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

is this because most law students would quit this profession...
razzle sienna newt stage
  01/30/21
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razzle sienna newt stage
  04/24/26
Fuck yes
Impressive juggernaut whorehouse
  04/24/26
it's so fact specific. they'd have to include like a fake pa...
Laughsome prole
  01/30/21
they could at least teach basic written objections under the...
razzle sienna newt stage
  01/30/21
been doing it 6 years now and i still am kind of clueless. o...
Fear-inspiring Death Wish Center
  01/30/21
the point is that it provides billable hours which helps mak...
razzle sienna newt stage
  01/30/21
i suppose this would explain why none of it really makes any...
Fear-inspiring Death Wish Center
  01/30/21
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Impressive juggernaut whorehouse
  03/31/26
Couldn't they use real ones from historical cases just like ...
Hairraiser pistol
  01/30/21
yes here is a black marker make sure the redact the names, b...
well-lubricated razzle-dazzle office associate
  01/30/21
Black marker is TTT. If your scanner's contrast or black lev...
Jade Persian Ape
  01/30/21
I have a plan of doing a barbri type real practical law firm...
Alcoholic Pea-brained Corner
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hot heaven dingle berry
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Laughsome prole
  01/30/21
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razzle sienna newt stage
  01/30/21
and send them nasty emails in the early AM
brindle hateful parlour idea he suggested
  01/30/21
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Wonderful giraffe public bath
  01/30/21
it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers
Unhinged field national security agency
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Light psychic native
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Impressive juggernaut whorehouse
  03/31/26
My LS had pretrial practice and trial practice classes (elec...
hot heaven dingle berry
  01/30/21
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jet-lagged trip set
  01/30/21
TTT's teach these kinds of shitlaw classes, no?
nofapping topaz multi-billionaire
  01/30/21
Some teach it.
Razzmatazz fighting bawdyhouse
  01/30/21
Because the law profs who would have to teach it don't have ...
Comical Community Account Mexican
  01/30/21
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Impressive juggernaut whorehouse
  03/31/26
kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to ...
mind-boggling parlor
  01/30/21
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razzle sienna newt stage
  02/09/22
i practically invented "e"-discovery
lavender dashing resort ratface
  03/31/26
I took a class on it in law school. Professor spent half th...
fragrant arrogant codepig
  03/31/26
Sounds like we all had the same professor
Impressive juggernaut whorehouse
  04/24/26
"why don't law schools teach [topic]"? guy who di...
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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:13 PM
Author: razzle sienna newt stage

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: razzle sienna newt stage



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Date: April 24th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Impressive juggernaut whorehouse

Fuck yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#49839783)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:15 PM
Author: Laughsome prole

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: razzle sienna newt stage

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: Fear-inspiring Death Wish Center

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: razzle sienna newt stage

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#41856123)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring Death Wish Center

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: Impressive juggernaut whorehouse



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:24 PM
Author: Hairraiser pistol

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: well-lubricated razzle-dazzle office associate

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#41856612)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:19 PM
Author: Jade Persian Ape

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: Alcoholic Pea-brained Corner

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: yapping cordovan base really tough guy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#41856139)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: hot heaven dingle berry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#41856143)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:30 PM
Author: Laughsome prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#41856150)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: razzle sienna newt stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#41856155)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:40 PM
Author: brindle hateful parlour idea he suggested

and send them nasty emails in the early AM

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#41856187)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:56 PM
Author: Wonderful giraffe public bath



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:59 PM
Author: Unhinged field national security agency

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: Light psychic native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#41856907)



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:12 AM
Author: Impressive juggernaut whorehouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#49782562)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: hot heaven dingle berry

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: jet-lagged trip set



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#41856160)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:59 PM
Author: nofapping topaz multi-billionaire

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: Razzmatazz fighting bawdyhouse

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: Comical Community Account Mexican

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: Impressive juggernaut whorehouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#49782563)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:08 PM
Author: mind-boggling parlor

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: razzle sienna newt stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#43938643)



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:14 AM
Author: lavender dashing resort ratface

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: fragrant arrogant codepig

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)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 12:04 PM
Author: Impressive juggernaut whorehouse

Sounds like we all had the same professor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#49839788)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 12:05 PM
Author: arousing anal box office

"why don't law schools teach [topic]"?

guy who didn't go to law school

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2#49839789)