Elegant Legal Writing | Ryan McCarl | Substack

Legal writing is the single most important skill for lawyers.

Mar 16, 2021

Legal writing tasks involve tradeoffs. If you want the document to be aesthetically pleasing as well as done on time, start early.

Jan 19

The practice of law often requires attorneys to distill masses of information.

Sep 13, 2022

Ryan McCarl's book Elegant Legal Writing will be published by the University of California Press in 2023

May 31, 2022

Slides from last week's CLE to the Texas Office of the Attorney General

Apr 30, 2022

Ryan McCarl discusses legal writing on the California Appellate Law Podcast.

Feb 19, 2022

Lawyers shouldn't start new writing projects with a blank page.

Feb 4, 2022

How lawyers can use Microsoft Word to mark citations and create a Table of Authorities in briefs and motions.

Jan 30, 2022

Elegant Legal Writing

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