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

is this because most law students would quit this profession...
Razzle-dazzle mint bawdyhouse
  01/30/21
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Razzle-dazzle mint bawdyhouse
  04/24/26
Fuck yes
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  04/24/26
it's so fact specific. they'd have to include like a fake pa...
bat-shit-crazy supple messiness cumskin
  01/30/21
they could at least teach basic written objections under the...
Razzle-dazzle mint bawdyhouse
  01/30/21
been doing it 6 years now and i still am kind of clueless. o...
ultramarine comical persian
  01/30/21
the point is that it provides billable hours which helps mak...
Razzle-dazzle mint bawdyhouse
  01/30/21
i suppose this would explain why none of it really makes any...
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Big maroon den fat ankles
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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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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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Razzle-dazzle mint bawdyhouse
  01/30/21
and send them nasty emails in the early AM
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Slap-happy pistol
  01/30/21
it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers
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Big maroon den fat ankles
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My LS had pretrial practice and trial practice classes (elec...
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TTT's teach these kinds of shitlaw classes, no?
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Some teach it.
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  01/30/21
Because the law profs who would have to teach it don't have ...
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Big maroon den fat ankles
  03/31/26
kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to ...
Hot church
  01/30/21
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Razzle-dazzle mint bawdyhouse
  02/09/22
i practically invented "e"-discovery
Painfully honest location legal warrant
  03/31/26
I took a class on it in law school. Professor spent half th...
contagious public bath
  03/31/26
Sounds like we all had the same professor
Big maroon den fat ankles
  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-dazzle mint bawdyhouse

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?

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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:19 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle mint bawdyhouse



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Date: April 24th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Big maroon den fat ankles

Fuck yes

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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:15 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy supple messiness cumskin

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.

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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:17 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle mint bawdyhouse

they could at least teach basic written objections under the federal rules. first-year biglaw attys are clueless about this stuff.

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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:23 PM
Author: ultramarine comical persian

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-dazzle mint bawdyhouse

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: ultramarine comical persian

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

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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:12 AM
Author: Big maroon den fat ankles



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:24 PM
Author: Coral tanning salon

Couldn't they use real ones from historical cases just like how business schools do "case studies"?

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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:02 PM
Author: Vermilion mad-dog skullcap hairy legs

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: Fishy cruel-hearted skinny woman stage

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.

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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: Twinkling mind-boggling base friendly grandma

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.

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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: High-end Angry Factory Reset Button



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: drab toilet seat windowlicker



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:30 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy supple messiness cumskin



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle mint bawdyhouse



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:40 PM
Author: Learning disabled brethren field

and send them nasty emails in the early AM

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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:56 PM
Author: Slap-happy pistol



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:59 PM
Author: bespoke blood rage parlour

it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers

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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:09 PM
Author: Boyish office gaming laptop



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:12 AM
Author: Big maroon den fat ankles



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: drab toilet seat windowlicker

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.

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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: azure odious shitlib ticket booth



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:59 PM
Author: Milky Haunting Preventive Strike Gay Wizard

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: carmine resort potus

Some teach it.

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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:07 PM
Author: drunken business firm new version

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: Big maroon den fat ankles



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:08 PM
Author: Hot church

kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to asshole partners

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Date: February 9th, 2022 4:22 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle mint bawdyhouse



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:14 AM
Author: Painfully honest location legal warrant

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: contagious public bath

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: Big maroon den fat ankles

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: 180 national

"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)