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Legal Citation Resources

Legal Citation Manuals

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (21st ed.) by Law reviews of Columbia, Harvard, Penn, and Yale
Call Number: KF 245 U54 2020
This is the most widely used manual for academic and professional legal citation in the US. Useful tip: check the Bluebook's "Quick Reference" pages on the inside covers for examples, with those in the front for law reviews and examples in the back for courts. Minor updates are provided online by the publisher.
The Greenbook: Texas Rules of Form (15th ed.) by Texas Law Review
Call Number: KFT 1275 T4 2018
Supplements the Bluebook for citation issues unique to Texas.
The Blackbook by Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law
Call Number: KF245 .B53 2015
ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation by Association of Legal Writing Directors
Call Number: KF 245 A45 2017
Website. Most popular alternative to the Bluebook.
University of Chicago Manual of Legal Citation by University of Chicago Law Review
Call Number: Online
Otherwise known as "The Maroonbook."
International Citator and Research Guide by Shepard Broad Law Center (Nova Southeastern University) Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: K89 .I58 2018
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations by New York University School of Law, Journal of International Law and Politics
Call Number: K 89 G84 2009
Universal Citation Guide (3rd ed.) by American Association of Law Libraries Digital Access to Legal Information Committee

Reference Aids

Prince's Dictionary of Legal Citations (9th ed.) by Mary Miles Prince
Call Number: KF 246 B54 2017
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Database that allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law.

Resources for Mastering Legal Citation

Cite-checker: Your Guide to Using the Bluebook by Deborah E. Bouchoux
Call Number: KF 245 B68 2011
Interactive Citation Workbook for ALWD Guide to Legal Citation by Tracy McGaugh Norton, Christine Hurt, Jeffrey D. Jackson
Call Number: KF 245 M331 2016
Interactive Citation Workbook For Bluebook by Tracy L. McGaugh
Call Number: KF 245 M332 2017
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation by Peter W. Martin
Call Number: Online
Available as a "PDF and ebook for Kindle and iPad.
Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook by Linda J. Barris
Call Number: KF245 .B37 2020
Accompanied by student workbooks of exercises.
User's Guide to the Bluebook by Alan L. Dworsky; Brian Christiansen
Call Number: KF 245 D85 2010

Selected CALI Lessons

ALWD Citation Forms
Login to CALI required for access
Citation Form for Briefs and Legal Memoranda

Related Guide

Bluebooking and Legal Writing Software
From Cleveland-Marshall School of Law Library.

Still Uncertain How to Cite?

Work from a model. Search for the resource you need to cite in a law review database to see how another article cited it. As authors of the Bluebook, law reviews from Columbia, Harvard, Penn, and Yale should provide good models.
Work from analogy. Try to locate a similar type of authority that is cited and use that citation form as a template.