Writing Resource Center
Legal Writing Resources - Citations
Resources Regarding Plagiarism and Proper Attribution
The Purdue OWL website explains what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. The site is geared towards undergrads, but the basic information regarding plagiarism applies to ALL types of writing. The site includes exercises to test your knowledge.
Princeton's comprehensive website offers a wealth of information, and exercises, about avoiding plagiarism. The site gives general information that applies to ALL types of writing.
Resources Regarding Citation Mechanics
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation, courtesy of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University, offers an excellent online introduction to, and explanation of, legal citation. The site references both The Bluebook and the ALWD Citation Manual. It also includes practitioner norms (which sometimes reflect usage of neither book) and discusses the debate about citation forms.
In Blue Tips, the editors of A Uniform System of Citation ("The Bluebook"), provide authoritative, regularly updated, searchable guidance on citation questions.
Resources with Online Citation Exercises
LexisNexis Interactive Citation Workstation provides exercises covering case, statutory, legislative and administrative citations as well as secondary materials using both The Bluebook and ALWD Citation Manual.
The University of Maryland’s Thurgood Marshall Law Library provides exercise for citing cases, statutes, books and periodicals using The Bluebook.