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

is this because most law students would quit this profession...
Lime Contagious Theater Stage
  01/30/21
it's so fact specific. they'd have to include like a fake pa...
Gold public bath trust fund
  01/30/21
they could at least teach basic written objections under the...
Lime Contagious Theater Stage
  01/30/21
been doing it 6 years now and i still am kind of clueless. o...
Carmine overrated knife chapel
  01/30/21
the point is that it provides billable hours which helps mak...
Lime Contagious Theater Stage
  01/30/21
i suppose this would explain why none of it really makes any...
Carmine overrated knife chapel
  01/30/21
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...,....,,........
  03/31/26
Couldn't they use real ones from historical cases just like ...
grizzly digit ratio
  01/30/21
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...
titillating hominid legal warrant
  01/30/21
I have a plan of doing a barbri type real practical law firm...
Internet-worthy feces nowag
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infuriating soul-stirring death wish hall
  01/30/21
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Gold public bath trust fund
  01/30/21
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Lime Contagious Theater Stage
  01/30/21
and send them nasty emails in the early AM
Heady umber foreskin pit
  01/30/21
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  01/30/21
it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers
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...,....,,........
  03/31/26
My LS had pretrial practice and trial practice classes (elec...
infuriating soul-stirring death wish hall
  01/30/21
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Cyan Background Story Candlestick Maker
  01/30/21
TTT's teach these kinds of shitlaw classes, no?
Thriller Hot Filthpig Preventive Strike
  01/30/21
Some teach it.
Fiercely-loyal Stag Film
  01/30/21
Because the law profs who would have to teach it don't have ...
beta school factory reset button
  01/30/21
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...,....,,........
  03/31/26
kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to ...
Stubborn Twinkling Uncleanness
  01/30/21
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Lime Contagious Theater Stage
  02/09/22
i practically invented "e"-discovery
t.rick o'treat panama
  03/31/26
I took a class on it in law school. Professor spent half th...
George Jetson
  03/31/26


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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:13 PM
Author: Lime Contagious Theater 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=2Elisa#41856046)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:15 PM
Author: Gold public bath trust fund

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=2Elisa#41856058)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:17 PM
Author: Lime Contagious Theater 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=2Elisa#41856067)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:23 PM
Author: Carmine overrated knife chapel

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=2Elisa#41856106)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:25 PM
Author: Lime Contagious Theater 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=2Elisa#41856123)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: Carmine overrated knife chapel

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

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



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:12 AM
Author: ...,....,,........



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2Elisa#49782561)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:24 PM
Author: grizzly digit ratio

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=2Elisa#41856114)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:02 PM
Author: Crusty mad-dog skullcap parlour

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=2Elisa#41856612)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:19 PM
Author: titillating hominid legal warrant

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=2Elisa#41856987)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: Internet-worthy feces nowag

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=2Elisa#41856129)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: Razzle obsidian office hunting ground



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: infuriating soul-stirring death wish hall



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:30 PM
Author: Gold public bath trust fund



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: Lime Contagious Theater Stage



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:40 PM
Author: Heady umber foreskin pit

and send them nasty emails in the early AM

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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:56 PM
Author: bronze hairy legs bawdyhouse



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:59 PM
Author: Domesticated police squad

it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers

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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:09 PM
Author: Vibrant pink really tough guy bbw



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:12 AM
Author: ...,....,,........



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: infuriating soul-stirring death wish hall

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=2Elisa#41856133)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: Cyan Background Story Candlestick Maker



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:59 PM
Author: Thriller Hot Filthpig Preventive Strike

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



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:43 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Stag Film

Some teach it.

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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:07 PM
Author: beta school factory reset button

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=2Elisa#41856896)



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:13 AM
Author: ...,....,,........



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:08 PM
Author: Stubborn Twinkling Uncleanness

kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to asshole partners

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



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Date: February 9th, 2022 4:22 PM
Author: Lime Contagious Theater Stage



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



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:14 AM
Author: t.rick o'treat panama

i practically invented "e"-discovery

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



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:42 AM
Author: George Jetson

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=2Elisa#49782597)