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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…
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Ryan McCarl

February 2024

On publishing Elegant Legal Writing
Why I’m proud of it and why it deserves to be read.
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Ryan McCarl

December 2023

Music I loved in 2023
A year-end recap of the music I listened to and the audio equipment I bought.
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Ryan McCarl
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June 2023

Three bodies
On adding a daughter to the mix.
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Ryan McCarl

April 2023

Studying vocabulary (or anything else) with ChatGPT
ChatGPT has made it easy to create customized study materials.
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Ryan McCarl

January 2023

Music I loved in 2022
A year-end recap of the music I listened to.
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Ryan McCarl

July 2022

Top Gun and other guilty pleasures
Top Gun: Maverick is propaganda for hypermasculinity, but I loved it anyway.
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Ryan McCarl

June 2022

Government in the womb
On the Supreme Court’s expected decision to eliminate abortion rights.
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Ryan McCarl

April 2021

On starting a law firm
Taking the plunge and founding Rushing McCarl LLP.
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Ryan McCarl
Vaccination Day
I just received my second dose of Moderna's vaccine.
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Ryan McCarl

March 2021

Music discovery: Ben Howard
An experimental folk-rock singer-songwriter.
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Ryan McCarl
KFC, Trump, and Terrace House: more international conversations
Three more conversations with ordinary people in Japan.
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Ryan McCarl
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