Legal Research and Writing: Student's Quick Guide To Using The Bluebook: An Introduction

A 30 page crash course guide for beginners trying to learn to navigate and use The Bluebook. In this quick overview, the guide focuses on the most commonly used citations in legal employment settings, and how to figure out proper citation format using The Bluebook. Mainly geared towards students in shorter Paralegal certification programs, however, still useful for those in law school or already working in a legal setting. This guide gets right to the nuts and bolts of the most important and most commonly referenced sections of The Bluebook. Authored by a practicing lawyer, and legal research and writing professor and instructor, who has taught in both law school and paralegal certification programs. With easy to use charts, visuals, and examples, this guide makes using The Bluebook so easy.