Grammar & Style Conventions
The Bluebook offers guidance for citations in footnotes ("below-the-line" text). For guidance about grammar and style, particularly for "above-the-line" text, you should refer to these style manuals:
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The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style, 3d ed. by Call Number: Course Reserve (KF250 .G375 2013)Publication Date: 2013Covers punctuation, capitalization, grammar, prose style, and clarity in general. Written in the style of a restatement, with the black-letter rules followed by comments and illustrations. -
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. by Publication Date: 2017
Spelling Conventions
For guidance regarding spelling in the text of Articles, Notes, or Comments, you should refer to these dictionaries, or another dictionary your journal selects, along with any internal style sheets your journal develops.
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Black's Law Dictionary, 11th ed. by Call Number: KF156.B53 2019 at Reference Area & Reference OfficePublication Date: 2019Print. Also available in Westlaw.
Leading U.S. law dictionary. Includes quotations from scholarly works, citations to selected cases and statutes. Has appendix of legal maxims. -
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th ed. by Publication Date: 2003 -
Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, UnabridgedCall Number: Reference Area (PE1625 .W36 19) (shelve on reference dictionary stand)Publication Date: 1967
