INTRODUCTION TO ADVOCACY Small Section 4 Professor Pea Bluebook Review Practitioners Notes the first set of blue pages

es and the inside back cover These notes are necessary because the rest of the Bluebook focuses on citation form for scholarly articles. For example, see books, rule 15 inside the back cover and compare this citation to Wright & Miller to the citation to same book on p. 138 Note that the law review citation uses large and small caps for author and title; the practitioners citation uses roman type, with title underlined. Recall that you may use italics where the Practitioners Notes use underlining, so long as you are consistent throughout the document. The reliance on underlining is a throw-back to the days before word processing. If you have not already done so, read the Blue Pages in their entirety. Use these rules whenever they differ from the standard Bluebook rules. Rules see Table of Contents on pp. IX-XVII. Rules 1-9 are general rules, similar to those you would find in a manual of style. They cover abbreviations, numerals and symbols, capitalization, and so on. Pay particular attention to Rules 1.2, Introductory Signals, 1.3, Order of Signals, and 1.4 Order of Authorities. Rule 1.4 (p. 56) lists various authorities by weight. When you cite more than one authority in the same citation sentence, they must be listed in descending order by weight. Thus, statutes precede cases; cases are listed from highest court to lowest, with most recent decisions first; secondary sources follow primary sources. Tables and Abbreviations see Table of Contents, beginning on p. XIV. See, e.g., T.6 [p. 430] for a list of acceptable abbreviations in case names; but see BT1 and BT2, pp. 28-51, for practitioners use. Index the Bluebook contains an exceptionally detailed Index. For example, using the Index, where would you find: a. How to cite the canon law of the Catholic Church? Under Canon law or Catholic Church p. 305

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A checklist for editing citations: 1. Are you following the practitioners rules or the standard Bluebook rules? For court documents, follow practitioners rules where applicable but look to BB rules to fill gaps and to provide additional detail. Identify the type of material with which you are working. Is it a book, a journal, a case, a statute? Using the Index or the Table of Contents, locate the applicable rule in the Bluebook. Then check the blue pages to see if the practitioners notes apply. Have you placed the citation immediately after the proposition it supports? Should the citation be a separate citation sentence, or a citation clause within a text sentence? See R.1.1 (p. 53) and note how it differs from B.2 (p. 4). What type face is required? See B.1, top of p. 4, and Index under Typeface. Are numerals or symbols appropriate? Or should they be spelled out? See R.6.2, p. 81. Have you capitalized properly, punctuated correctly, and used the proper abbreviations? See R.10, p. 98, top, for abbreviations for federal district courts. See state name abbreviations on p. 436, T.10.1 Why is the District Court of New Jersey abbreviated D.N.J. but the Northern District of Illinois is abbreviated N.D. Ill. with a space? 7. Is a signal required? If multiple signals appear in the same citation sentence, are they in the proper order? See R.1.2 (p. 54), R.1.3, and B.3 (p. 5). If more than one authority is cited, is the order of authorities appropriate? See R.1.4 (p. 56); B.3.5 (p. 7) refers you to R.1.4. 2

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Is a short form citation appropriate? See B.4.2 ( p. 13), or Index under Short citation forms. Are parallel citations required? See B.4.1.3 ( p. 11), or Index under Parallel citations. Are you quoting the source? If so, is a block quote necessary? See B.12 (p. 27) and R.5 (p. 76). Have you omitted any portion of the quotation or otherwise altered it? See R.5.2 and 5.3 (pp. 77-78).

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Is parenthetical information required? See B.11 (p. 26), R.1.5 (p. 59), R.10.6.2 (p. 100), and R.12.8 (p. 120).