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Introduction To The Bluebook: Mary Whisner Gallagher Law Library Univ. of Washington School of Law

The Bluebook is a style guide published by four law reviews that provides rules for legal citations in academic writing and legal practice. It outlines citation formats for different types of legal materials like cases, statutes, and law review articles. The Bluebook also includes tables with standardized abbreviations for jurisdictions, organizations, and periodical names. Each rule provides an overview, examples, and details on how to cite a source properly according to Bluebook standards.

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Introduction To The Bluebook: Mary Whisner Gallagher Law Library Univ. of Washington School of Law

The Bluebook is a style guide published by four law reviews that provides rules for legal citations in academic writing and legal practice. It outlines citation formats for different types of legal materials like cases, statutes, and law review articles. The Bluebook also includes tables with standardized abbreviations for jurisdictions, organizations, and periodical names. Each rule provides an overview, examples, and details on how to cite a source properly according to Bluebook standards.

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Introduction to The Bluebook

Mary Whisner
Gallagher Law Library
Univ. of Washington School of Law

Oct. 2017
The Bluebook
• Published by 4 law reviews
• Academic writing
• Legal practice

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Back Cover
• Navigation

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Inside Covers
• Examples
• Navigation

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• Navigation

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Rules and Tables
• Rules
– Type of material (e.g., cases, statutes, law review articles)
– Examples
• Tables
– Jurisdictions (federal, states, foreign)
– Intergovernmental Organizations
– Case Names
– Periodical names

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Rule
• Overview
• Examples
• Details

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Rule
• Overview
• Examples
• Details

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Rule
• Overview
• Examples
• Details

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Tables
• Jurisdictions
• Misc.
Abbreviations

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Tables
• Jurisdictions
• Misc.
Abbreviations
(e.g., T13, words in
periodical
titles)

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Trick: Copy
• How do you cite the Citizens United case?
• Find out how a law review has cited it.
• Best: one of the journals that publish the
Bluebook:
– Colum. L. Rev.
– Harv. L. Rev.
– U. Pa. L. Rev.
– Yale L.J.
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Law Review Abbreviations
• Work through T13, or

• Use this list:


http://lib.law.washington.edu/cilp/abbrev.html

Oct. 2017
Help
Bluebook 101 (Gallagher Law Library
guide)
Peter W. Martin, Introduction to Basic
Legal Citation (Cornell guide)
Ask for help from a law librarian.

Oct. 2017
Gallagher Law Library
University of Washington School of Law
Box 353025
Seattle WA 98195-3025
http://lib.law.washington.edu

Oct. 2017

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