1L Resources, Tips and Tools: Legal Citations

Citation management software products, also known as citation managers, can help you format, manage, and organize case cites and other citations in your work. 

Two citation management products that you may want to consider are:

• West Drafting Assistant
• Lexis Brief Analysis
• Zotero

NOTE: Only a handful of products offer legal citation management and none are fail-safe

This Workstation will help you learn the citation rules you will use most frequently when you clerk for a law firm or a court and, later, practice law. You can choose to do exercises to practice either The Bluebook or ALWD citation rules. To access the ICW, sign on to Lexis, and click on the nine dots on the top left corner of the screen to select Interactive Citation Workstation.

The Bluebook is the standard citation manual used in the the majority of Brooklyn Law School classes. It is recommended that all students buy the most recent edition of the Bluebook (21st) or subscribe to the online version. The Library has a variety of other citation manuals available on Reserve and at the Reference Desk for occasions where students may need to use alternative citation formats.

Citation Form for Briefs and Legal Memoranda: This exercise is to help users learn the rules of proper citation form for briefs and legal memoranda, revised to reflect the current edition of The Bluebook. CALI login required.

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (LII 2020 ed.) : Great online summary with examples.

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations: Web-based service allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications.