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Bluebooking Tips for the Write-on & Beyond

This guide provides crucial tips on citing legal documents according to Bluebook standards, focusing on aspects such as geographical abbreviations, quoting practices, and citation placement in footnotes. It also references the impact of the economic crisis on the legal job market, providing context for the importance of accurate citations in troubled times. The guide emphasizes the dignity of legal professionals and provides practical examples and rules from the Bluebook to enhance the quality of legal writing.

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Bluebooking Tips for the Write-on & Beyond

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  1. Bluebooking Tipsfor the Write-on & Beyond Bonnie Shucha UW Law Library Spring 2012

  2. Citations in the Text

  3. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, over 21,000legal jobs were lost during 2009, with January and February alone recording a loss of five thousand.

  4. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, over 21,000 legal jobs were lost during 2009, with January and February alone recording a loss of five thousand. Geographical abbreviation Rule 6.1

  5. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, over twenty-one thousandlegal jobs were lost during 2009, with January and February alone recording a loss of five thousand. Number Rule 6.2

  6. The employer should recognize the dignity of the firm members, “not...look[ing] upon them as their bondsmen.1”

  7. The employer should recognize the dignity of the firm members, “not . . . look[ing] upon them as their bondsmen.1” Ellipsis dots Rule 5.3

  8. The employer should recognize the dignity of the firm members, “not . . . look[ing] upon them as their bondsmen.1” Alterations in quotes Rule 5.2

  9. The employer should recognize the dignity of the firm members, “not . . . look[ing] upon them as their bondsmen.”1 Placement of footnotes Rule 1.1

  10. Citations in Footnotes

  11. Leslie A. Gordon, The Economic Crisis: Law Firms Brace for Rocky 2009, 35 San. Fran. Att’y17, 17 (2009);Michael Yoder, President’s Page: Our Profession’s Déjà Vu, 51 J. of Business L. 7, at 7(2009).

  12. Leslie A. Gordon, The Economic Crisis: Law Firms Brace for Rocky 2009, 35 San. Fran. Att’y 17, 17 (2009);Michael Yoder, President’s Page: Our Profession’s Déjà Vu, 51 J. of Business L. 7, at 7 (2009). Multiple citations Rule 1.3

  13. Small Caps

  14. Leslie A. Gordon, The Economic Crisis: Law Firms Brace for Rocky 2009, 35 San. Fran. Att’y 17, 17 (2009); Michael Yoder, President’s Page: Our Profession’s Déjà Vu, 51 J. of Business L.7, at 7 (2009). Periodicals, Author Typeface Rule 16.2

  15. Leslie A. Gordon, The Economic Crisis: Law Firms Brace for Rocky 2009, 35 S.F. Att’y 17, 17 (2009); Michael Yoder, President’s Page: Our Profession’s Déjà Vu, 51 J. Bus. L.7, at 7 (2009). Abbreviations Tables 13, 10

  16. Leslie A. Gordon, The Economic Crisis: Law Firms Brace for Rocky 2009, 35 S.F. Att’y 17, 17 (2009); Michael Yoder, President’s Page: Our Profession’s Déjà Vu, 51 J. Bus. L.7, 7 (2009). Pinpoint pages Rules 3.2, 16.4

  17. Questions? For a Bluebook tutorial, see Interactive Citation Workstation by LexisNexis at http://www.lexisnexis.com/icw/

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