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why don't law schools teach pre-trial discovery?

is this because most law students would quit this profession...
Confused bearded deer antler corner
  01/30/21
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Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
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it's so fact specific. they'd have to include like a fake pa...
big startling haunted graveyard
  01/30/21
they could at least teach basic written objections under the...
Confused bearded deer antler corner
  01/30/21
been doing it 6 years now and i still am kind of clueless. o...
greedy doobsian affirmative action idea he suggested
  01/30/21
the point is that it provides billable hours which helps mak...
Confused bearded deer antler corner
  01/30/21
i suppose this would explain why none of it really makes any...
greedy doobsian affirmative action idea he suggested
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bistre old irish cottage
  03/31/26
Couldn't they use real ones from historical cases just like ...
histrionic telephone
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yes here is a black marker make sure the redact the names, b...
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Black marker is TTT. If your scanner's contrast or black lev...
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I have a plan of doing a barbri type real practical law firm...
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big startling haunted graveyard
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Confused bearded deer antler corner
  01/30/21
and send them nasty emails in the early AM
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Diverse transparent mood
  01/30/21
it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers
Odious Garnet Office
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  03/31/26
My LS had pretrial practice and trial practice classes (elec...
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  01/30/21
TTT's teach these kinds of shitlaw classes, no?
Fuchsia stage
  01/30/21
Some teach it.
electric newt
  01/30/21
Because the law profs who would have to teach it don't have ...
Chestnut Cuckold
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bistre old irish cottage
  03/31/26
kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to ...
fear-inspiring kitchen son of senegal
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Confused bearded deer antler corner
  02/09/22
i practically invented "e"-discovery
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  03/31/26
I took a class on it in law school. Professor spent half th...
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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:13 PM
Author: Confused bearded deer antler corner

is this because most law students would quit this profession while they are ahead if they knew a significant portion of their day-to-day jobs will involve this work?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856046)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:19 AM
Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (One Year Performance 1978-1979 (Cage Piece) (Awfully coy u are))



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:15 PM
Author: big startling haunted graveyard

it's so fact specific. they'd have to include like a fake packet of emails and then have you go through them generating objections and privilege logs? lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856058)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:17 PM
Author: Confused bearded deer antler corner

they could at least teach basic written objections under the federal rules. first-year biglaw attys are clueless about this stuff.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856067)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:23 PM
Author: greedy doobsian affirmative action idea he suggested

been doing it 6 years now and i still am kind of clueless. of the thousands of written discovery objections ive dutifully copy and pasted into discovery responses, not one of them has ever been of any consequence. what is the point of this whole charade?

otherwise i do agree that it would be useful to teach law students. i used to stress about discovery responses as a first/second year bc i didn’t know wtf i was doing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856106)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:25 PM
Author: Confused bearded deer antler corner

the point is that it provides billable hours which helps make a select few people rich

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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: greedy doobsian affirmative action idea he suggested

i suppose this would explain why none of it really makes any sense

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856157)



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:12 AM
Author: bistre old irish cottage



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:24 PM
Author: histrionic telephone

Couldn't they use real ones from historical cases just like how business schools do "case studies"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856114)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:02 PM
Author: Exciting Chartreuse Casino

yes here is a black marker make sure the redact the names, birthdate and social security numbers and then put it together with Exhibit tabs....wtf

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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:19 PM
Author: Low-t Associate Business Firm

Black marker is TTT. If your scanner's contrast or black level settings aren't right, you'll be able to see text. Just use your pdf software's redaction function.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856987)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: Excitant Salmon Step-uncle's House Generalized Bond

I have a plan of doing a barbri type real practical law firm skill 4 week “boot camp” just like this actually. It would drill in real important shit to hit the ground running. 90% of it would be keeping them in an office organizing and responding to fake emails until 2 am every night.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856129)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: Floppy gold stead potus



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: laughsome purple gaming laptop



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:30 PM
Author: big startling haunted graveyard



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: Confused bearded deer antler corner



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:40 PM
Author: Angry clown

and send them nasty emails in the early AM

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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:56 PM
Author: Diverse transparent mood



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:59 PM
Author: Odious Garnet Office

it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856862)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:09 PM
Author: Vibrant black abode milk



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:12 AM
Author: bistre old irish cottage



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: laughsome purple gaming laptop

My LS had pretrial practice and trial practice classes (electives). But yeah, they didn't teach doc review, lol. It was stuff like written discovery, depos, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856133)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: Glittery theater stage giraffe



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:59 PM
Author: Fuchsia stage

TTT's teach these kinds of shitlaw classes, no?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856594)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:43 PM
Author: electric newt

Some teach it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856798)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:07 PM
Author: Chestnut Cuckold

Because the law profs who would have to teach it don't have any real experience with pretrial discovery

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856896)



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:13 AM
Author: bistre old irish cottage



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:08 PM
Author: fear-inspiring kitchen son of senegal

kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to asshole partners

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#41856904)



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Date: February 9th, 2022 4:22 PM
Author: Confused bearded deer antler corner



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:14 AM
Author: multi-colored laser beams gay wizard

i practically invented "e"-discovery

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#49782565)



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:42 AM
Author: Painfully honest cyan sweet tailpipe sandwich

I took a class on it in law school. Professor spent half the semester teaching us how to write the definition section of discovery requests to make sure we defined “documents” etc correctly. In practice those never apply because the requests pretty much just ask you to produce everything relevant about the accident or event and a judge would sanction you for not producing an email because the term document didn’t specifically include emails.

TLDR: my professor practiced law for 2 years, became a professor, and taught nothing of importance on discovery in the discovery class

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2...#49782597)