Citation Resources: Legal Citations

The Library has a variety of resources to help you understand legal research and to explain how to cite cases and other legal documents. 

• Legal Research

The following style manuals are standards for legal citation styles used by the courts:

LexisNexis Wiki: Legal Citation Formats

Tutorials:Legal Citation Formats

• University of Maryland University College: How to Cite Cases in Bluebook Format

Cool LibGuides:

• Washington State University: Legal Citations

• UCLA: How to Read a Legal Citation

• UCLA: Common Legal Citations:

LexisNexis Academic: Database provides law reviews, state and federal case law as well as news and company information.

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Citations to cases and other sources referenced in documents filed with the courts must follow either the California Style Manual or The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. The same style must be used consistently throughout the document.

Citation Builder for government documents:

• DocsCite (available from University of Arizona Libraries)

To align citations of legal documents with APA or MLA style guides for research papers, please see their manuals for examples:

• Publication Manual of the Americal Psychological Association

• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

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