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If you are searching for a legal citation you must use the precise format shown below, including exact punctuation. For other types of references such as newspaper and magazine articles, see the article on Citing References.
APA
Citing Legal materials in APA follows the Bluebook style.
However, Bluebook style is not used to cite law review articles or legal books. Instead, use the regular APA style.
This helpful guide extracts out of the Bluebook some general information about legal citation out of the Bluebook (which the library only has in paper)
This work first appeared in 1993. It was most recently revised in the fall of 2013 following a thorough review of the actual citation practices of judges and lawyers.
