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Paralegal Studies: Legal Citations

Use the tabs below to locate paralegal studies related materials, including books, articles, websites, and citation help.

The Bluebook
Call Number: KF245 .B58 2020 (Lowell)
A Uniform System of Citation: The Bluebook is the definitive style guide for legal citation in the United States. For generations, law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on The Bluebook's uniform system of citation in their writing. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, The Bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon which they rely in their work.

Legal Citation Sites

Georgetown Law Bluebook Guide
Includes examples and basic principles of Bluebook citation for new law students
Basic Legal Citation
Introductory page explaining legal citation put together by the Cornell University Virtual Law Reference Desk.

Examples

Example citations for formatting legal citations from Cornell University Law School:

§ 2-210. Case Citations – Most Common Form

§ 2-200. How to Cite Judicial Opinions

§ 2-300. How to Cite Constitutions, Statutes, and Similar Materials

§ 2-400. How to Cite Regulations, Other Agency and Executive Material

§ 2-700. How to Cite Books

§ 2-800. How to Cite Articles and Other Law Journal Writing

§ 7-500. Table of State-Specific Citation Norms and Practices (Search for Wisconsin)

Specific Formatting Citation Questions

§ 4-500. State Abbreviations

§ 5-000. UNDERLINING AND ITALICS

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (online ed. 2017 https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/ by Peter W. Martin)

Introduction to Bluebook Videos

Bluebook Tutorial from Georgetown University
How to read and construct Bluebook citations