Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook : A Guide for Students and Practitioners by
The Bluebook provides the rules for legal citation, but can be intimidating and frustrating to use. With its simple building-block approach, this survival manual teaches how to understand and master the essential rules for legal practitioners. Rules are fully described and illustrated using: clear explanations and illustrations of the basic components of legal citations; step-by-step instructions for building citations to the most common authorities cited by legal practitioners; detailed guidance for citing legal materials to both print and electronic sources; examples, comparison charts, illustrations, and bullet-point explanations designed for quick mastery of basic Bluebook citation rules; tips, hints, and cautions to help users avoid common citation errors; cross references to the controlling Bluebook rules; and a user-friendly format gathering The Bluebook's scattered rules for each authority into one place. The third edition of Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook is thoroughly revised and updated to the 20th edition of The Bluebook, and is an indispensable tool for anyone who is new to legal citation or whose skills need refreshing.
For readers interested in further practicing their citation skills, Linda Barris created Mastering The Bluebook Interactive Exercises, an online learning tool that coordinates with both Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook, Third Edition and The Bluebook, 20th Edition. Each copy of Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook, Third Edition includes a discount code for 20% off the purchase of Mastering The Bluebook Interactive Exercises.
User's Guide to the "Bluebook" by
This User's Guide is written for practitioners (law students, law clerks, lawyers, legal secretaries and paralegals), and is designed to make the task of mastering citation form as easy and painless as possible. To help alleviate the obstacles faced when using proper citation form, this text is set up as a how-to manual with a step-by-step approach to learning the basic skills of citation and includes the numbers of the relevant Bluebook rules under most chapter subheadings for easy reference when more information is needed.--Publisher.
Legal Writing Citation in a Nutshell by
This book explains the fundamentals of legal citation and includes particular rules of The Bluebook and the ALWD Citation Manual.
Contains updates, tips and tutorials.
LexisNexis Interactive Citation Workstation.
A very detailed set of exercises. Under the "Additional Resources" heading, click LexisNexis Interactive Citation Workstation link.
Citation Form for Briefs and Legal Memoranda
A self-paced tutorial.
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (Requires CALI login)
Georgetown Law Library. Bluebook Tutorial.
Boston University School of Law. Pappas Law Library. The Bluebook.
Suffolk University Law School. A Bluebook Guide for Law Students.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Bluebook Guide.