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

is this because most law students would quit this profession...
cracking hideous institution digit ratio
  01/30/21
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Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
  04/24/26
Fuck yes
...,....,,........
  04/24/26
it's so fact specific. they'd have to include like a fake pa...
Magenta Abode
  01/30/21
they could at least teach basic written objections under the...
cracking hideous institution digit ratio
  01/30/21
been doing it 6 years now and i still am kind of clueless. o...
Grizzly Turdskin
  01/30/21
the point is that it provides billable hours which helps mak...
cracking hideous institution digit ratio
  01/30/21
i suppose this would explain why none of it really makes any...
Grizzly Turdskin
  01/30/21
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contagious gaped resort puppy
  03/31/26
Couldn't they use real ones from historical cases just like ...
Citrine unholy office
  01/30/21
yes here is a black marker make sure the redact the names, b...
Soggy stain
  01/30/21
Black marker is TTT. If your scanner's contrast or black lev...
Exhilarant Nubile Telephone Boiling Water
  01/30/21
I have a plan of doing a barbri type real practical law firm...
cyan property
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Soul-stirring bipolar nowag
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motley mediation national
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Magenta Abode
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cracking hideous institution digit ratio
  01/30/21
and send them nasty emails in the early AM
irate misunderstood menage
  01/30/21
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transparent tanning salon sandwich
  01/30/21
it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers
trip bright sweet tailpipe boistinker
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180 spot
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contagious gaped resort puppy
  03/31/26
My LS had pretrial practice and trial practice classes (elec...
motley mediation national
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Impertinent kitchen idea he suggested
  01/30/21
TTT's teach these kinds of shitlaw classes, no?
Thirsty boltzmann personal credit line
  01/30/21
Some teach it.
Misanthropic Lake School Cafeteria Azn
  01/30/21
Because the law profs who would have to teach it don't have ...
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contagious gaped resort puppy
  03/31/26
kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to ...
boyish poppy plaza mood
  01/30/21
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cracking hideous institution digit ratio
  02/09/22
i practically invented "e"-discovery
slate coldplay fan
  03/31/26
I took a class on it in law school. Professor spent half th...
Plum kitty hall
  03/31/26
Sounds like we all had the same professor
...,....,,........
  04/24/26
"why don't law schools teach [topic]"? guy who di...
sealclubber
  04/24/26


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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:13 PM
Author: cracking hideous institution digit ratio

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))



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2,#49839103)



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

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: Magenta Abode

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: cracking hideous institution digit ratio

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: Grizzly Turdskin

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: cracking hideous institution digit ratio

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: Grizzly Turdskin

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: contagious gaped resort puppy



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:24 PM
Author: Citrine unholy office

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: Soggy stain

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: Exhilarant Nubile Telephone Boiling Water

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: cyan property

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: Soul-stirring bipolar nowag



(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: motley mediation national



(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: Magenta Abode



(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: cracking hideous institution digit ratio



(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: irate misunderstood menage

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: transparent tanning salon sandwich



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:59 PM
Author: trip bright sweet tailpipe boistinker

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: 180 spot



(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: contagious gaped resort puppy



(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: motley mediation national

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: Impertinent kitchen idea he suggested



(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: Thirsty boltzmann personal credit line

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: Misanthropic Lake School Cafeteria Azn

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: disrespectful lime athletic conference church building

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: contagious gaped resort puppy



(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: boyish poppy plaza mood

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: cracking hideous institution digit ratio



(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: slate coldplay fan

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: Plum kitty hall

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)