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Format case and statute citations quickly in first-year legal writing assignments.
Bluebook Citation Generator
Format cases, statutes and law review articles in Bluebook style for legal writing.
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What the Bluebook Citation Generator does
The Bluebook governs citation in most US law schools, law reviews and courts. Its rules for cases alone cover reporter abbreviations, court designations, pinpoint pages and parenthetical years, and statutes and secondary sources have their own formats. Law students spend hours checking commas and spacing that a reader notices only when they are wrong.
Paste the details of a case, statute, law review article or book and this generator returns full Bluebook citations. It does not look anything up, so if you leave out a reporter volume or decision year, it marks the gap and lists it. Use it for a first pass, then confirm against your jurisdiction's local rules.
How to use it
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Paste the details for each authority you need to cite.
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Press Format.
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Copy the citations, fill in flagged gaps, and check local court rules.
What people use it for
Law review notes
Get a consistent first pass on footnote citations before cite-checking.
Paralegal drafting
Clean up citations in a draft brief before an attorney reviews it.
Questions
Which Bluebook edition does it use?
The 21st edition. Local court rules sometimes differ, so check them before filing.
Does it do short forms and id.?
It produces full citations. Short forms depend on where the citation appears in your document, which the tool cannot see.
Can it look up a case's reporter citation?
No. It has no access to legal databases. Paste the volume, reporter and page from your source.
Will italics be preserved?
The output is plain text. Italicize or underline case names in your word processor after pasting.
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