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  1. PDF A Sample Paper for Essays in PLST and JURI Courses JURI 550 Claudia S

    2 A Sample Paper for Essays in PLST and JURI Courses The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation is the go-to writing guide for all legal writing professionals and students. The Bluebook provides a ...

  2. What does a paper written in Bluebook citation format look like?

    The sample paper is part of the argument of a brief (very similar to a paper or memo) in Bluebook format used in legal practice. Included are citations to Court Rules, Statutes, Cases (in long and short form), as well as law review articles, a book, and a webpage. For additional help, visit the Bluebook Citation tab in the School of Justice ...

  3. Getting Started

    The Bluebook is a guide to a system of legal citation frequently used by law schools and law journals. This guide will introduce you to how to use the Bluebook. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Legal Citation by the editors of the Columbia law review, the Harvard law review, the University of Pennsylvania law review, and the Yale law journal.

  4. The Bluebook

    Quick Style Guide. The following examples illustrate how to cite commonly used sources in accordance with The Bluebook 's Whitepages, which are intended for use in law review footnotes. For citations in court documents and legal memoranda, please refer to the Bluepages.

  5. Research Guides: Bluebook Citation 101 -- Academic Format: Home

    Citation Manuals. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation is generally the default legal citation manual. It is compiled by the editors of the Columbia Law Review, the Harvard Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and The Yale Law Journal and began in 1926. It is now in its 21st edition. Other general legal citation manuals ...

  6. Sample Bluebook Citations

    All of the examples in the Bluebook (except the "Blue Pages" and back cover Quick Reference) show law review typeface (e.g., SMALL CAPS). For your Legal Research and Legal Writing classes you are to use the citation format used in documents being submitted to the court. Do not use SMALL CAPS in any citations.

  7. Research Guides: Guide to Legal Writing and Style: Bluebooking for Law

    The white pages in the Bluebook address academic citation. This is citation for law reviews, journals, and other academic legal publications. These are the rules you will use for an academic paper or law review article. The Bluepages section of the Bluebook addresses non-academic citation. It is citation for practitioners and law clerks.

  8. Introduction

    This guide introduces The Bluebook and basic concepts of legal citation to new law students. It is specifically written for first-year J.D. students enrolled in Legal Practice: Writing and Analysis and L.L.M. students enrolled in U.S. Legal Research Analysis & Writing at the Georgetown University Law Center. This guide explains the organization ...

  9. The Bluebook

    The Bluebook is primarily written for academics and practitioners. If you are writing a brief or motion that will be filed with a court, then follow the Bluepages. The Bluepages (located toward the beginning of The Bluebook and literally printed on blue paper) provide guidance on how to include in-text citations. Alternatively, if you are writing a law review article or research paper, then ...

  10. Bluebook Citation for Legal Materials

    The Bluebook style guide is used in the American legal profession for citation of all relevant sources. Additionally, the Chicago Manual of Style recommends its use for all citation of legal material. What follows is a summary of the basics. It should be noted that the Bluebook system goes into significant complexity on most of these points ...

  11. Guide to Cite using Bluebook Citation Method (with examples)

    Volume, paragraph, section, or page numbers may be added to refer to specific material. Example: Supra note 16, at 6. (where 16 is the previous footnote where the authority may have been fully cited and 6 is the reference page in that authority.) Supra is Okay to use for: Books. Articles.

  12. Format

    Format; Books and articles; Examples; Basics of Format & Content. Research papers are not as strictly structured as legal memos, briefs, and other documents that you've learned about in legal writing and drafting courses. ... (use the rules on the main white pages instead of the light blue pages at the front of the Bluebook). Footnotes in same ...

  13. Bluebook Citation: an Easy-to-Read Guide

    Bluebook Citation Examples. Understanding the different approaches when drafting a proper reference document is important. To grasp these differences better, we need to refer to Bluebook citation examples and recognize these distinctions before we write a law paper. As an example, a court case and a tabloid are different.

  14. Bluebook Citation 101 -- Practitioner Format

    The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation is generally the default legal citation manual.It is compiled by the editors of the Columbia Law Review, the Harvard Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and The Yale Law Journal and began in 1926. It is now in its 21st edition. Other general legal citation manuals include ALWD, and The Redbook.

  15. Bluebook Sample Citations

    Established in 1869, Notre Dame Law School is the oldest Catholic law school in the United States. The Law School's approach to legal education is informed and inspired by faith. Students are trained to view the law as a vocation in service to others, to explore the moral and ethical dimensions of the law, and to disco

  16. Substantial Paper/Journal Note Guide: Bluebook Citation Format

    As every law student knows, putting citations in Bluebook format is a hassle. If you are not using a citation manager to insert your citations into your paper in Bluebook format, you can get some help from Westlaw, Lexis, and other websites. However, none of these services or websites work perfectly, so you still have to double-check all citations.

  17. Citation and Style Guides: Bluebook Examples

    A quick guide to common citation styles. Use the link below to view Georgetown University Law Library's Bluebook guide.

  18. PDF BLUEBOOK (19th ed.) CITATION FORMAT EXAMPLES (FOR FOOTNOTES) GENERAL RULES

    The first name must always be written before the surname. For two authors, write both their names separated by „&‟. In case of citing a book that has been edited, write „ed. or „eds. after the name of the editor. If translated, write trans. after name of translator. If both, then first write editor's name and then translator's name.

  19. Books, Reports, Treatises

    Bluebook Rule (21st): 15.4 When you are citing a work that only has one edition, use the year of publication in the parentheses. Example: Daniel C.K. Chow & Edward lee, International Intellectual Property: 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 ...

  20. LibGuides: Sample Bluebook Citations: Citing Secondary Sources

    The following samples cover basic citation format for secondary sources. Many of the complicated variations on rules are not shown in these samples. Always consult the Bluebook for additional information. Legal Dictionaries. Cite to the name of the source/dictionary, page number (if pinpoint citing), edition and year. See R. 15.8 (p.155), B15.1 ...

  21. Formatting Your Paper

    Bluebook, a Uniform System of Citation. 2000. (Ref. KF 245 B58) The Uniform System of Citation, known as the bluebook, is the standard reference source for the rules and principles of citing legal materials. See also: User's Guide to The Bluebook (Ref. KF 245 D853 2000) Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Citations (Ref. KF 246 B45 2001)

  22. Bluebook Citation Style (20th ed.)

    Bluebook citation style is designed for both students and researchers to be used in academic writing (The Whitepages) and practitioners (clerks, lawyers, and other legal professionals) to be used in non-academic legal documents (The Bluepages) Citation format of the Whitepages and the Bluepages differs in typeface and elements of citation.

  23. Hello GPT-4o

    Prior to GPT-4o, you could use Voice Mode to talk to ChatGPT with latencies of 2.8 seconds (GPT-3.5) and 5.4 seconds (GPT-4) on average. To achieve this, Voice Mode is a pipeline of three separate models: one simple model transcribes audio to text, GPT-3.5 or GPT-4 takes in text and outputs text, and a third simple model converts that text back to audio.

  24. Research Paper Summary

    Step 3: Get the Gist. The third and final paragraph will be the gist of your research paper. This includes the heart or the main part, the findings and the conclusion. The gist has to be a general summary of your research paper. It should have the facts that support it, the findings of your research and the hypothesis.