Unlike the remainder of The Bluebook, which is designed in a style and at a level of complexity commensurate with the needs of the law journal publication process, the Bluepages provide easy-to-comprehend guidance for the everyday citation needs of law students, summer associates, law clerks, practicing lawyers, and other legal professionals. The first part contains the Bluepages, a how-to guide for basic legal citation. This introduction is meant to assist you as you begin what will likely become a lifelong relationship with the Bluebook system of legal citation. The Bluebook can often be intimidating for new users.

In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, The Bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information about the sources and legal authorities upon which they rely in their work. For generations, law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on The Bluebook’s uniform system of citation.

Welcome to The Bluebook, the definitive style guide for legal citation in the United States.

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