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Balance the competing values at stake in writing tasks.
Legal writing tasks involve tradeoffs. If you want the document to be aesthetically pleasing as well as done on time, start early.
Jan 19
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September 2022
Attorneys are gatekeepers of relevance.
The practice of law often requires attorneys to distill masses of information.
Sep 13, 2022
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May 2022
Elegant Legal Writing book accepted for publication
Ryan McCarl's book Elegant Legal Writing will be published by the University of California Press in 2023
May 31, 2022
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April 2022
Writing Elite Briefs and Motions
Slides from last week's CLE to the Texas Office of the Attorney General
Apr 30, 2022
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Writing Elite Briefs and Motions
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February 2022
Elegant Legal Writing: An Interview with Ryan McCarl
Ryan McCarl discusses legal writing on the California Appellate Law Podcast.
Feb 19, 2022
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Start each writing project with a template or model
Lawyers shouldn't start new writing projects with a blank page.
Feb 4, 2022
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January 2022
How to create a Table of Authorities in a legal brief
How lawyers can use Microsoft Word to mark citations and create a Table of Authorities in briefs and motions.
Jan 30, 2022
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November 2021
Try to work in a state of flow.
Writing comes easiest when you are fully absorbed in the work.
Nov 22, 2021
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Try to work in a state of flow.
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Learn to diagnose and improve weak legal writing.
A central goal of this newsletter is to help you diagnose problems with turgid writing. You should develop a checklist of common problems to watch for…
Nov 10, 2021
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Learn to diagnose and improve weak legal writing.
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Remember the reader
Lawyers should write with their audience in mind.
Nov 8, 2021
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Remember the reader
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July 2021
Use footnotes effectively
Legal stylists disagree on how often lawyers should use footnotes and what they should use them for.
Jul 28, 2021
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Provide appropriate factual context for your citations.
When citing precedents, you often need to provide some factual context to assure the reader that they apply.
Jul 26, 2021
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