The latest iteration of The Bluebook – the 20th edition from this year – has some great new information for citing to social media platforms. First off, if you turn to the index at the back, you’ll find an entry …
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When citing to a statute published in a bound code volume, you need to include a year in your citation in parentheses. Sometimes it’s tricky to decide exactly where you find the year. Bluebook rule 12.3.2 gives you the rules. …
If you’re writing a law review style article, you may find yourself using supra references in the footnotes. For example, if you frequently cite to Smith, you might write a footnote that looks something like this: 16 Smith, supra note …
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Sometimes when you’re quoting a case or other source, you want to leave out some words. This is called an omission, and the Bluebook rule for it is 5.3. According to this rule, you should ask yourself whether the beginning …
Dot Dot Dot: Using Ellipses for Omissions à la Bluebook Read more »
Last night, we held our Research Certificate Seminar on Bluebooking and Zotero and had a great turnout. One topic we discussed was using the tables in the Bluebook. Most Bluebook tables are located in the second half of the Bluebook, …
