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June 2023
Elegant Legal Writing cover design released
Elegant Legal Writing's cover was designed by Matt Avery, who designed the Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.)
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Ryan McCarl
April 2023
Upcoming webinar on appellate brief writing
Tricks of the Trade: Do’s and Don’ts of Appellate Brief Writing
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Ryan McCarl
January 2023
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.
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Ryan McCarl
September 2022
Attorneys are gatekeepers of relevance.
The practice of law often requires attorneys to distill masses of information.
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Ryan McCarl
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
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Ryan McCarl
April 2022
Writing Elite Briefs and Motions
Slides from last week's CLE to the Texas Office of the Attorney General
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Ryan McCarl
February 2022
Elegant Legal Writing: An Interview with Ryan McCarl
Ryan McCarl discusses legal writing on the California Appellate Law Podcast.
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Ryan McCarl
Start each writing project with a template or model
Lawyers shouldn't start new writing projects with a blank page.
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Ryan McCarl
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.
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Ryan McCarl
November 2021
Try to work in a state of flow.
Writing comes easiest when you are fully absorbed in the work.
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Ryan McCarl
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