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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...
thriller pearly knife
  01/30/21
they could at least teach basic written objections under the...
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been doing it 6 years now and i still am kind of clueless. o...
bespoke school
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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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Hilarious Mad-dog Skullcap
  03/31/26
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...
wonderful jap
  01/30/21
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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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Hilarious Mad-dog Skullcap
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My LS had pretrial practice and trial practice classes (elec...
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aqua chapel
  01/30/21
TTT's teach these kinds of shitlaw classes, no?
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Some teach it.
claret newt
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Because the law profs who would have to teach it don't have ...
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  03/31/26
kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to ...
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i practically invented "e"-discovery
sapphire know-it-all garrison
  03/31/26
I took a class on it in law school. Professor spent half th...
primrose beady-eyed heaven police squad
  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: Passionate juggernaut fat ankles

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: thriller pearly knife

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: Passionate juggernaut fat ankles

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: bespoke school

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: Passionate juggernaut fat ankles

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: bespoke school

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: Hilarious Mad-dog Skullcap



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:24 PM
Author: brindle excitant philosopher-king lodge

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: wonderful jap

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: thirsty community account stag film

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: purple business firm

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: Chrome Locale Legal Warrant



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: Dull razzle-dazzle pistol senate



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:30 PM
Author: thriller pearly knife



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: Passionate juggernaut fat ankles



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:40 PM
Author: abusive haunted graveyard

and send them nasty emails in the early AM

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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:56 PM
Author: overrated point twinkling uncleanness



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:59 PM
Author: marvelous antidepressant drug

it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers

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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:09 PM
Author: Hairless round eye ratface



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:12 AM
Author: Hilarious Mad-dog Skullcap



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: Dull razzle-dazzle pistol senate

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: aqua chapel



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:59 PM
Author: aromatic wrinkle theatre

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: claret newt

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: Bronze trip plaza sweet tailpipe

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: Hilarious Mad-dog Skullcap



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:08 PM
Author: Rose Blood Rage Persian

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: Passionate juggernaut fat ankles



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:14 AM
Author: sapphire know-it-all garrison

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: primrose beady-eyed heaven police squad

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)