This guide is intended to assist student members and editors of law journals at UW Law. This guide offers assistance with finding sources for sourcing-and-citing (S&C) assignments and offers advice about checking citations in accordance with The Bluebook. This guide also includes information to assist students with writing and publishing Notes or Comments.
This guide can be used in conjunction with the Bluebook 101 guide and the collection of guides on Writing for & Publishing in Law Reviews. For additional assistance, please explore the other Gallagher guides referenced throughout this guide. You are also welcome to contact the Research Services librarians at lawref@uw.edu.
The University of Washington School of Law publishes four student-edited law journals. Law students serve on a journal for two academic years. For more information about journal membership, please click here.
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So many citations; so little time! How should a someone gathering sources approach his or her first assignment to retrieve cited materials?
The following checklist itemizes steps for locating and collecting cited material.