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Bluebook Wars!

27 Sunday Mar 2016

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Bluebook War(s), Barco 2.0 : Law Library Reference,  from the Librarians of the Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law (with hat tip to William P. Statsky!)

http://bit.ly/1UwiLtp

The Bluebook, for most legal professionals, is the legal citation Bible. It is required by law schools, law libraries, and multiple state and federal courts as the required guide to legal citation. It has come under attack for its frequent revisions that contain minor changes to citation form.

Since 2009, it has also been under attack for other reasons – those who want to take it away from its current publishers and put it in the public domain. Carl Malamud of Public Resource leads the charge. -CCE

Legal Citation Honey Pot.

27 Tuesday Oct 2015

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Citations, Zimmerman’s Research Guide©2015, by Andrew Zimmerman

https://law.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmermans/disp.aspx?z=1288

Zimmerman’s Research Guide has been around a long time, and is definitely worthy of a bookmark. Here is a very nice collection of legal citation guides that drills down a bit deeper than most. -CCE

Basic Bluebook Guide.

16 Sunday Mar 2014

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Bluebook Guide, Georgetown Law Library

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This guide was designed for law students in the Georgetown University Law Center. It covers the Bluebook’s organization and how to cite to the most common legal citations. It is not as thorough and complete as Peter Martin’s Cornell Legal Information Institute’s resource at: https://researchingparalegal.com/2013/10/31/peter-martins-introduction-to-basic-legal-citation-an-alwd-and-bluebook-cheat-sheet/.

This guide does not explain how to use certain types of lesser used legal sources. But, if you want a resource for case law, statutes, and other basic legal resources, this will work. -CCE

Peter Martin’s Introduction to Basic Legal Citation — An ALWD and Bluebook Cheat Sheet

31 Thursday Oct 2013

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Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (online ed. 2013), by Peter W. Martin, Cornell Legal Information Institute

https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/1-100

This guide can be used for both the 4th Edition of the ALWD Citation Manual and the 19th Edition of the Bluebook. -CCE

(See also Citing Legally Blog, http://citeblog.access-to-law.com/.)

 

 

Announcing the Bluebook’s 20th Edition Survey

31 Thursday Oct 2013

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It is with a heavy heart that I post this announcement of the Bluebook’s 20th Edition Survey. A publication date has not yet been announced.

If you will go the link for the Bluebook Online, (https://www.legalbluebook.com/), you will find its survey for suggestions. Do not forget the bonus prize!

The editors of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation need your help! This is an opportunity for you to share your ideas with us as we update The Bluebook for its Twentieth Edition so that we can target our revisions to best serve your needs.

Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey at http://www.legalbluebook.com/survey. Surveys must be received by November 8, 2013 in order to be considered for the Twentieth Edition.

Bonus Prize:

As an added incentive for the completion of our survey, we will select 5 participants at random to receive a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader. An additional 20 participants will randomly selected to receive a free copy of the Twentieth Edition as well as a two-year subscription to The BlueBook Online. Winners will be notified by December 1, 2013.