Using Citrus to automatically generate correct Bluebook citations to law reviews or journals is as easy as typing your brief or legal memoranda and using the F2 key to mark your citations as you go.  This example will show you how.

Citing to U.S. Law Reviews and Journals

Begin by starting Microsoft Word 2003 or Word 2007 on a blank document.  Then type this opening sentence:

The Court's ideological split is visible in both civil and criminal decisions.

Now you need to cite to an authority.  Whenever you enter a legal citation, use the F2 key to mark it.  For this example, press F2, then the citation, then F2 again.

The Court's ideological split is visible in both civil and criminal decisions. F2 Robert. E. Riggs & Mark T. Urban, Supreme Court Voting Behavior: 1989 Term, 5 B.Y.U. J. Pub. L. 1, 16 (1991). F2

(Throughout this example you will see ways to use abbreviations and shortcuts to enter citations much more quickly.)

When you press F2 a second time to indicate the end of your legal citation, Citrus will automatically generate a correct Bluebook legal citation to the journal article that you cited:

The Court's ideological split is visible in both civil and criminal decisions. Robert. E.
Riggs & Mark T. Urban, Supreme Court Voting Behavior: 1989 Term, 5 BYU J. Pub. L. 1, 16 (1991).

Citrus will automatically apply necessary underlining and punctuation and generate the correct abbreviation as necessary to put the citation into proper Bluebook format.

Citrus supports the 18th edition of the Bluebook rules, which is the most recent version.  If you enter a citation that is consistent with previous rules, Citrus will automatically update the citation to the current rule set.  Consider how Citrus processes this citation that conforms to the 17th edition rules:

Although fraternization is gender-neutral in principle, in fact modern enforcement focuses almost exclusively on opposite-sex dating and sexual relationships. F2 Major David S. Jonas, Fraternization: Time for a Rational Department of Defense Standard, 135 Mil. L. Rev. 37, 40 (1992). F2

Although this is a correct citation under 17th edition rules, the 18th edition proscribes the use of titles for authors.  (This change was not announced in the list of rule changes in the Introduction of the 18th edition of the Bluebook, but that excuse will not save the luckless attorney facing a freshly-minted law clerk who knows and cares nothing for the 17th edition.)  Citrus generates the correct Bluebook citation consistent with the 18th edition:

Although fraternization is gender-neutral in principle, in fact modern enforcement focuses almost exclusively on opposite-sex dating and sexual relationships. David S. Jonas, Fraternization: Time for a Rational Department of Defense Standard, 135 Mil. L. Rev. 37, 40 (1992).

Citing to Foreign Law Reviews and Journals

The rules for English language foreign law reviews and journals are basically the same as for similar U.S. publications except that the 18th edition of the Bluebook added a rule requiring that the citation identify the country of origin.  Try this:

Sovereign immunity worked better when applied to the sovereign than it does now when applied to the entire government. Bradley Selway, Of Kings and Officers - The Judicial Development of Public Law, 33 Federal L.Rev. 187 (2005). F2

When you press F2 to indicate that you are done entering the citations, Citrus will generate the following correct citation into your sample brief:

Sovereign immunity worked better when applied to the sovereign than it does now when applied to the entire government. Bradley Selway, Of Kings and Officers - The Judicial Development of Public Law, 33 Fed. L. Rev. 187 (2005) (Austl.).

Citrus takes care of the underlining, correct abbreviation and spacing, and adding the country of origin to conform with the new 18th edition rules.

Using Citrus on Existing Citations

If you enter a citation but forget to press F2, you can still have Citrus manage the citation.  Simply use your mouse or keyboard to highlight the citation, then press F2.  Try entering the following sentence into your sample brief now:

China's Leninist political structure conflicts with its drive to modernization. Richard Cullen & Pinky D. W. Choy, The Internet in China, 13 Columbia j of Asian law 99, 100 (1999).

Highlight "Richard Cullen & Pinky D. W. Choy, The Internet in China, 13 Columbia j of Asian law 99, 100 (1999)" and press F2.  Citrus will recognize the citation and generate the following:

China's Leninist political structure conflicts with its drive to modernization. Richard Cullen & Pinky D.W. Choy, The Internet in China, 13 Colum. J. Asian L. 99, 100 (1999).

Citrus will do all of the formatting that you would naturally expect, and also fixes a violation of a rule that even some experts would miss: the adjacent initials in the second authors name, "D. W.", must appear in a citation as "D.W."

In addition to instances in which you forget to press F2 at the start of a citation, this ability to use Citrus on existing citations can also be useful when you are using Citrus on a legal brief or memorandum that was not created with Citrus.  Simply highlight the citations in the brief for which you would like Citrus to manage the Bluebook formatting and Citrus will format the citation and manage it as you continue to edit your brief, law school writing assignment, or other legal memoranda.

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