History Headscratchers / LegallyBlonde

** Well, that's not quite what Callahan's saying. He's saying that a good lawyer, someone who isn't "spineless", will take on any case they can win, whereas a spineless lawyer will follow their morals. It makes more sense viewing "spineless" as meaning under the control of their emotions rather than purely interested in money.

** The most likely answer is that law school grades are pretty much entirely dependent on exams, and it's usually just one big end-of-year exam per class and maybe a single midterm in December. As such, while not knowing her material and getting kicked out of class a lot might not endear her to her professors, it's unlikely that this would actually impact her grades (basically, it's an assumption that it'll work itself out because a student who can't handle the coursework won't be able to pass the exams anyway). Elle may ''feel'' like she's flunking out due to how poorly she's doing (and might even be misunderstanding law school grading and thinking she's actually losing points for these things), but in reality, if it's only October of her first year, she probably doesn't even ''have'' any grades yet, good or bad. As long as she aces her exams, she'll get top grades regardless of what happened earlier in the year.

** Law school grades are pretty much entirely dependent on exams, and it's usually just one big end-of-year exam per class and maybe a single midterm in December. As such, while not knowing her material and getting kicked out of class a lot might not endear her to her professors, it's unlikely that this would have any direct impact on her grades (and catching up on the material would prevent her from being behind come exam time). Elle may ''feel'' like she's flunking out due to how poorly she's doing (and might even be misunderstanding law school grading and thinking she's actually losing points for these things), but in reality, if it's only October, there's probably nothing that's happened yet that would actually have impacts on her grades. As long as she aced her exams, it doesn't really matter what happened in class earlier in the year.

*** He did state that they knew each other in Prep School. (The movie even states that they were dating then.)

** Well, October would still be only partway through her first semester, and law school doesn't really do grades the same way as undergrad; rather than being graded on a series of assignments throughout the semester, you're basically graded for the entire course based on the final exam. So even though Elle ''says'' she's "flunking out of school" in October, it's probably more of a projection ("I'm going to flunk out at this rate"), not an actual expression of where her grades are because she probably doesn't have any real grades to speak of at this point. As long as she got a good grade on her exam, it doesn't really matter if she struggled in class early in the year. She's studying hard by early in October in the musical, so she could certainly have caught up. And since Emmett says "first big test and she aced it" over her debate with Warner, this presumably happened before any ''actual'' exam, which would mean Elle ''did'' get up to speed before the first exam rolled around.

* How old is Paulette? In the musical it says that she met her ex in a bar, meaning she had to be at least 21 to get in. They lived together for 10 years making her at least 31 when they broke up so at least that helps. She also describes herself as middle aged which implies 40s/50s. However she’s young enough to get pregnant in the epilogue.

* How, exactly, did Enid win Callahan's internship? Callahan pointed out that her emotions made her weak, and she doesn't show much improvement, before or afterward (especially before, considering she charges Vivienne in a berserk rage when she thinks she called Gloria Steinem a skank).

* It occurred to me that maybe Callahan granted Enid and Vivienne -- two upstanding, go-getting female students -- the internship so that, in case Elle openly complained about Callahan sexually harassing her, Callahan could point to his other two female interns and say that he's supported other young women and never laid a finger on them -- who could possibly call him a misogynistic toerag? That, ''plus'' the fact that Enid and Vivienne are both (at the outset) unlikely to support Elle or back her up if she ''does'' accues Callahan.
* I always thought that Warner only did well because Vivienne was helping him study (supported by the fact that he got in to Harvard on his family's money rather than academic ability). This would explain how someone who got the internship would do so poorly that he would quit law school altogether after Vivienne broke up with him. Enid might be controlled by her emotions but like Elle, who was chosen partially because she was smart, and didn't agree with Callahan's amoral attorney strategy, probably proved herself good enough to get the position. Callahan does probably care about the image boost having a lesbian and a Huntington as his interns but if they aren't good lawyers it wouldn't mean much and might lower public opinion of him.

** The musical does make the timeline more plausible, noting that Warner and Vivienne met in high school, and having him propose when the internship starts (which is presumably near the end of the semester).

** I think the honest answer is a little bit of both. Based on a google search it seems like the basic fact is true, a half-loop stitch is a sewing technique that is indeed not suitable for delicate fabrics such as rayon or China Silk which is substituted in the musical. However on the other hand a half-loop stitch is a hand sewing technique so it's unlikely that a dress being sold in a shop would use it anyway since even high end clothing is still generally done with a sewing machine nowadays.

** Well, October would still be only partway through her first semester, and as I understand it, law school grades tend to be heavily based on exams. If she was able to pull it together in time to knock it out of the park on her exam, it would probably cancel out some of the low scores (which would be on comparatively low-value assignments) from the beginning of the semester. She's studying hard by early in October in the musical, so she could certainly have caught up. Emmett does say "first big test and she aced it" when she starts studying, so presumably Elle did pull herself together early enough to salvage her first-semester grades.

** In addition to the above points, bear in mind that Chuck/Carlos isn't necessarily acting completely rationally. Maybe initially he plans to confront Nikos after the trial since he doesn't want to waste the court's time, or maybe Chutney's paying Nikos off to lie and he knows about the bribery. However, having Nikos openly deny their relationship on the stand understandably made him very upset, enough that he would confront Nikos then and there. It's not necessarily a sensible decision, but it makes sense for the character to make that decision in that context.

