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The personal blog of Ryan McCarl, an attorney and educator committed to lifelong learning and growth. McCarl is the author of Elegant Legal Writing (see bit.ly/elw-book and bit.ly/elw-blog) and a founding partner of litigation firm Rushing McCarl LLP.

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Recommended Books for Babies and Toddlers

Children’s books that young kids will love and adults can tolerate.

I dumped Spotify and you should too

Let’s support tech companies that care about artists and users.

This is how liberty ends

Americans are on the verge of forfeiting their constitutional democracy.

Lifelong learning and the privilege of practicing law: an interview with Ryan McCarl

Ryan McCarl appeared on the Lawyers in the Making podcast last month to discuss his legal career, lifelong learning, and more in a wide-ranging interview.

On publishing Elegant Legal Writing

Why I’m proud of it and why it deserves to be read.

Music I loved in 2023

A year-end recap of the music I listened to and the audio equipment I bought.

Three bodies

On adding a daughter to the mix.

Studying vocabulary (or anything else) with ChatGPT

ChatGPT has made it easy to create customized study materials.

Music I loved in 2022

A year-end recap of the music I listened to.

Top Gun and other guilty pleasures

Top Gun: Maverick is propaganda for hypermasculinity, but I loved it anyway.