Ideas on How to Improve The Bluebook? Online Survey - Reply by November 8

Citing Legally recently posted a survey for ideas on how to improve the Bluebook, if you would like to participate in the survey, submissions must be recieved by November 8.

"In preparation for the commencement of work on the 20th edition of The Bluebook, due out in 2015, that manual’s proprietors have placed a survey online at: https://www.legalbluebook.com/survey.  Anyone with views on how that reference might be improved in scope, delivery, or content should register them … soon."


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Online Bluebook

I know how much you all love the Bluebook.  Who doesn't?

Now you can get a Bluebook app for your iPhone or iPad (not sure when Android will be available).  It is part of the Rulebook app libraries - which also includes court rules and the ABA  Model Rules.  The app is free but you have to pay to access the Bluebook ($39.99) and other titles (court rules $0.99 - $2.99; ABA Model Rules $24.99).

You can also purchase web access to the Bluebook  at www.legalbluebook.com .

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Bluebook Format Options

As many of you know, the Bluebook is available in several formats including print, online and the newest addition is an app.  LLRX recently published an article entitled "Bluebook Technologies" discussing the features and pricing of each option.  Many of us might prefer the print but with the other options it is easy to have access anywhere (especially for busy law students) without having to lug the book around.  The article also provides a quick comparison chart for quick reference.  Click here for the full article.

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Bluebook Is Now Mobile!

The Bluebook has an App!  The Rulebook App now includes the Bluebook, available for Apple devices.  There is a charge for the Bluebook addition to the Rulebook, but you will never struggle with a little spiral bound book again!



And as a bonus...tomorrow...August 22, 2012, "For one day only, August 22, 2012, the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Bankruptcy Procedure, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure and Evidence may be downloaded at no charge on the rulebook app.  All you need to do is download the free app and then download the federal rules, which will be priced "free" on that day."
(read more here: http://bit.ly/Nfemtk)
So, even if you don't decide to purchase the Bluebook, go get your free rules!

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CiteGenie

CiteGenie is a Firefox add-on that creates real Bluebook pinpoint citations from material you highlight in Westlaw. Normally, these kinds of features and applications aren't reliable, but CiteGenie received a good review here, so it may actually be worth trying.

(Of course, it should go without saying that if you never learn how to create citations, that will eventually be a problem for you.)


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