August 11, 2026

Bluebooks: who needs them? (besides law students)

The newest Bluebook is out, edition number 19, if you are keeping track. The question is, do I really need it for my practice?  [cricket, cricket] No.  As well put by Raymond Ward: As a practicing lawyer, here’s what I need to know how to cite, in descending order of importance: statutes, cases, constitutions, treatises, […]

Stylebook searching

If you’re a student, an attorney, or an academic, then you use a style book, maybe more than one.  And finally, there’s a place to search all of them….or at least 49 of them.  Check it out at the onlinestylebooks.com. (via the (new) legal writer)