LEGALLY BLONDE (2001) | Elle's First Day at Harvard Law | MGM 

I love how Elle’s line “What? Like it’s hard?” kinda has a double meaning. #1, it proves how intelligent she is that she got into Harvard on her own merits THAT easily. #2, Harvard is known for taking bribes, meaning a lot of students got in because their parents paid for their acceptance (just like Warner’s did), so it actually isn’t hard to get into Harvard if you come from a wealthy family.

I think the major mistake Elle did was not wearing enough pink the first day lol

I love how as strict this teacher is shown at the beginning she's becoming the key to success for Elle at the end

This reminds me of my first day of college. I show up to my very first class, psych, waiting on the previous class to get done, and I meet a girl waiting on the same class as me. She’s like “have you read the first 3 chapters yet?” And I felt so lost. We also had to bring a printed and signed copy of the class syllabus, which I knew nothing about. That was my wake-up call on how different college was gonna be from high school. 😅

Warner's shock is even sweeter in hindsight when you know he's not only shocked Elle got into Harvard, but he realizes she got in purely on her smarts, whereas he required his parents to pull a few strings to get him out of the waitlist.

I think this professor has picked Elle not by chance; she saw that this student had no idea what's going on. She was the only one without a notebook, and her small heart shaped paper notebook would not be enough to write down a summary of even one lecture. Besides, the professor purposely shared the responsibility. She could have simply required that Elle leave; instead, she asked another girl's opinion. By doing so, she said to Elle not only: "See, we have strict rules here", but also: "See, your fellow students will show you no mercy". It was the most efficient way to deliver the message, much better than putting it all in words.

I have Elle Woods to thank for helping me to know the readings had to be done before class when I started law school. lol

She should have gotten a syllabus for each class.

I love the professor and how she treated Elle, she was being a professor preparing Elle for the future

“What like it’s hard?” GAGGED HIM

"Here you will not learn to think outside the box but inside the box." Those are the words of my professor in the very first lecture of law at university. And it was at that moment I knew for certain I had found the right place. And so it truly was :)

I loved her professor because she called out Elle for the simple fact that she was just unprepared, not because of her physical appearance.

Yes. I can remember my first day at Harvard. Our teachers seemed so mean and unmalleable, but got softer by the day ❤

To be fair, someone should’ve told Elle she needed to have these things instead of just letting her waltz into the classroom.

The teacher was right to ask her to leave, but notice she said Elle can return when prepared. It’s an insult to the teacher not to be prepared, even if accidental. The way she called on Vivian to give her opinion was a little shady, but in fairness she is preparing them to be lawyers 😂

The way she walks is iconic

Elle attends Harvard law school, and she uses words like ‘funner.’ 😂

My first day at law school: "We go into law because we're no good at math." "No one will ask where you went to law school. No one will ask if you went to law school."

she is ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC CHARACTERS EVER !

I watch this everytime I am about to enter a new social situation. Elle's smile gives me so much confindence!

I absolutely love the accuracy of everyone else’s dress. It’s so Boston. I live nearby and thought I was making it up, but see so many people in neutrals and black and dark colors on the T.

"What like it's hard"?

Omg this sort of happened to me too! I went to community college for five years and sometimes the professors expected you to read one or two chapters ahead of time, but not all of them. Also, you were never penalized if you didn’t read anything before the first day of classes. Then I went on to a University to get my Bachelor’s degree (which was another five years. ) Anyway, on the first day of classes everyone pulls out their syllabus!! I was so confused! And the professor gave credit to those that printed and brought their syllabus. Thankfully, I sat at the very back of the class and I just pulled out some other papers that I had to make it look like I had printed the syllabus off too. Thank goodness the professor didn’t actually go around the room and check each table individually. He just glanced around the room and gave everyone credit. We also had a reading assignment! Which I didn’t do because we had multiple novels that we were reading for the class and I had no idea where to start. AND I had no idea that there was a specific website for each class! I was SO mad at the orientation people!! Freshman went through THREE days of mandatory orientation and moved into the dorm rooms early. Yet, not one person even mentioned a syllabus or the website to access them! I thought that the professor would hand out the syllabus since I never received an email about it. I didn’t know that different colleges had different websites. I thought that there was like a universal one lol. So I went straight to the library after class and had a student worker help me set mine up. I never went to class without printing off a syllabus or doing some reading beforehand ever again. It has really saved me from having any embarrassing moments like that again!

Yeah but if you focus on the woman's face expressions when she was looking at her before she asked her to leave, you'd know that she thought she's cute and naive and didn't do this on purpose, but she had to follow the rules and teach her to get prepared every lecture.

The reactions of the students sitting behind the main characters are hilarious! I've watched this clip several times but once you notice the students sitting behind you keep clicking on it! 😅😅😅

Classes would never be 9 months long. You’d never have assigned seats. You’d never have an assignment that you weren’t actually assigned.

I really felt that pencil tap. Ouch.

1:31 he’s not worried coz he’s going to be with an ex girlfriend who’s still not over him. He’s worried coz she might discover how he really got into Harvards Paw School in the first place, NOW THAT THEY’RE IN THE SAME UNIVERSITY.

This professor reminded me so much of my mom. Lol This is how she would test me after I studied and it was because she wanted me to be sure of what I said but for that to happened I needed to know the ins and outs of all my studies. Miss you mom!

