According to the professor's syllabus, it's fair game. I felt this scene because I had that happen once. It's unfair but it trains students in preparation
overthehill91 Obviously you don't, building a logic based rebuttal seems to be lost on you
Not the case in Law School.
Its a class different from the rest, its sui generis, everyone in the class is expected to know already and not to just to learn!
@@gokartbuyer That's normal for universities
Pages 1-48 for one class, not to mention the first day!!? And you have to know the ENTIRE subject of subject matter jurisdiction! I'm in law school right now and it took us at least 2 weeks to get through subject matter jurisdiction! I know it's Harvard and all but damn!
pathendlem wait, you really think 48 pages for 1 class is too much?
ZannaZatanna1 for the very first day of class YES.
Haha I would love to know what law School you go to. That type of reading is totally normal for the first day of class and better have all your cases briefed.
pathendlem It's Hollywood. I don't even think we went over diversity jurisdiction until week 2, but if I had to explain it on my first day, I probably would have passed out. The first week we went over punitive damages and the test associated with punitive damages in a case involving a doctor and BMW. Looking back, it was definitely a softball case.
ZannaZatanna1 48 pages is within reason for the first day. I had a very similar sized assignment, just not for Civil Procedure. That's an incredibly long assignment for Civ Pro. For Property, Con Law, Contracts, Crim, and Torts, 48 pages is reasonable, just not Civ Pro. My biggest assignment for Civil Procedure was probably 25 pages, because the subject matter is so dense.
I just noticed that the teacher is blonde too
Shalyn V dye job, or maybe it’s because she’s old that she retouched the white hair
And she reminds me of Professor McGonagall.
It might allude to her being the first Legally Blonde.
Heck she might have been in Elle’s exact position years ago and that’s why she sees highly in her
I'm absolutely terrified that something like this will happen to me on my first day. It's right up there with showing up naked and blanking on a test.
Or dreaming that something bad is happening to you because that world thinks of you as someone who could not finish high school, even all these years after getting a graduate degree. I wake up sometimes out of a nightmare, anniewig.
See this is why i sit in the back....
I like the fact that she uses a pen and notebook rather than a stupid computer.
You haven't gone to a university class, have you?
Yeah I prefer paper and pen because I'll just scroll the internet.....
rowdy yeats same I can't use a laptop I write super fast with a pen and paper but not fast on computer 💻 also I remember Info I write down not type
rowdy yeats I’m in university and I always love writing my notes instead of typing...
rowdy yeats that's funny cause that scene is when she's supposedly unprepared. When she decides to work hard and be the best she can be, she buys a computer.
1:52 - Me throughout 4 years of college.
lol
Alright, it's Harvard, but why exactly is it obvious that they should've read 50 pages of the book before their first class of the year?
It depends on the class. I went to a good college (different country though), and often humanities students would do some reading over the summer, but the final syllabi weren't usually available until the first class. I would never buy my textbooks until after the first class, because the lecturer would often give their opinion on if the text were useful to buy or not. In the first lecture, we never covered much content. We'd usually go over the administrative side of things, and get an overview of the course.
Olivia Leung
I usually didn't get a course syllabus until the first class. It makes it hard if you are trying to add a class but aren't sure you can get in.
Ya it’s totally normal to get your syllabus maybe a week before class or less. You must I repeat must have all your reading done and cases briefed before the first day unless you want to look like a fool and be thrown out of class when your are cold called on.
Aysannes Sylabus with ourcjase of the textbook or the sylabus is located on the school's website. Law School is a different beast. The size of the assignment for a Civil Procedure course isn't very realistic though.
This is a graduate school. There is probably going to be some reading before the course starts. Elle should've checked her email, or read the course description. The course description would likely have mentioned the required reading to be done before class.
this lady reminds me of my grandmother
Lol Blue-chan
Same
That tutor reminds me of Dean Hardscrabble from Monster's University.
How on earth are there only, like, 60 people in this class? I'm in (a good) law school and there are 300 in one lecture. But about the same amount of laptops, I suppose.
keep in mind its Harvard which have a lot less students than any other number of colleges
looking up a harvard law school lecture shows about the same number of students in a real lecture as this scene
oh thanks for telling me i thought legally blonde was a real event
no, that wasn't meant as criticism of the film. I'm just surprised bc I'm a law student in Europe and our classes are gigantic, so I was wondering if classes in America were smaller (which would be great, I suppose, in terms of teaching effectivity)
Blake Neal you can have a large law school but small class sizes. It's not likely, but it's possible.
NeonlightRebel You have 300 in one lecture? The most I had was 120 and I thought that was a lot. I go to Law School in the U.S. just to give you a point if reference. I would say our Law School is larger than most.
omg i cant belive i didnt see this before but the actress who's playing the teacher plays charlie's mother in two and a half man i wonder why i didnt realize this before lol
Zach Ragan GRANDMAAAA :D
she also played tina fey's mom in baby mama.
haha she's awesome!
