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About legal citation

Always check with your instructor to determine what citation manual you are expected to use.

Citation manuals for the legal writing

This is the most widely used manual for legal research and writing. Always check with your instructor about the citation style you should use.

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation by Harvard Law Review Association (Compiled by); Columbia Law Review (Compiled by); University of Pennsylvania Law Review (Compiled by); The Yake Law Journal (Compiled by)
Call Number: Webster Reference 2nd Floor KF245 .B58 2020
ISBN: 9780578666150
Publication Date: 2020
The Bluebook is the definitive style guide for legal citation in the United States.

Bluebook Guide (from Georgetown Law Library)
Describes the basic concepts of legal citation to new law and legal studies students
Bluebook 101 (from U. of Washington)
A Bluebook Guide for Law Students (Suffolk University)
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (Peter W. Martin)