Amazing movie! I'm in love with every aspect and the execution is flawless! It's refreshing to see this types of movies

Whenever I think of law school/Harvard. I automatically think of judge Judy (ik, she didn’t go to Harvard) lol

Once I finished writing the exam at the law school sooner, and asked the professor-woman whether I could leave the exam, as the parking time for my car 🚗 was expiring. She did allow me to leave the exam earlier AND gave a bonus extra 30 minutes to everyone else in the class to finish the exam. She was also a deputy judge that law professor.

I love the way she walks, she's lovely at this part 😂❤

1:05 law school 👅

Burns twice as hard for Warner since he got in on a bribe 😂

'I totally look the part' that's awesome.. I'm gonna tell myself that more often

One of my favorite scenes is when she gets her client’s alibi 😂

Why was Bruiser not nominated for an award?

That professor is always playing a professor or a psychiatrist 😂

Lol. The professor's like a wolf looking at a helpless chicken when she goes up to Elle.

do you go here? i go here. 😂😂😂😂😂

One thing that's nice about this movie, the more she grows, the saner she dresses.

This movie is about how blonde and pretty girls are not taken seriously but this gets me because i am overweight and many people think I am not capable of anything else than hanging around in cheap and lousy apartment eating cookies. No matter what you look like, you can still success. I have bachelor's degree, have full time job and I'm aiming for master's degree. Blondes are not dumb - neither are overweighted people 😊

when she whacked that one guy on the head.....hilarious

The dog sat there on the bed like: "Oh, please, blond woman... please... don't look at me... don't put on those glasses looking at me! I beg you! I can't watch... I hide my face... bye."

Don't mean to insult Elle but she looks like Rita Skeeter in this outfit.

Med science student here, yes the first 3wks is hard and hey I got into med school because of the TAFE (college for you Americans.) When I told I people that I am doing a diploma/bachelor med science degree, everyone's Mouth dropped. So when Ell said "what like it's hard?" It is hard but the reward of working in the pathology lab is worth it.

She makes going to embark in a new program seems easy!

" you go where" had me on the floor 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

My last year of high school was my third year of college, due to CLEP and AP. I didn't know you had assignments before the first day of class. Ooops! Thank goodness I sat in the back of the auditorium behind some big and tall young men. I did my first assignment during class. Whew!

Me to my co-workers: "Well, I recommend knowing before speaking" 🙄

2:55 Her : What about his life ? Him:his not but yours yes 😂

If you had been the student called upon to comment on the Professor's proposal to kick out the unprepared student, how would you have replied?

"I go here!" lol

Charlie’s mother 😂😂

I just now realized Evelyn Harper was teaching Elle 🤣

That's Alaric Saltzman right there 😍

Haha, "Let's call someone from the hot zone" 😂

I’ve never seen legally blonde and I’ve never been to Harvard but WHY IS THIS STILL JUST HIGH SCHOOL????

“I totally forgot you go here” gosh i love her hahah

Prof's face when Elle says she didn't prepare for it. 😂😂😂

You got into Harvard law? What like it's hard?

One of my favorite movies

Underrated movie.

Today's Elle's first day at Harvard Law School

When you become a genius because of your daily experiences ❤

How sad , ALOT of people wear GLASSES that don't need them just to look SMART 🤣

This is making me want to watch it again

Impressed that the professor knew Elle's name without a roll-call or seating plan... (maybe she met her earlier in the film? I've not watched it yet)

I remember my first day at Harvard. Those toilets are still the same as anywhere else to clean.

…you go where ??” 😂😂

This again was my favorite part in this movie that I really loved. And I really loved the 2nd "Legally Blonde" film.

Crazy how this was made decades ago

She was crazy though with that little notebook 😂

“Those immortal words.”

I watched the movie several times but I cannot understand how it happened that Elle studied very hard, got into Harvard law school but somehow missed that the students had to get acquainted with certain materials for the 1st class and that she is the only one who missed that they had an assignment? Meaning that the assignment was clear enough, how could she miss it then?

Her outfit gives pyjamas vibes

Her outfit is so cute 🥰

Being a law school after all, maybe she should have reminded the teacher who pays whom.

I'm watching all these law students open up their big think laptops on my slim sleek laptop...

Bahahahahahah she looks geeky in those glasses but she is beautiful ❤

Yes you go girl❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Corrupt guy left her just because he was so superficial

i Think that Vivian and the teacher did the right thing because Elle is gunna come back where she has study so hard and become smarter for the law School

The quotation on the board is so spectacularly wrong it's funny.

Exactly what our prof did. 😂 Makes you doubt simple fact. He is good.

Hey, I'm not leaving the classroom. I paid to be here. "How else am I going to bask in the wonder of your knowledge?"

If any of you are wondering about her attire, have you seen many civil court lawyers and judges today??? Ponytails, cheap suits, horn rimmed glasses... And the fanciest most decked out building in the poorest communities in the USA? Yes, you got that right: the court house. You pay taxes and yet you don't ask what they bought?

I love fashion and legally blonde it’s like a fashion show

She was ready to "look the part".

Poor WAITLISTED Warner!

Our topic is BLOOD IN THE WATER!!!

"Like its hard?"😂😂

She calls the dog bruiser. Tat thing must have been giving her bruises😂

I think Bruiser is an awesome actor. He stole scenes

Judge Kittleson 🥰🥰🥰

As a legally blind person Salma Hayek I'm quite offended . It is easy for a teacher to judge when they haven't lived in our shoes .How about making sure we have our accommodations ready number four classes then argue. You got to leave it to learn it!😢

Omg... That's Alaric from tvd

What a queen also so me coded

I was thinking about this same exact scene just yesterday

That would explain the Diversity Jurisdiction the teacher said.