She's Ursula's mum in George of the Jungle
She's also married to Sarah Paulson
did anyone else freak out when the random student whispered "good job" directly into their ear?
I remember a scene with a professor. To this day the professors face is blurry, and I can't even tell you the class subject. It was one of my first days as a college student. Apparently I was the only one in the class who hadn't read the 1st chapter of the book assigned. The professor was fair and asked each of us a rager simple question... as long as you'd read tge 1st chapter...by the time the professor got to me I was sweating cause I hadn't read the assignment. I just blanked out once I got asked a question. From then on I was always prepared. College is wonderful, but you grow up and it's lots and lots of work.
Same here! Pre-reading something before class today haha. It's embarassing to be caught knowing nothing, and you gotta put in the effort anyway to get a good grade (a LOT of effort)
I love Holland Taylor...a very elegant lady yet really tough. She's a PA native but her accent has some British undertones.
She’s from the Philadelphia area of PA. Funny, every time I thing of Vivian’s last name I think of that sad and run down neighborhood in Philly. Kensington itself.
@@eamonmahoney9466 :)
Not really. She’s just well-spoken.
The professor's exchange with Vivian at the end of this clip has always bothered me, for this was *not* an example of Diversity Jurisdiction. It may be an example of Subject Matter Jurisdiction specifically though.
Diversity jurisdiction: Is the citizenship of the parties "diverse" to the point where the case can be removed to Federal Court?
Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Does the tribunal have authority to hear the matter of the case?
In the clip, the professor asked Vivian if she would support the prof asking Elle to leave. That's all fine and good, but as a student Vivian does not have the authority to make such orders. Vivian would therefore not have Subject Matter Jurisdiction to render an opinion. I'm not sure how Diversity Jurisdiction would play in to that.
/Yes, yes I'm probably over thinking it.
//You think you're better than me? etc
I believe that the professor asked Vivian if Diversity Jurisdiction existed in that case, to which she replied, "No, it did not."
Moe Greenbacks Diversity Jurisdiction is Subject Matter Jurisdiction. Stated differently, if you have Diversity Jurisdiction (diverse parites in an amount in excess of 75,000), then the federal court has proper SMJ over the lawsuit. For Removal Jurisdiction, the case is currently in state court but it could have been brought in federal court, or at least it can now. 1st Semester is already a bit rusty.
Her heart shaped notebook 😄
Damn she’s a good actress
For example, in criminal law, a statute might require a mens reaelement of "unlawful and malicious" intent. Whereas the word "malicious" is well-understood, the word "unlawful" in this context is less clear. Hence, it must be given a meaning of the same kind as the word of established meaning
When me and my sister see this scene, and that hoity music starts at 3:01 we do a Peter Griffin-esque "Nyeh, nyeh, nnye, nyeeeeh-nyeeeh" in tune along with it... Every time :')
As far as staking my life on it, or the life of someone else, I would say "yes." The professor isn't going to pull out a gun, and if she does, the class is cancelled.
Elle is soooo adorable! ♡
If this is on TV, I wait until this part bc that little "head tilt" thing just cracks me up.
Brilliant scene.
I love this scene! I like the little "head bob" by Vivien ... funny!
Believe it or not but this movie helped me with my essay on 'trusting our emotions' .... ahahaha
I love this movie.
And Reese is a great actress!!
this scene allowed me to pass the bar
A sweeter version of how to get away with murder
Many college courses everywhere have reading/an assignment to be done before the first class. It's not at all uncommon. It's not an ivy league thing, it's a college thing.
In undergrad, I was never expected to do reading assignments before class started. In law school I am, but certainly not undergrad in my experience at least.
Ditto
"I don't know.", student speaking. His facial expression is hilarious.
Well if a future lawyer isn't prepared for class she probably won't be prepared for her clients either. I have a crappy lawyer like that I have to replace. Doesn't file papers on time etc. You would think she worked for the other party shameful.
Studying SMJ on the first day of class? I call shenanigans!
Elle is so adorable
Thanks for explaining that :) I'm in college myself, and I've never heard about anything like this.
I love the teacher. She is really good
But this scene doesn’t work in one way... Elle would have and should have received information on what she would need to read and bring for the classes, especially since everyone else seemed to know so well... 🤷🏻♀️
She probably didn't check her email... Not like she was even taking it seriously in the first place. She was only there to win her ex back from his "Harvard law" fiancee. It wasn't until they humiliated her at the orientation party that she started taking it seriously.
Neither a victim, nor a victimizer be.. he is not willing to risk the other fellow student's life (welfare) but his own only... Vivian, she has no difficulty jeopardizing Elle's welfare - or is she really helping her? Tough love? Be prepared Elle..
I do love how Vivian is consistently wrong through out the movie - it would be really easy to make Vivian's character hideously unlikeable and although she's starts out that way, when it's impossible not to like Elle and therefore difficult for the other characters to compete, she has brilliant character arc.
