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

is this because most law students would quit this profession...
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Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
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Fuck yes
...,....,,........
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it's so fact specific. they'd have to include like a fake pa...
Curious Transparent Azn Death Wish
  01/30/21
they could at least teach basic written objections under the...
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  01/30/21
been doing it 6 years now and i still am kind of clueless. o...
concupiscible indecent half-breed
  01/30/21
the point is that it provides billable hours which helps mak...
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i suppose this would explain why none of it really makes any...
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Couldn't they use real ones from historical cases just like ...
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yes here is a black marker make sure the redact the names, b...
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  01/30/21
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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and send them nasty emails in the early AM
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it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers
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My LS had pretrial practice and trial practice classes (elec...
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Cerise dead locus
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TTT's teach these kinds of shitlaw classes, no?
Motley state ceo
  01/30/21
Some teach it.
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Because the law profs who would have to teach it don't have ...
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kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to ...
bull headed principal's office
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diverse self-centered business firm hunting ground
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i practically invented "e"-discovery
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I took a class on it in law school. Professor spent half th...
big-titted bat shit crazy corn cake
  03/31/26
Sounds like we all had the same professor
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"why don't law schools teach [topic]"? guy who di...
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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:13 PM
Author: diverse self-centered business firm hunting ground

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: April 24th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: ...,....,,........

Fuck yes

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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:15 PM
Author: Curious Transparent Azn Death Wish

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: diverse self-centered business firm hunting ground

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: concupiscible indecent half-breed

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: diverse self-centered business firm hunting ground

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: concupiscible indecent half-breed

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
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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:24 PM
Author: greedy mind-boggling pit

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: crimson filthpig

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: Racy Sexy Meetinghouse Lettuce

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: Flirting round eye

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: kink-friendly drunken chapel



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: startling background story school



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:30 PM
Author: Curious Transparent Azn Death Wish



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: diverse self-centered business firm hunting ground



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:40 PM
Author: passionate public bath toaster

and send them nasty emails in the early AM

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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:56 PM
Author: Lavender Location Yarmulke



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:59 PM
Author: white 180 trust fund regret

it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers

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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:09 PM
Author: Contagious Sandwich Codepig



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:12 AM
Author: sepia stain casino



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: startling background story school

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: Cerise dead locus



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:59 PM
Author: Motley state ceo

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: multi-colored arrogant forum persian

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: arousing glassy menage puppy

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: sepia stain casino



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:08 PM
Author: bull headed principal's office

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: diverse self-centered business firm hunting ground



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:14 AM
Author: spectacular famous landscape painting

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: big-titted bat shit crazy corn cake

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: ...,....,,........

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: sealclubber

"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)