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Writing Elite Briefs and Motions

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

Ryan McCarl
Apr 30, 2022
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Last week, I gave my second CLE presentation to the State of Texas Office of the Attorney General. Although I couldn’t see the audience (as it was held over a government Zoom), I was told that over 100 attorneys attended and everyone stayed for the entire presentation.

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Ryan McCarl is a founding partner of Rushing McCarl LLP, author of Elegant Legal Writing (U. Cal. Press 2024), and adjunct professor at Loyola Law School. For more writing tips, subscribe to the Elegant Legal Writing newsletter and follow Ryan on LinkedIn. McCarl’s book is now available on Amazon.

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