Elegant Legal Writing Terms of Service

Effective date: 2026-08-19

These Terms apply to workshops, courses, and related materials offered by Ryan McCarl, doing business as Elegant Legal Writing (”ELW,” “we,” or “us”). By accessing the Elegant Legal Writing website, registering for an ELW event, or making an ELW purchase, you agree to these Terms. (These terms are in addition to those of Substack, which hosts the Elegant Legal Writing website.)

1. Registration and attendance

Each event or workshop registration covers only the person named at checkout. Access may not be shared, and group viewing is not permitted. Each additional attendee must register and pay separately. A registration may be transferred only with our prior written approval.

2. Educational program; no CLE credit

Each ELW program or event is educational only. It does not provide legal advice, create an attorney-client relationship, or offer continuing legal education credit. We do not guarantee any professional, educational, or other result. ELW is not a provider of continuing-legal-education credits in any jurisdiction.

3. Confidential information

Do not share client confidences, privileged material, personal data, trade secrets, or other confidential or sensitive information with us, including (without limitation) during a session, in a course assignment, or when communicating with ELW personnel or event co-attendees. Use hypothetical or properly redacted material only. Never send us confidential or sensitive information. You do not have an attorney-client relationship or other privileged or confidential relationship with us.

4. Other attendees’ privacy

Respect the privacy and anonymity of other attendees. Do not identify an attendee, attribute comments or writing to an attendee, or share an attendee’s contributions within or outside the session without that person’s express permission.

5. Recordings and materials

You may not record, photograph, screenshot, transcribe, or otherwise capture a session, including through an automated note-taking or AI tool. Registration permits one-time attendance unless ELW states otherwise. Course materials are licensed to the registered attendee for personal, noncommercial use. You may retain materials received or notes taken during an event or course for personal use, but you may not copy, distribute, post, publish, teach from, sell, sublicense or create a course or other content from the materials. If ELW allows one of its PDF handouts to be distributed, that distribution right will be stated on the PDF itself, and the PDF may only be distributed in its original secured-PDF format; its content may not be repurposed or distributed in other formats. All intellectual-property rights remain with ELW and its licensors.

6. Conduct

You must follow reasonable session instructions and must not disrupt the program or interfere with another attendee’s participation. We may remove a participant who violates these Terms. Removal for a violation does not entitle the participant to a refund.

7. Cancellations, refunds, and credits

The refund and transfer policy displayed at checkout applies to the registration. We may cancel or reschedule a session and may issue a refund for any reason. If we cancel a session without rescheduling it, we will refund the registration fee paid. No refunds are provided for unused credits, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

ELW may modify or discontinue the website or future offerings at any time. This does not alter the cancellation or refund terms applicable to an existing paid registration.

8. Disclaimer and limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the services and materials are provided as is and as available, without warranties of any kind. ELW will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages. ELW’s total liability arising from a purchase or session will not exceed the amount you paid for it. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that applicable law does not permit us to limit.

9. Disputes; individual binding arbitration

Any dispute or claim arising from these Terms, a registration, or a program will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by JAMS under its applicable rules and, when applicable, its Consumer Arbitration Minimum Standards. Arbitration will proceed remotely or in Los Angeles County, California, unless JAMS or applicable law requires another location. Either party may bring an eligible claim in small-claims court.

The parties waive trial by jury. Arbitration must proceed only on an individual basis. Neither party may bring or participate in a class, representative, consolidated, mass, or multiparty action or arbitration.

Each side will bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs, except as applicable law or JAMS rules require otherwise. Each side will pay arbitration fees only to the extent required by JAMS rules and applicable law.

10. California law and courts

California law governs these Terms, without regard to choice-of-law rules. Any court proceeding that is permitted despite Section 9, including one to enforce an arbitration agreement or award, must be brought in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California. Each party consents to those courts’ personal jurisdiction and venue.

11. General

If these Terms conflict with the Privacy Policy concerning ELW’s collection, use, disclosure, or protection of personal information, the Privacy Policy controls.

If a provision is unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted and the remaining provisions will remain effective. ELW’s failure or delay in enforcing a provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that provision. These Terms and the terms shown at checkout form the entire agreement concerning the registration. Questions may be sent to elw@rushingmccarl.com.