Should Legal Writing Professors Continue to Teach Traditional Legal Citation Rules for Parentheticals Despite the Increased Usage of (Cleaned Up) Parentheticals?
<p><span><span>I transitioned into teaching Legal Writing in 2023. Early in my first semester, I discussed the now well-known case of <em>Mata v. Avianca, Inc</em>.
Reconsidering How We Present and Grade Bluebook Citation
<p><span><span>It is no secret that law students face high levels of stress that can manifest in challenging mental and physical outcomes.<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1"><span><span>[1]</span></span></a> The rigors of undergraduate study do not necessarily prepare students for the challenges they will face in law school.
Pondering Parentheticals: Problems and Possibilities
<p><span><span><span><strong>Pondering Parentheticals: Problems and Possibilities<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1"><strong><span><span><span>[1]</span></span></span></strong></a></strong> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><strong>Peggy Kline Kirkpatrick</strong></span></span></span></p>
The Folly of the Embedded Full Citation: How the Bluebook and ALWD Manuals Encourage Weak Legal Writing
<p><span><span><span>The two most prominent citation manuals for legal writing, the Bluebook and the ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, tell us that we may place full citations to legal authority in a <annotation class="annotation-title" data-summary title="THE BLUEBOOK: A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF CITATION R. B1.1, at 4 (Columbia L. Rev. Ass’n et al. eds., 21st ed. 2020) [hereinafter BLUEBOOK]; ALWD GUIDE TO LEGAL CITATION R. 34.1(a), at 294 (Ass’n of Legal Writing Dirs. & Colleen M. Barger, eds., 6th ed. 2017) [hereinafter ALWD].