Podcast Episode 204: Listen and Learn — Scope of Discovery and the Work-Product Privilege

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our “Listen and Learn” series, we’re discussing Civil Procedure, and specifically, the scope of discovery and the work-product privilege.

In this episode we discuss:

• Definition of the discovery phase in litigation
• Scope of discovery
• What is the work-product privilege?
• Determining whether work-product is protected from discovery
• Analyzing two hypos from previous California bar exams

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Resources:

• “Listen and Learn” series
• Examples & Explanations: Civil Procedure, by Joseph W. Glannon
• California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2013
• California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2019
• Podcast Episode 33: Tackling an MEE Civil Procedure Question
• Podcast Episode 72: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Civil Procedure

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