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

is this because most law students would quit this profession...
Internet-worthy water buffalo indirect expression
  01/30/21
it's so fact specific. they'd have to include like a fake pa...
Khaki chest-beating organic girlfriend
  01/30/21
they could at least teach basic written objections under the...
Internet-worthy water buffalo indirect expression
  01/30/21
been doing it 6 years now and i still am kind of clueless. o...
Ocher goal in life becky
  01/30/21
the point is that it provides billable hours which helps mak...
Internet-worthy water buffalo indirect expression
  01/30/21
i suppose this would explain why none of it really makes any...
Ocher goal in life becky
  01/30/21
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...,....,,........
  03/31/26
Couldn't they use real ones from historical cases just like ...
Exhilarant Selfie Roommate
  01/30/21
yes here is a black marker make sure the redact the names, b...
Cocky Excitant Location Generalized Bond
  01/30/21
Black marker is TTT. If your scanner's contrast or black lev...
Ultramarine Arrogant Hospital Affirmative Action
  01/30/21
I have a plan of doing a barbri type real practical law firm...
nudist rose senate
  01/30/21
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maroon stimulating dilemma
  01/30/21
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boyish brass university
  01/30/21
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Khaki chest-beating organic girlfriend
  01/30/21
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Internet-worthy water buffalo indirect expression
  01/30/21
and send them nasty emails in the early AM
adventurous voyeur
  01/30/21
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bat shit crazy trump supporter
  01/30/21
it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers
big well-lubricated toilet seat
  01/30/21
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Thriller Theater Stage
  01/30/21
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...,....,,........
  03/31/26
My LS had pretrial practice and trial practice classes (elec...
boyish brass university
  01/30/21
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Titillating parlor
  01/30/21
TTT's teach these kinds of shitlaw classes, no?
very tactful hairless bawdyhouse jewess
  01/30/21
Some teach it.
costumed legend
  01/30/21
Because the law profs who would have to teach it don't have ...
sinister hyperactive whorehouse really tough guy
  01/30/21
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...,....,,........
  03/31/26
kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to ...
Dull haunting shitlib
  01/30/21
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Internet-worthy water buffalo indirect expression
  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: Internet-worthy water buffalo indirect expression

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=2Reputation#41856046)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:15 PM
Author: Khaki chest-beating organic girlfriend

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=2Reputation#41856058)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:17 PM
Author: Internet-worthy water buffalo indirect expression

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=2Reputation#41856067)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:23 PM
Author: Ocher goal in life becky

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=2Reputation#41856106)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:25 PM
Author: Internet-worthy water buffalo indirect expression

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=2Reputation#41856123)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: Ocher goal in life becky

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

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



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:24 PM
Author: Exhilarant Selfie Roommate

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=2Reputation#41856114)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:02 PM
Author: Cocky Excitant Location Generalized Bond

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=2Reputation#41856612)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:19 PM
Author: Ultramarine Arrogant Hospital Affirmative Action

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=2Reputation#41856987)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: nudist rose senate

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=2Reputation#41856129)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: maroon stimulating dilemma



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: boyish brass university



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:30 PM
Author: Khaki chest-beating organic girlfriend



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: Internet-worthy water buffalo indirect expression



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:40 PM
Author: adventurous voyeur

and send them nasty emails in the early AM

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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:56 PM
Author: bat shit crazy trump supporter



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:59 PM
Author: big well-lubricated toilet seat

it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers

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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:09 PM
Author: Thriller Theater Stage



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



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: boyish brass university

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=2Reputation#41856133)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: Titillating parlor



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:59 PM
Author: very tactful hairless bawdyhouse jewess

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



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:43 PM
Author: costumed legend

Some teach it.

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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:07 PM
Author: sinister hyperactive whorehouse really tough guy

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=2Reputation#41856896)



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



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:08 PM
Author: Dull haunting shitlib

kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to asshole partners

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



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Date: February 9th, 2022 4:22 PM
Author: Internet-worthy water buffalo indirect expression



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