1. Bluebook & Legal Citations: For Washington Undergraduate Law Review Ann Hemmens University of Washington Gallagher Law Library October 24, 2007

2. Primary & Secondary Authority Primary Statement of "the law" from bodies with law-making authority Secondary Explain, interpret, and help you locate the primary law Includes: Treatises, Hornbooks, law review articles, legal encyclopedias, Restatements, Nutshells etc.

3. Organization of Federal & State Governments Constitution Legislative Statutes Stat., USC RCW Judicial Cases US, Fed 3d P3d, Wash. Executive Regulations Administrative Decisions FR, CFR WAC

4. How do Sources of Law Interact? Court interprets a statute An earlier court decision is overruled by same court Statute held unconstitutional by a court Legislature writes statute in response to a case Agency proposes new rule in response to statute.

5. Court Structure – Federal & State FederalState Court of Last Resort U.S. Supreme Court WA Supreme Court Intermediate Appellate Court ↑ Ninth Circuit* Ninth Circuit* Court of Appeals * = Circuit map WA Court of Appeals Trial Court ↑ U.S. District Court for Western District of WA King County Superior Court

6. Legal Citation The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (KF245.U5 2005 18th ed. in Reference Area) Cases Pate v. Threlkel, 661 So.2d 278 (Fla. 1995) Pate v. Threlkel Party 1 v. Party 2, [volume number] [reporter name] [page number] ([jurisdiction sometimes] [year]).

7. Statutes Organized chronologically Organized chronologically Called: Session laws Called: Session laws U.S. Statutes at Large (Stat.) U.S. Statutes at Large (Stat.) Laws of Washington Laws of Washington Organized by subject Organized by subject Called: A Code Called: A Code U.S. Code (USC) U.S. Code (USC) Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Revised Code of Washington (RCW)

8. Legal Citation Formats Public Law Pub.L. No. 107-56 Statutes at Large 115 Stat. 276 Codes 42 U.S.C. § § 9601-9675 (2004) Title – United States Code – Sections – (year) RCW 46.20.308 (2006) Revised Code of Washington Title – Chapter – Section

9. Image of Public Law Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191.Pub. L. No. 104-191

10. Constitutions The fundamental law of a nation or state, establishing the organization of government and prescribing the extent of its’ sovereign power. Citation Format U.S. CONST. art. I, § 9. W.A. CONST. art. IV, § 4.

11. Administrative Law Rules, regulations, and decisions created by administrative agencies (federal and state). Agency is authorized by Statute Power to issue regulations & adjudicate disputes delegated to executive agencies by Congress via an enabling statute.

12. Regulations Federal Register Published daily Includes: proposed regs & new regs Presidential documents Executive Orders & Proclamations Code of Federal Regulations Current rules & regulations in force Published annually

13. Citation Format: Regulations 65 Fed. Reg. 3415 (Jan. 21, 2000) Volume – Federal Register – Page (date) 7 CFR § 319.76 (2003) Title–Code of Federal Regulations–Section (year)

14. Sample Regulation 42 CFR Part 121

15. Secondary Sources Law Review Articles Full-Text on LexisNexis AcademicLexisNexis Academic Full-Text on Hein Online (“citation navigator”)Hein Online Index to find articles, LegalTracLegalTrac American Law Reports (ALR) KF 132 in Reference Area. Index at end of set. American Law Reports Books Law Library Catalog vs. UW Libraries Catalog Law Library CatalogUW Libraries Catalog SUMMIT (both of above plus more!) SUMMIT

16. Update Your Research Using Citators Shepard’s (available on LexisNexis Academic)(http://www.lib.washington.edu/su bject/Law/)http://www.lib.washington.edu/su bject/Law/ KeyCite (available on Westlaw when visit Gallagher Law Library)

17. Legal Citation The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (KF245.U5 2005 18th ed. in Reference Area) Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (LII 2006 ed.), by Peter W. Martin (http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/)http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/ Bluebook entry in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebook)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebook User’s Guide to the Bluebook, by Alan Dworsky (KF245.D853 2006 Ref Area) Cite Right, by Charles Lipson (PN171.F56 L5 2006 Ref Area) Doing Honest Work in College, by Charles Lipson (PN171.F56 L56 2004 Ref Area) Citing & Typing the Law, by C.Edward Good (KF245.G66 1997 Ref Area). Legal Writing and Research: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/HelpStudents/Research-and- Writing-Aids.cfm http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/HelpStudents/Research-and- Writing-Aids.cfm

18. Sample Citations – yeah! Bluebook 101, from Gallagher Law Library, http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/bluebook101.html http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/bluebook101.html See if someone else cited the document in a previously published law review article in ( 1) Columbia Law Review, (3) Harvard Law Review, (2) Univ. of Penn. Law Review, or (4) Yale Law Journal (the EDITORS of the Bluebook!!!)

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