Books like Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown
Elle Wood, a blunt, creative jewelry design major from the University of Southern California, loves her boyfriend Warner Huntingdon III. When Warner announces he'll attend Stanford Law School and hopes to find a more serious partner, Elle and her Bichon Frise, Underdog, decide to follow him to Stanford. There she faces a skeptical campus and, after being hired as an intern, takes on a high-profile murder case—the Murder of Malibu—where she defends Brooke Vandermark, a former fitness star accused of killing her billionaire husband. In the courtroom, Elle’s perseverance and charm lead to a courtroom victory that upends stereotypes about blondes in law.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comedy Fiction
Authors: Amanda Brown
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