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Legal Writing

Ms. Daghe

Legal Research and Writing - Prof. Daghe

Citation

Here are some useful links and sources related to legal citation.

Interactive Citation Workstation
The Bluebook
  • To buy the book in print or to purchase an online subscription, go to the Bluebook official site. Before you buy an online subscription, however, note that you will need a hard copy of The Bluebookfor your Citation Competency Test in the second semester of LRW.
The ALWD Manual, an Alternative to The Bluebook
  • Darby Dickerson, ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation (4th ed. 2010) (This Bluebook rival seeks to be more user-friendly than The Bluebook. It is designed with practioner writing, rather than scholarly writing, in mind. A few of the rules for practitioner writing differ from The Bluebook's, but not many.)
  • ALWD Citation Manual On this site, the publisher provides an outline and sample pages of the ALWD Manual.