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

is this because most law students would quit this profession...
Talking trailer park
  01/30/21
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Talking trailer park
  04/24/26
Fuck yes
underhanded mood
  04/24/26
it's so fact specific. they'd have to include like a fake pa...
Doobsian 180 step-uncle's house
  01/30/21
they could at least teach basic written objections under the...
Talking trailer park
  01/30/21
been doing it 6 years now and i still am kind of clueless. o...
curious death wish
  01/30/21
the point is that it provides billable hours which helps mak...
Talking trailer park
  01/30/21
i suppose this would explain why none of it really makes any...
curious death wish
  01/30/21
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underhanded mood
  03/31/26
Couldn't they use real ones from historical cases just like ...
Avocado Sickened Candlestick Maker
  01/30/21
yes here is a black marker make sure the redact the names, b...
Adventurous Apoplectic Boiling Water
  01/30/21
Black marker is TTT. If your scanner's contrast or black lev...
Medicated pea-brained sweet tailpipe doctorate
  01/30/21
I have a plan of doing a barbri type real practical law firm...
comical burgundy plaza
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Aqua twinkling uncleanness
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indigo frum travel guidebook
  01/30/21
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Doobsian 180 step-uncle's house
  01/30/21
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Talking trailer park
  01/30/21
and send them nasty emails in the early AM
buff public bath
  01/30/21
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thirsty white box office giraffe
  01/30/21
it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers
Wonderful aquamarine puppy
  01/30/21
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fuchsia razzle brunch new version
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underhanded mood
  03/31/26
My LS had pretrial practice and trial practice classes (elec...
indigo frum travel guidebook
  01/30/21
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Translucent multi-colored laser beams ladyboy
  01/30/21
TTT's teach these kinds of shitlaw classes, no?
Blathering antidepressant drug kitchen
  01/30/21
Some teach it.
Know-it-all heady locale community account
  01/30/21
Because the law profs who would have to teach it don't have ...
magenta diverse weed whacker
  01/30/21
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underhanded mood
  03/31/26
kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to ...
useless toaster boistinker
  01/30/21
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Talking trailer park
  02/09/22
i practically invented "e"-discovery
bronze roast beef parlour
  03/31/26
I took a class on it in law school. Professor spent half th...
Bearded Razzle-dazzle Windowlicker Tanning Salon
  03/31/26
Sounds like we all had the same professor
underhanded mood
  04/24/26
"why don't law schools teach [topic]"? guy who di...
Cracking Crotch Parlor
  04/24/26


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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:13 PM
Author: Talking trailer park

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=2most#41856046)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 4:19 AM
Author: Talking trailer park



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



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Date: April 24th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: underhanded mood

Fuck yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2most#49839783)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:15 PM
Author: Doobsian 180 step-uncle's house

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=2most#41856058)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:17 PM
Author: Talking trailer park

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=2most#41856067)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:23 PM
Author: curious death wish

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=2most#41856106)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:25 PM
Author: Talking trailer park

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=2most#41856123)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: curious death wish

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

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



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:12 AM
Author: underhanded mood



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:24 PM
Author: Avocado Sickened Candlestick Maker

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=2most#41856114)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:02 PM
Author: Adventurous Apoplectic Boiling Water

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=2most#41856612)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:19 PM
Author: Medicated pea-brained sweet tailpipe doctorate

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=2most#41856987)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: comical burgundy plaza

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=2most#41856129)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: Aqua twinkling uncleanness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2most#41856139)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: indigo frum travel guidebook



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:30 PM
Author: Doobsian 180 step-uncle's house



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: Talking trailer park



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:40 PM
Author: buff public bath

and send them nasty emails in the early AM

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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:56 PM
Author: thirsty white box office giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2most#41856569)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:59 PM
Author: Wonderful aquamarine puppy

it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers

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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:09 PM
Author: fuchsia razzle brunch new version



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2most#41856907)



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:12 AM
Author: underhanded mood



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: indigo frum travel guidebook

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=2most#41856133)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: Translucent multi-colored laser beams ladyboy



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:59 PM
Author: Blathering antidepressant drug kitchen

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



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:43 PM
Author: Know-it-all heady locale community account

Some teach it.

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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:07 PM
Author: magenta diverse weed whacker

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=2most#41856896)



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:13 AM
Author: underhanded mood



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:08 PM
Author: useless toaster boistinker

kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to asshole partners

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



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Date: February 9th, 2022 4:22 PM
Author: Talking trailer park



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



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:14 AM
Author: bronze roast beef parlour

i practically invented "e"-discovery

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



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Date: March 31st, 2026 9:42 AM
Author: Bearded Razzle-dazzle Windowlicker Tanning Salon

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=2most#49782597)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 12:04 PM
Author: underhanded mood

Sounds like we all had the same professor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4753846&forum_id=2most#49839788)



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Date: April 24th, 2026 12:05 PM
Author: Cracking Crotch Parlor

"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=2most#49839789)