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In case you’ve missed any of the posts so far, here is a menu of what I’ve covered:

Introduction and motivation

• Elegant Legal Writing — introductory post

• Why Should Lawyers Invest in their Writing Skills?

Productive Writing and Editing

• Write “Shitty First Drafts”

• Edit in Stages

• Read Your Drafts Aloud

Mechanics and Style

• Convey Your Ideas Straightforwardly

• Avoid “And/Or”

• Avoid Overspecification and Synonym Strings

• Delete Unnecessary Modifiers, Especially Intensifiers

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Ryan McCarl teaches Advanced Legal Writing and researches artificial intelligence law and policy at the UCLA School of Law. He is also a partner at the law firm Rushing McCarl. You can follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter as well as his personal blog.