Thats why I always sit in the back... with a mask!
It's obvious because it's law school. My friend went to law school. The first day, she had 250 pages assigned just for one class.
the teacher’s accent is the accent in trying to achieve...
Holland Taylor at her finest
haha read ur syllabus elle!
Lession is never trust educators haha
Love this scene 😂
It rings a bell, Wolfsbane Buttercups?
Yes mother .my addat.
Actually blatantly excluding learners is no longer the norm for teaching methods. Now we use universal design for learning, which formatively prepares the student to support the learning.
Lol first year doing law and never had this experience...also depends on the lecturer
But honestly who’s going to go against the professor especially on the first day.
(Buzz to Woody)
"ThinkPads, ThinkPads everywhere"
I just don't know how to process this, but I'm a Teacher (English) and I think I am becoming like the 1 on the video. 2day a student got a D- and I had to put that on his sheet, to crown this I had no other elements (homework, Project, class participation) He tried to present an E-essay (just downloaded the thing) and I had to make an example out of him. I feel bad for him, but there was nothing in his chart that could prove a better grade.
Legally Blonde- It's in the title.... 0.o
smug grin, I knew it was Aristotle :P #lawstudentproblems
at 0:45 its funny how she says " yes "
Wow, this is the story of Esther.
Tough prof.
that's what i thought!!
"Good job"! I would have also said the same to him. And about Mrs Tayler's accent I also found something british in it. first I thought her accent was different because of her age. Then she may speak like that because she was educated in The UK. Could that be so?
I wanted to answer the PUPPY question!
That teacher reminds me of Ps. Christina Tan.
Haha I love the guy's face at 2:59
1:33 his face haha. 'that's right, I am the sex'
Why isn't Ruth Bader Gainsbourg in this too? Like a cameo at the end. Use a hologram dammit she needs to be in it! At the end like in return of the jedi
Mrs. Kingsfield.
All time fav. Movie 🍿 women empowerment 🙋
BLOOD IN THE WATER.....
Like, while this is dramatized, it is sort of fair? By the time you reach law school you should know what you're doing and you're EXPECTED to have a lot of reading done by the first day of class. Plus computers are essential and help for faster research, quicker note taking, and better understanding. The professor was in her right to ask an unprepared student to leave class considering Elle was using nothing except pen and paper and didn't even have her textbook, yet, it seemed. I feel for her, but, I mean... Law school.
@firestorm9 AT THE END THEY RRRRR FRIENDSSSSSSS
I remember when I first watched this as a young woman it inspired me to graduate from Yale and start a cannabilism death cult in guinea
it's absolutely robe
it's a "smoking jacket" that's why.
@partygirl209 Thank you! That's what I've always said! lol
also: vivian nos who elle is, THE EX major threat, sorta
@mlb0580 what are you talking about? shes not black for a start
I wouldn't leave your paying tuition to be taught
LMAO it isn't. he just happens to be in front of her. I was surprised lol
I can't breathe....you made lmao
This is the "blood in the water" scene
So,..why is it still alright to think someone is stupid because of their HAIR color,..but not their SKIN color? Any answers?
Greeks are everywhere.......... ;-)
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Legally blonde :) SO funni :p xx
umm there was diversity jurisdiction in Gordon v Steele .____.
pre-law student here ^_^
"In this case" I think she meant elle getting kicked out of class...at the end of the scene she says how about in Gordon v Steele..
@mlb0580 Not lying here, but I totally get what you're saying.. XD
i thought there was complete diversity in gordan v Steele
Well, the teacher is also blonde 🤦♀
Pink dress .
why does the teacher speaks with british accent?
Because she's British...
+Charlie Rooney no, she is not.
+utubenotebanco Her parent's parent's parent's parent's grandparents were British :)
Or she could of used a British accent for the role she's playing
Why is this even a discussion? It's an accent....
@byron84 WTF no shes not
an i the only person who thinks Elle's outfit looks like a robe?!?!?
I thought that's what Hogwarts students wore in school.
LOL
evelyn harper? what are you doing here?
it is a robe haha
What's whole point of this movie? And in that this particular scene? Anyone...
2Tubist She was singled out because she stood out from the others. She was not stuffy or stiff, she was bubbly and cheery and her outfit reflected that and made her stand out, which rubbed the teacher the wrong way and made her come off as an unprofessional student who is to be dismissed rather than be taken seriously. I believe that what made her single her out the most must have been the way she signed her name. Elle must have signed het name in pencil, or pink or green or purple ink which made her look at her specifically and on top if that she had no laptop, only that heart shaped note pad and the fluffy pen which must have added on to the negative impression ahe already had of her. Then she didn't read the material and bitch teachers can sniff out the ones who didn't read the assigned materials in a heartbeat. The professor wanted to make her feel like she didn't belong and double teamed with the Elle's ex boyfriend's new girlfriend Vivian who already hated her
@@s-falcon5285 don't ever refer to women using the b word.
is this greek girl to smart for you?