Elegant Legal Writing

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Legal writing tasks involve tradeoffs and competing values

When law verges on literature

Use design tips to write attractive legal documents.

Ryan McCarl discusses legal writing on the California Appellate Law Podcast

Write "shitty first drafts" without backtracking to edit.

Don't argue for tit-for-tat rulebreaking in litigation.

Don't cite every authority you find.

Use keyboard shortcuts to write more efficiently

Elegant Legal Writing book available for preorder

Eliminate, plan for, and pivot from distractions

Choose your words precisely.

When should lawyers italicize Latin phrases?

Understand the hierarchy of legal authority.

Take off the IRAC and CREAC training wheels.

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Upcoming webinar on appellate brief writing

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