** Well, October would still be only partway through her first semester, and as I understand it, law school grades tend to be heavily based on exams. If she was able to pull it together in time to knock it out of the park on her exam, it would probably cancel out some of the low scores (which would be on comparatively low-value assignments) from the beginning of the semester. She's studying hard by early in October in the musical, so she could certainly have caught up.

** Brooke is presumed to be guilty for the same reason that Elle is presumed to be a shallow ditz. The other lawyers would have a harder time seeing past her pretty celebrity marrying an older rich man for money. It is not a barrier for Elle, though. Elle understands how it is not to be taken seriously as a pretty woman and she knows people are going to assume the worst about Brooke because of her looks and her fame. Though she does go a little overboard with it, she wanted Brooke to feel like someone was truly on her side -- even more so when Brooke can prove that she's innocent.

** How did Warner win the internship? He lost the mock case to Elle before, and doesn't seem to have made much of an impression on Callahan otherwise, and then apparently ended up being so bad at law school that he dropped out. Considering that everyone kept saying that the internship meant a guaranteed career, he must have been an idiot.
*** I assumed that Callahan was more into the image of his potential interns rather than ability - Elle so he could sleep with her, Warner due to his family's political leanings and his aspiring career ([[TruthInTelevision Some big-name politicians take on Harvard graduates as assistants/apprentices and try and help them in exchange for following their ideologies]] so Callahan was possibly exploiting Warner for connections) and the point stated below.
** It occurred to me that maybe Callahan granted Enid and Vivienne -- two upstanding, go-getting female students -- the internship so that, in case Elle openly complained about Callahan sexually harassing her, Callahan could point to his other two female interns and say that he's never laid a finger on them -- who could possibly call him a misogynistic toerag? That, ''plus'' the fact that Enid and Vivienne are both (at the outset) unlikely to support Elle or back her up if she ''does'' accues Callahan.
** I always thought that Warner only did well because Vivienne was helping him study. This would explain how some one who got the internship would do so poorly that he would quit law school altogether after Vivienne broke up with him. Enid might be controlled by her emotions but like Elle, who was chosen partially because she was smart, and didn't agree with Callahan's amoral attorney strategy, probably proved herself good enough to get the position. Callahan does probably care about the image boost having a lesbian and a Huntington as his interns but if they aren't good lawyers it wouldn't mean much and might lower public opinion of him.

** He probably reacted on instinct, or else that he honestly thought Enrique WAS seeing Brooke but didn't mind since Brooke is female (there are people who think it's totally OK for someone to date both a male and a female and think [[InsaneTrollLogic it's not cheating since it's a chap dating boy and a girl and not two blokes or two birds. If he was seeing two people of the same gender, THAT would be cheating in their eyes. Since it wasn't, it somehow doesn't count to those people]]). After all, Enrique was under oath; he may have thought Enrique was telling the 100% truth because of it, and then thought that Enrique had lied to him during their relationship. Something like that.

*** 3. It's fun.

** She says she's been doing perms twice, I think, per year every since she was twelve. When it comes to hair habits, that's the sort of thing you don't just forget. Add that Elle put extra-pressure on her by specifically saying that anyone with that number of perms done would remember that. Now she could've washed if she thought that this one turned out bad, but they could probably ask her hairstylist if she complained about it in the salon or something.

** Well, October would still be only partway through her first semester, and as I understand it, law school grades tend to be heavily based on exams. If she was able to pull it together in time to knock it out of the park on her exam, it would probably cancel out some of the low scores (which would be on comparatively low-value assignments) from the beginning of the semester.

** And Enid's there as well, isn't she? Her last name is Wexlin or something that starts with We, so she'd be above Elle.

* I really do think it was probably just being caught off guard. It seems like she didn't even notice anything was off with her story, let alone expect anyone to pick up on it. When Elle calls her on the inconsistency, she's not prepared with an explanation and isn't able to come up with one on the fly; this, combined with the pressure of being in the spotlight, causes her to lose it and admit the truth.

** To clarify: It's not entirely unheard of and actually suggested that students wishing to go into Law and Medical schools to pick extremely easy undergraduate majors and take the bare minimum of classes necessary. Because schools are so numbers based, picking a serious major is a detriment. Harder majors means it's harder to get a better grade as the students are more competitive and the grade curve skews lower. A 4.0 GPA in fashion merchandising looks better than a 3.5 in Biomedical Engineering. For proof, just look at statistics for majors or pre-meds and pre-law. A huge amount of them have nothing to do with med or law school.

* The typical age range for women to go through menopause is 48 to 55. Whilst fertility does decline it is still possible for a woman in her 40s and early 50s to get pregnant if she's still ovulating.

** Chutney was caught off guard. She didn't expect ''that'' to be where she got found out. And if she lied to say she got her hair re-done, they could easily have called the salon and checked that out (if they don't have an appointment book then surely whoever was working there would remember someone coming back in the next day or so soon after to have it re-done). And maybe Chutney realised that since her alibi was falling apart around her, it was better to just confess and get it over with.
* Adding on to this, I don't understand why no one has ever brought this up, but why didn't Chutney just say that she was wearing a showercap in the shower so her hair didn't get wet? That isn't thought of as an option to anyone.

** One of the last things Chutney says before Elle calls her out is, "I was in the shower, I was washing my hair." Hard to claim you were wearing a showercap after that.