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

is this because most law students would quit this profession...
cruel-hearted drab digit ratio orchestra pit
  01/30/21
it's so fact specific. they'd have to include like a fake pa...
Multi-colored becky
  01/30/21
they could at least teach basic written objections under the...
cruel-hearted drab digit ratio orchestra pit
  01/30/21
been doing it 6 years now and i still am kind of clueless. o...
wonderful offensive theater stage pisswyrm
  01/30/21
the point is that it provides billable hours which helps mak...
cruel-hearted drab digit ratio orchestra pit
  01/30/21
i suppose this would explain why none of it really makes any...
wonderful offensive theater stage pisswyrm
  01/30/21
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...,....,,........
  03/31/26
Couldn't they use real ones from historical cases just like ...
haunting out-of-control goyim clown
  01/30/21
yes here is a black marker make sure the redact the names, b...
arousing alcoholic regret sound barrier
  01/30/21
Black marker is TTT. If your scanner's contrast or black lev...
Buff library therapy
  01/30/21
I have a plan of doing a barbri type real practical law firm...
big-titted friendly grandma national security agency
  01/30/21
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puce yapping queen of the night
  01/30/21
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Stubborn up-to-no-good cuckoldry
  01/30/21
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Multi-colored becky
  01/30/21
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cruel-hearted drab digit ratio orchestra pit
  01/30/21
and send them nasty emails in the early AM
cowardly people who are hurt spot
  01/30/21
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red water buffalo
  01/30/21
it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers
Green narrow-minded university idiot
  01/30/21
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Cocky stage brethren
  01/30/21
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...,....,,........
  03/31/26
My LS had pretrial practice and trial practice classes (elec...
Stubborn up-to-no-good cuckoldry
  01/30/21
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Indigo keepsake machete business firm
  01/30/21
TTT's teach these kinds of shitlaw classes, no?
glittery weed whacker
  01/30/21
Some teach it.
Soul-stirring location
  01/30/21
Because the law profs who would have to teach it don't have ...
Jade trailer park
  01/30/21
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...,....,,........
  03/31/26
kitchen sink discovery requests are much more preferable to ...
bateful pearl abode really tough guy
  01/30/21
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cruel-hearted drab digit ratio orchestra pit
  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: cruel-hearted drab digit ratio orchestra pit

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: January 30th, 2021 12:15 PM
Author: Multi-colored becky

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: cruel-hearted drab digit ratio orchestra pit

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: wonderful offensive theater stage pisswyrm

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: cruel-hearted drab digit ratio orchestra pit

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=2],#41856123)



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: wonderful offensive theater stage pisswyrm

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: ...,....,,........



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:24 PM
Author: haunting out-of-control goyim clown

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: arousing alcoholic regret sound barrier

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: Buff library therapy

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: big-titted friendly grandma national security agency

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: puce yapping queen of the night



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: Stubborn up-to-no-good cuckoldry



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:30 PM
Author: Multi-colored becky



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: cruel-hearted drab digit ratio orchestra pit



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:40 PM
Author: cowardly people who are hurt spot

and send them nasty emails in the early AM

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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:56 PM
Author: red water buffalo



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Date: January 30th, 2021 2:59 PM
Author: Green narrow-minded university idiot

it should be a fellowship for top 10%ers

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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:09 PM
Author: Cocky stage brethren



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: Stubborn up-to-no-good cuckoldry

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: Indigo keepsake machete business firm



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



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Date: January 30th, 2021 1:59 PM
Author: glittery weed whacker

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: Soul-stirring location

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: Jade trailer park

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: ...,....,,........



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Date: January 30th, 2021 3:08 PM
Author: bateful pearl abode really tough guy

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: cruel-hearted drab digit ratio orchestra pit



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