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Course Curriculum

Below are the lessons and quizzes in this online course

    1. 1.1 - Overview

    2. 1.2 - How to Use the Videos and Quizzes

    1. 2.1 - Foundational Concepts

    1. 3.1 - Three Core Parts

    2. 3.2 - Case Names: Words to Omit

    3. QUIZ 1

    4. 3.3 - Case Names: Words to Abbreviate

    5. QUIZ 2

    6. 3.4 - Case Names: Phrases to Abbreviate

    7. QUIZ 3

    8. 3.5 - Case Names: Abbreviations in Citations v. References

    9. QUIZ 4

    10. 3.6 - Case Names: Guided Examples

    11. 3.7 - Retrieval Information: Understanding Reporters

    12. 3.8 - Retrieval Information: Details

    13. QUIZ 5

    14. 3.9 - Strength of the Case (Court and Date)

    15. QUIZ 6

    16. 3.10 - Spacing

    17. QUIZ 7

    18. 3.11 - Signals

    19. 3.12 - Explanatory Parentheticals

    20. 3.13 - Chain of Authority (and Quoting a Quote)

    1. 4.1 - Short Forms for Citations

    2. 4.2 - Short Forms for References

    3. 4.3 - Short Forms: Guided Examples

    4. QUIZ 8

    1. 5.1 - Parallel Citations v. String Citations

    2. 5.2 - Short Form for Parallel and String Citations

    3. QUIZ 9

    1. 6.1 - Full Citations

    2. 6.2 - Short Citations

    3. QUIZ 10

About this course

  • $29.99
  • 3.5 hours of video content
  • 31 lessons
  • 12 online quizzes
  • Certificate of completion

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This online material supplements the physical Citation Made Simple book and its Practice Book, providing the best set of resources for students of any learning style to learn citation as simply and effectively as possible.

  • The Citation Made Simple book teaches The Bluebook's citation rules in a clear, concise, and friendly style, covering all the details you need to know. It is also a terrific resource to return to when you need to review a rule or check a detail.

  • The Practice Book provides 24 short, focused exercise sets with answers and explanations. Applying the rules is crucial for mastering and remembering them. The answers and explanations for each exercise set are included in the book to help you learn from any mistakes and avoid repeating them when writing for professors, attorneys, or judges.

  • The online materials provide engaging videos that review the rules, emphasize important points, and provide step-by-step examples. Quizzes also test your grasp of the core concepts. Once enrolled, access lasts for 300 days.

The videos, quizzes, products, and materials on this website are not associated with The Bluebook®, A Uniform System of Citation®, (“The Bluebook”), in any way. The Bluebook is compiled by the editors of the Columbia Law Review, the Harvard Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal. It is published by The Harvard Law Review Association. The purpose of the materials on this website is to help students learn legal citation. It is not intended to replace The Bluebook.

No part of the videos, quizzes, products, and materials on this website may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of their creators, Jacob M. Carpenter and Armour Academic Press LLC.