ACT 2
PPT: SCARED STRAGHT – SLIDE
“SCARED STRAIGHT CLE FOR LAWYERS” SIGN IS HELD UP WALKED ACROSS STAGE
[The scene opens with Elle Woods sitting in the corner area of the classroom, petting her Chihuahua Bruiser (named after J. Lyman "Bruiser" Stone from the novel The Rainmaker), dreamily reminiscing about Warner Huntington III, the love of her life and about her days at Harvard Law. She hears Saul speaking in the background, but she’s preoccupied with becoming Mrs. Warner Huntington, III.]
SAUL: Chihuahua Lady… what are you doing back there? Why don’t you join the rest of the class and tell us why you are blessing us with your presence today.
PPT: LEGALLY BLONDE MOVIE TITLE – SLIDE
ELLE: Chihuahua Lady? Really?!... I’m Elle Woods and this is Bruiser Woods. We’re both Gemini vegetarians.
PPT: ELLE IN PINK SUIT WITH BRUISER – SLIDE
SAUL: I really don’t care whether you’re carnivorous or whether you’re a Capricorn… Why are you here? What did you do to land yourself in this room?
ELLE: Well, the Bar said it had something to do with failing to timely update my application, but they must be wrong.
ELLE:I was working as an associate, defending the famous fitness instructor, Brooke Taylor-Windham.
PPT: BROOK TAYLOR WINDHAM- SLIDE
ELLE:She was accused of murdering her older billionaire husband. And I single handedly got Brooke acquitted of the murder charge.
[EVERYONE looks at the PPT screen]
PPT: VIDEO CLIP OF ELLE DOING BEND AND SNAP -SLIDE
SAUL: (sarcastically) so you’re a superstar, but why are you here?
ELLE: Well, Warner and I were supposed to get married. I was going to become Mrs. Warner Huntington, III. I followed Warner all the way to Harvard from Bell Air. I read up about the LSATs and I went all the way to Harvard,
PPT: HARVARD –SLIDE
ELLE: then Warner ambushed me. He said, “Elle, if I want to be a Senator, I need to marry a Jackie, not a Marilyn.” Would you believe that… he broke up with me! After all that! So I worked hard, studied harder and tried to win him back.
After law school, I took the job defending Brooke.
SAUL: We know, you’re pining away for Warner, PPT: WARNER &ELLE- SLIDE 7 but what did you do to wind up in a seminar on Ethics and Professionalism?
ELLE: Oh… that. I guess it had something to do with the restraining order. I had just taken and passed the Bar Exam. I filled out the application . . . . .
PPT: ELLE AND HER PINK PEN –SLIDE
ELLE:and apparently I “failed to keep ALL my responses to the application questions current, complete, and correct . . . . ”
HILLARY CLINTON: Awe that’s nothing serious! I mean it’s not like you slept with an intern.
PPT: BILL CLINTON & MONICA LEWINSKI –SLIDE
ELLE: Well, Warner became engaged to another student, Vivian Kensington.
PPT: VIVIAN FROM LEGALLY BLONDE – SLIDE
ELLE: I couldn’t have that. So, Bruiser and I went to Warner’s office to talk to him. We went to convince him to come back to me. He wasn’t there, but his assistant let me know that he was going to be downtown at the Courthouse later that day. I decided to talk to him since I had to be in Court too. I saw him in the Courtroom with Vivian and I approached him. Things got a little out of control and somehow Vivian wound up face down in the four tiered wedding cake that was being used an exhibit for their trial.
ANOTHER STUDENT: [whispering to someone else next to him]Do you think she woke up one morning and said “I think I’ll go to law school today?”
ELLE: So anyway, I’m not sure what happened next, but next thing you know, Vivian Kensington had the Court take out a restraining order on me, I think it was the temporary kind. I was told that I couldn’t go into the Courthouse and I was fired from my job.
DONALD TRUMP: [speaking to another male in the class]She’s a 10. Heidi Klum’s no longer a 10, but she’s a 10.
PPT: DONALD TRUMP QUOTE RE HEIDI KLUM – SLIDE
ELLE: So, the Judge issued the injunction and somehow the Bar got wind of it. There was group of people… I believe they were the Board of Bar Examiners. This secret Boardwas conducting background investigations. They believed that the injunction was some sort of complaint against me and that I should have told them.
[GAME SHOW MUSIC STARTS]
PPT: WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE WITH MUSIC – SLIDE
PPT: OR AN WTHICAL LAWYER – SLIDE
GAME SHOW
REGIS: Welcome Back to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire – Ethical Lawyer Edition! We are here with our last contestant, Catherine Byron Valesquez and she is ready to win One million Dollars!
