This book is a reference guide that, believe it or not, will be just about the only book you take from law school into your practice as a lawyer. Bluebook guide libguides at university of illinois law. Find out exactly what this legal citation system is, how to. Bluebook citation for legal materials purdue writing lab. Thus far, this guide has described how to cite cases in long form, i. In academic legal writing, law journals, citations are placed in footnotes. Because you will often cite a case and other legal materials multiple times in a document, the bluebook has established a short form for use in subsequent citations. The manual may be useful to those preparing appellate briefs. For a detailed discussion on where to place the numbers for your footnotes, see r1.
Citation practices and the bluebook cuny school of law. Scan your paper for grammar mistakes and catch unintentional plagiarism. See jonathan zittrain, the future of the internet and how to stop. Includes information about reading and writing legal citations compiled by the trial court law libraries.
A uniform system of citation, is the style manual for citing to legal documents within the united states. The bluebook legal citation guide now available online. Indicators at the end of a name that tell us more about a person. Designed as an alternative to the bluebook, the maroonbook, as this manual is commonly called, offers a simple, malleable framework for citation. For help with other source types, like books, pdfs, or websites, check out our other guides.
Person or entity that supported the publishing or distribution of a work. Introduction bluebook guide guides at georgetown law. Within those footnotes, citations are made in citation sentences and clauses. For further information on state statutes, please click here consult the blue pages, rule b12, if you are writing a brief or memo. If the article is written by a student author, the designation of the piece see r. The purpose of this guide is to introduce the bluebook and basic concepts of legal citation to new law students. This is a free account to access the bluebook quick style guide only. The main rule that describes the short form for cases is rule 10. The following information regarding the bluebook citation format is an adapted version of the style and formatting guidelines found in the bluebook, 20th ed.
It is now in its 20th edition, more than an inch thick, and consists of over 500 pages of guidance on legal citation. Blue book legal definition of blue book legal dictionary. Few books cause law students as much dread, pain, anger, and frustration as the bluebook the bluebook, formally titled the bluebook. Bluebook format is a uniform system of citation, commonly used in the legal documents or argumentative essays in law. A volume that explains the organization of a state government and provides the names of state officials. In the 20th edition of the bluebook, legislative materials are found in rule. For further information on federal statutes, please click here. After you create this free account, to access the quick style guide, you should log in with your email address and password on the home page. Bluebook sample citations the law school university of.
Name and original section number as it appears in the session laws. It was most recently revised in october of 2019 to update the links to state rules and several other external resources. Interactive citation workstation available online at lexisnexis. Generations of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on the bluebooks unique system of citation in their writing. Cases how to cite bluebook quick reference akron law. The guide takes account of the latest editions of the alwd guide to legal citation 2017, the bluebook, published in 2015, and the supreme courts style. At the nations oldest roman catholic law school, notre dame law school encourages students of diverse backgrounds to broaden their social, spiritual, and personal lives while honing their intellectual and professional skills to serve the good of all. Bluebook citation for llm students harvard library research guides. A publication that establishes the correct form of case citations or of references to a legal authority showing where information can be found. Generally speaking, the citation should include the authors full name, the title of the book, the page cited, editors name if applicable, edition if applicable, and year of publication an example of a book citation would be. Citing cases bluebook guide guides at georgetown law library. Law school bluebook basics one of the books that all 1l law students are required to purchase is the bluebook. Bluecolored practitioners notes for court documents. Citation rules for court documents and legal memoranda.
Additionally, the chicago manual of style recommends its use for all citation of legal material. These tables give the various abbreviations for the u. Comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act, 42 u. Bluebook rule 10 covers how cases should be cited in legal documents.
Chicago manual of style 16th edition full note american psychological association 6th edition. The bluebook also has citation rules for legal memoranda and other practiceoriented materials the blue pages, which students in lrwa2. Each example contains orange brackets and labels clicking on a bracketed and labelled portion of the example will redirect to where rules concerning that element of example are included within this guide. Bluebook resources penn state law university park, pa. Books, reports, treatises bluebook legal citation tarlton law. A logical question to ask is, what is blue book format. Effective january 1, 2008, however, california rule of court, rule 1. Citation machine helps students and professionals properly credit the information that they use.
It provides a system of rules for legal citations so that readers can locate the sources cited. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, the bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon. Often, you will need to include a parenthetical to indicate the date and stage of the bill especially if there are multiple versions of it in the same congress. The bluebook is a style guide for legal citation in the united states that is used by lawyers, scholars, judges, law students, paralegals, and others involved in the legal profession. Case name abbreviations table 6 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z. California style manual for many years, the california style manual has served as the official guide for styling citations to legal materials in documents filed with state courts in california. Problems, cases, and materials 2006 when you are citing to a work that has been published by the same publisher more than once, you should cite the edition and the year it was published in.
A uniform system of citation, 20th edition 20th edition. The bluebook style guide is used in the american legal profession for citation of all relevant sources. Below you will see examples of bluebook citations for various common authority types. Bluebook rule 12 covers how statutes should be cited in legal documents. Bluebook rule 15 gives the citation format for books, reports, and other nonperiodic materials. Author names should be included in full just as they appear in. Bluebook citation to format legal documents and cases. To have your reference list or bibliography automatically made for you, try our free citation generator. Uniform maine citations university of maine school of law.
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