It stars Reese Witherspoon (who also served as the film's executive producer) alongside an ensemble cast featuring Sally Field, Regina King, Jennifer Coolidge, Bruce McGill, Dana Ivey, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Bob Newhart, Luke Wilson, and Bruce Thomas, with Coolidge, Wilson, and Thomas reprising their roles from the first film.

After graduating from Harvard Law School,[a] Elle Woods wants her Chihuahua, Bruiser, to reunite with his mother, hoping both dogs will attend her wedding to her fiancé Emmett.

While working for Congresswoman Victoria Rudd, Elle is met with skepticism and other barriers common to Washington politics.

After a variety of ups and downs including a failed attempt to improve her work environment by having her co-workers write compliments about one another and place them in the "snap cup", Elle starts to lose her faith in Washington politics.

He has been affectionate with Leslie, a Rottweiller owned by Congressman Stan Marks, the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce which has jurisdiction over Bruiser's Bill.

She has a recorded conversation during which Rudd admits to Elle that she has been working against Bruiser's Bill to help her sponsors who want to continue testing on animals.

Emmett asks Elle where she wants to live since they are now a married couple, and he suggests the cities of Boston, Beverly Hills, and Washington DC.

[6] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "B" on scale of A+ to F.[7] Entertainment Weekly ranked it at number 21 on their list of "Top 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made" (2006).

[14] In June 2018, Reese Witherspoon entered negotiations with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to produce and star in a third installment in the Legally Blonde film series.