REGIS: Right Cathy?
CONTESTANT: Right Regis!
PPT: REGIS AND THE CONTESTANT – SLIDE
REGIS: OK Cathy, you know how this goes, answer the questions, use a lifeline, the audience wins prizes, and you win One Million Dollars! Cathy are you ready to play?
CONTESTANT: I’m ready!
REGIS: Audience ready?
REGIS: OK. Here …. We ….Go!
REGIS: For $16,000
PPT: QUESTION ANSWER – SLIDE
REGIS: If Elle Woods submitted her bar application in her second year of law school and the temporary restraining order was not issued until her third year of law school and, if she had already been cleared for admittance to the Florida Bar when the TRO was issued, is she required to report it?
- No, because it was of a temporary kind and it happened after the bar application was submitted
- Yes, she will have to report it if it is not quashed
- Yes, she has to report it within 60 days of its occurrence
- Yes, she has to report it within 30 days of its occurrence
CONTESTANT: Yikes! I think she has an obligation to update her bar application, so I think I can rule out A, but I don’t know if she has to report it if it eventually gets quashed or the exact time requirement! I better use a lifeline Regis and phone a friend.
PPT: PHONE A FRIEND- SLIDE
REGIS: Okay Cathy. Who do you want to call?
CONTESTANT: I’m going to call one of my friends in Lincoln Inn.
REGIS: OK. If someone out there in Lincoln Inn will take Cathy’s phone call, that person will receive these lovely See Jane Work desk accessories [pointing to power point screen], which contains a 10$ Starbucks gift card. Let’s see the hands of those in Lincoln Inn who are willing to take Cathy’s phone call and win themselves these lovely prizes.
PPT: SEE JANE WORK DESK ACCESSORIES – SLIDE
[Regis re reads the Q & As and gets an Answer from someone from Lincoln Inn. Cathy contemplates the proposed answer.]
REGIS: Alright Cathy do you want to go with your friend’s answer?
CONTESTANT: I’m not sure Regis,it’s a good answer but [in a sarcastic tone]it’s probably been AGES since those folks at Lincoln Inn submitted a Bar application! I think I need to use another lifeline and Poll the Audience to find out the thoughts of some youngerlawyers.
PPT: POLL THE AUDIENCE –SLIDE
REGIS:OK Audience you heard her. She needs your help. Let her know which answer you think isright. All those in favor A clap, those in favor of B? C? D?
REGIS: Cathy you heard from the audience. Do you trust them?
CONTESTANT:I do. I’ll go with answer ____
REGIS: You are right/wrong.
[Discussion/explanation of the Bar Rules and the case law]
PPT: BAR RULES & CASE LAW – SLIDE
[As discussion wraps up, MUSIC transitions us back to the Game Show via
PPT: MILLIONAIRE LOGO WITH MUSIC–SLIDE
REGIS: Well Cathy, you have used two of your life lines and you still have some left. Get ready for the next question. For $25,000, here….we …..go!
PPT: QUESTION AND ANSWERS- SLIDE
Q: Which factor would not be considered by the bar in evaluating Elle’s prior conduct during the Bar admissions process?
A. age of the conduct
B. social contributions since the time of conduct
C. age at the time of the conduct
D. monetary harm caused by the conduct
CONTESTANT: I don’t know Regis. Do I have any lifelines left?
REGIS: You sure do. What do you want to do?
CONTESTANT: I want to Poll the Audience
PPT: POLL THE AUDIENCE - SLIDE 23
REGIS: OK Cathy. Let’s do it. For $25,000 let’s find out what the Audience thinks.
Audience, if you think the answer is A clap, B? C? D?
REGIS: Cathy it sounds like the audience thinks the right answer is ___. Do you agree?
CONTESTANT: I do agree Regis.
REGIS: And you are right/wrong. Nice job
[Discussion/explanation of the Bar Rules and the case law]
PPT: BAR RULE – SLIDE
[As discussion wraps up, MUSIC transitions audience back to the Game Show via
PPT: MILLIONAIRE LOGO WITH MUSIC–SLIDE
REGIS: OK. It’s time for our regularly scheduled break. We’ll see you back in a moment for more of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire! But now, a word from our sponsor ….
[Office Depot COMMERCIAL plays while the scene is changed.]
PPT:OFFICE DEPOT COMMERCIAL
evaluating Elle’s prior conduct during the Bar admissions process