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Ryan McCarl’s book Elegant Legal Writing is now available from the University of California Press. I’ve pasted the jacket copy …
4 min read update, education, writing, law

📚 Ryan McCarl's book Elegant Legal Writing is now available on Amazon! Buy a copy at bit.ly/elw-book and follow his blog at …
1 min read update, education, writing, law

It has been many years since I kept a personal blog, but I’ve decided to start again with a blog and email newsletter called …
1 min read update, education, writing

What is the best way to study for the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)? I made a short YouTube video demonstrating my favorite …
1 min read law, education

How should a person preparing for the bar exam—or for black-letter law school courses such as those taught to 1Ls—master a …
5 min read law, education

Understanding Trump’s Betrayal By Ryan McCarl and John Rushing The recent revelation that President Trump attempted to coerce …
3 min read politics, law

After my 1L year of law school, I put together the following list of books and other resources I found helpful. I’ve also added …
2 min read education, law

I recently posted about the trend of “productivity gurus and marketers” making inflated claims about how much people can …
2 min read education, language, productivity

We live in the age of the “productivity guru.” A productivity guru is someone who advertises his or her own productivity …
2 min read education, mind, productivity, writing

The Daily Journal, a newspaper for California attorneys, just published my article Claim preclusion across jurisdictions: navigating …
1 min read writing, law
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