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Training and Q&A

Training and Q&A. Florida Law Review 2007 Write-On Competition. During tonight’s meeting, we’ll:. Get you acquainted with the layout of the Bluebook (BB) Provide general guidance on how to use the BB Address difficult and tricky citation rules

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Training and Q&A

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  1. Training and Q&A Florida Law Review 2007 Write-On Competition

  2. During tonight’s meeting, we’ll: • Get you acquainted with the layout of the Bluebook (BB) • Provide general guidance on how to use the BB • Address difficult and tricky citation rules • Answer any questions you may have about using the BB, the practice test, or the Write-On Competition in general Feel free to ask questions throughout the presentation!

  3. Layout of the Bluebook • First, be sure you’re using the 18th edition! • Front cover • Quick reference for Law Review footnotes • Bluepages (pg 3-43) • Abbreviated intro to the rules w/ tips and references to rules • Full text of complete rules • Tables • Used in conjunction w/ the rules • Index • Very comprehensive • USE THIS TO CHECK EVERYTHING!!!!

  4. Using the Bluebook • First- ask: What type of source is this? • Common sources include: • Cases (R. 10) • Statutes (R. 12) • Legislative Material (R. 13) • Books & Reports (R. 15) • Periodicals (R. 16) • Law Reviews/Journals • Newspapers • Electronic Media (Internet) (R. 18) • If you’re not sure…look it up in the Index! • Blue text = example of citation • Black text = explanation of how to cite it Hmm…how do I cite the Restatement (2d) of Torts?

  5. Using the Bluebook • Then- Find the right set of rules using the Front Cover, Index, or Table of Contents • The set of rules will: • Begin with a few citation examples that give the proper typeface and spacing • Walk you through the different parts of the basic, full citation format for that source • Refer you to relevant tables • Give you the proper short citation form • NOTE: This is usually the last rule in the set!! • The rules are very detailed so remember to read closely!!

  6. Tips for Tricky Citations • Next, we’ll discuss specific rules related to: • Cases • Statutes • Books & Periodicals • Internet sources • As well as rules that apply: • To all sources • In the text of the article, the footnote, or a parenthetical

  7. Tips for Cases • Proper abbreviation for case names • Abbreviate ANY word in the case name that is listed in Table 6 (pg. 335-37)—when in doubt, look it up!! • Selection of the correct reporter • Find the correct jurisdiction in Table 1. It will tell you which reporter to cite. • Proper numerical abbreviations – R. 6.2(b) • “Second” = 2d NOT 2nd and “Third” = 3d NOT 3rd • Do NOT use superscript text in footnotes (ex: 1st not 1st) so undo it if your computer automatically does it for you. • Correct spacing for reporter names – R. 6.1(a) • Close up adjacent single capitals (ex: S.D.N.Y.) • Individual numbers are treated as single capitals (ex: F.3d) • Do NOT close up single capitals w/ longer abbreviations (ex: D. Mass) • Insert a space adjacent to any abbreviation containing two or more letters (ex: So. 2d and F. Supp. 2d)

  8. Tips for Cases • Italics – R. 2.1(a) • Do NOT italicize full case name in footnote but DO italicize short form of case name and the case name in the text • Always italicize procedural phrases, such as en banc, In re, ex rel., etc. • Cases w/ multiple dispositions – R. 10.2.1(k) • Use full case name in citation but put identifier of the number of the decision parenthetically in italics • Ex: Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (Hamdi III) • Once it has been cited as such, the case can then be referred to using this numerical identifier • Dissenting/Concurring opinions – R. 10.9(b) • Provide the dissenting or concurring judge’s name in parenthetical after the case citation • For multiple cites in a row to the same opinion, you do NOT have to include another parenthetical until it switches to a different opinion • Gators v. Buckeyes, 84 So. 2d 75, 90 (Fla. 2007) (Oden, J., dissenting) • Id. at 98. • Id. at 80 (Meyer, J., concurring). • Id. at 75 (majority opinion).

