1. An Overview of the Sixth Edition
By Coleen Barger and Brooke Bowman

2. Overall Organization Part 1, Introductory Material
Part 2, Citation Basics
Part 3, Citing Specific Sources
Part 4, Online Sources
Part 5, Incorporating Citations into Documents
Part 6, Quotations
Part 7, Appendices

3. Fewer Rules & Appendices
Number of rules reduced from 49 to 40
Primary authorities treated consistently
Secondary source groupings
Seven appendices
As with cases and statutes, all legislative materials, federal and state, are treated in a single rule
All administrative and executive materials are treated in a single rule
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, A.L.R. annotations in a single rule
Forthcoming works, unpublished works, working papers in a single rule
[Note: As I get to “Seven appendices,” click to go to next page, where they are listed.]

4. Appendices Appendix 1: Primary Sources by Jurisdiction
Appendix 2: Local Court Citation Rules
Appendix 3: General Abbreviations
Appendix 4: Court Abbreviations
Appendix 5: Periodicals and Looseleaf Services Abbreviations
Appendix 6: Federal Taxation Materials
Appendix 7: Federal Administrative Agencies and Publications

5. A Single Set of Rules
Maintains focus on formatting for practice-based documents
But where scholarly writing requires different formatting or other constraints, incorporates relevant subsections and examples into same source rule

6. Academic Footnote Formats
Rules specially marked to prevent user confusion with practice-based formats
Rules included within specific source rules
Fast Formats examples
Point out the three ways Academic Format rules are marked: (FN) suffix, icon, and vertical red line

7. No More Flipping
Instead of this . . .

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9. Special Tools for the User
Expanded use of spacing triangles 
Official source stars  (Appendix 1)
Non-consecutively paginated periodical stars  (Appendix 5)
As I change slides, tell them that we have also kept the features they love

10. Templates & Illustrations
Full citation format template and illustration
Identifies components
Sets out representative citation, with component labels, spacing triangles

11. Fast Formats Quick reference guides for specific sources
Expanded to include examples of academic footnote formats, short-form citations
List on inside cover

12. Sidebars and Charts
Sidebars furnish helpful contextual or background information relevant for specific sources
Charts collect frequently used terms, abbreviations, and similar materials with specific source rules

13. Examples Updated Expanded Revised
Updated with more current examples of primary authorities
Fast Formats feature academic formatting and short citation examples
Large number of examples from previous edition replaced or revised due to rule changes

14. Appendix 1: Jurisdictional tables of primary authorities

15. Appendix 2: Local rules
Instead of reproducing each jurisdiction’s local rules, which are often amended, the 5th edition cites any local court rules affecting citation and provides URLs for the court'

16. ALWD Guide to Legal Citation
Teacher’s Manual
Full description of changes in sixth edition
Teaching notes for various sources
PowerPoint slide presentations
Appendices with correlation tables
ALWD 5th edition  ALWD 6th edition
ALWD  Bluebook
Bluebook  ALWD
ALWD Guide to Legal Citation

17. Includes Online Exercises
The ALWD Online Companion
Brooke Bowman
Jessica Clark
Cassandra Hill
Erin Karsman
Samantha Moppett