  9. Tips for Statutes • U.S.C. versus U.S.C.A. or U.S.C.S. – R. 12.2.1(a) • Only cite to the U.S.C.A. or U.S.C.S. if the federal law was enacted after the most recent edition of the U.S.C. • Most recent edition of U.S.C. is 2000 – the 2006 version is not yet published. • Section symbols • Always include a space between the section symbol and the statute number • 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2000). • When citing to multiple sections in a statute, use two section symbols • 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9675 (2000). • Public law number – R. 12.2.2(b) • Only use the public law number from the session laws when citing to the historical fact of the statute’s enactment, amendment, or repeal • Can put reference to the current USC version in parenthetical

  10. Tips for Books & Periodicals • Small caps – R. 2.1(b)-(c) • Books: Author’s name and title of book • Periodicals: Title of periodical only • Look up proper abbreviation of periodical in Table 13 (pg. 349-72)! • If the title is not listed, then abbreviate the individual words as indicated in either Table 13 or Table 10. • Essay in larger collection – R. 15.5.1 • If the author is citing to an article, but the article is actually an essay in a collection, cite the article’s author and title as you would for any other journal article, but then you follow normal rules for citing a book compiled by an editor. • David L. Boren, A Recipe for the Reform of Congress, in THE CONSTITUTION AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM 35, 35 (Frederick G. Slabach ed., 2d ed. 2006). • Be sure to italicize the “in”! • No comma b/t editor’s last name and “ed.”! • Note: The book’s title should be small caps, not all caps—I just couldn’t get power point to cooperate w/ the font…

  11. Tips for Internet Sources • Parallel vs Direct citations – R. 18.2.2 & 18.2.3 • Determine if internet source is a parallel citation or a direct citation • Parallel = If source is also available in traditional print format but is more easily accessed online, then use “available at” • Paige M. Harrison & Allen J. Beck, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dep’t of Justice, Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2005 (2005), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ pjim05.pdf. • Direct = If source does NOT exist in a traditional printed format or it exists but cannot be found or is so obscure that it is practically unavailable, then do NOT use “available at” • If unprinted source is analogous to a printed source, then use the typeface conventions for the printed source. If there is no analogous printed source, then do not use any special typefaces • Douglas Gantenbein, Mad Cows Come Home, SLATE, Jan. 5, 2004, http://slate.msn.com/id/2093396/index.html. • If material is undated, then include the date that the website was last visited • Gatorzone.com, Men’s Basketball, http://www.gatorzone.com/basketball/men/ (last visited Apr. 7, 2007).

  12. Tips for All Sources • Quotation format – R. 5.1 • More than 50 words = block quotation w/ left and right indentation and no quotation marks • Ellipsis – R. 5.3 • If omitting part of a quote, insert an ellipsis ( . . . ) with space before the first and after the last period • Ellipsis should never begin a quotation • See rule for specifics on using ellipsis in different parts of quotation • Emphasis – R. 5.2(d) • If emphasis is either added or omitted from a quotation, indicate this in a parenthetical following the citation. But, do NOT indicate emphasis if it is included in the original. • Use italics to indicate emphasis. • “Joakim Noah remembers the critics. . . . How could you turn down all the money that goes to the top pick in the NBA draft?” • Andy Staples, Gators Repeat Mantra: Returning Was Right Move, TAMPA TRIB., Apr. 4, 2007, at A1 (emphasis added).

  13. Tips for All Sources • Page numbers – R. 3.2 • When citing a range of pages, only provide the last two numbers in the range (drop any repetitive digits) • Ex: 132-35 NOT 132-135. But 198-201 is okay. • Rule of Five – R. 10.9(a) • Only use a case’s short form if the case has been cited (in either its full or short form) in one of the five preceding footnotes • Gators v. Buckeyes, 84 So. 2d 75, 75 (Fla. 2007). • Id. at 76. • Andy Staples, Gators Repeat Mantra: Returning Was Right Move, TAMPA TRIB., Apr. 4, 2007, at A1. • Id. • Id. • Id. • Gators, 84 So. 2d at 78. • Infra & Supra – R. 4.2 • Use supra as the short form citation for an article or book. • Boren, supra note 6, at 36. • Also use supra and infra to cite to earlier or later parts of the actual article. • See supra notes 10-11 and accompanying text. • See infra Part II.A.

  14. Tips for Text These tips apply for the text of the actual article, the footnote, or a parenthetical. • Numbers – R. 6.2(a) • Spell out numbers zero to ninety-nine and round numbers (ex: hundred) • Capitalization – R. 8 • Very specific so check R. 8(b) • Speaking parentheticals – R. 1.5(a) • When explaining something related to the source in a parenthetical following the cite, always start with a present participle in lower case (ex: arguing that…) • When quoting one or more full sentences, then start with a capital letter (ex: “[T] Florida Gators own the Ohio State Buckeyes.”) • Signals – R. 1.2 – 1.4 • Review R. 1.2 for the meaning of different signals (ex: see vs accord). • When a footnote uses multiple signals, the signals must be in the order in which they appear in R. 1.2 • When multiple sources follow a signal, the sources must be in the order given by R. 1.4.

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