[blindlaw] Bluebook

Stewart, Christopher K chris.stewart at uky.edu
Wed Jul 29 12:19:22 UTC 2015


Amy, the online subscription is all you need. It is exactly formatted
and very accessible. For the record, several of my classmates now only
use the online version because it is searchable, very convenient.

Honestly, I think trying to use a pdf of the Bluebook would be hell
because of minor attributes like small caps, different types of
dashes, Etc. Were I you, I would avoid anything other than the online
version, perhaps in conjunction with a personal reader, preferably one
who is either familiar with the Bluebook already or at least familiar
with style guides in general.

As for minute detail, it is all perfectly clear online. My experience
is that you need to copy the sample citation to MS Word, and it will
then give you the full list of attributes. There may be a way to get
JAWS to read small caps in a web browser, but I don't know it.

Let me know if you've any other questions.

Best,
Chris


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> Would the online subscription of bluebook be a sufficient substitution for
> the print book, or would I need both print and online versions? I also have
> the supplemental on my book list.
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>> On Jul 20, 2015, at 1:04 PM, ALBERT ELIA via blindlaw
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> https://www.legalbluebook.com
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>>> On Jul 20, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Nicole Askins via blindlaw
>>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> Also, where can I get a copy of this blue book that was spoken during
>>> this
>>> conversation? Of course I would need it in an electronic format can I
>>> obtain that on my own prior to entering school?
>>>> On Jul 20, 2015 12:53 PM, "Nicole Askins" <njaskins at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your response. I will be at the Baltimore campus Frances
>>>> C
>>>> Carie School of Law
>>>> On Jul 20, 2015 9:03 AM, "Reyazuddin, Yasmin via blindlaw" <
>>>> blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>>>> Are you going to be at the College Park campus or Baltimore. It makes
>>>>> a
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>>>>> Dan
>>>>> Newsome at 301-314-7958 and ask him for an appointment. He is the
>>>>> coordinator of the Adaptive technology lab on campus. He coordinates
>>>>> with
>>>>> all the services on campus to get the books in whatever format you
>>>>> need.
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>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Nicole
>>>>> Askins via blindlaw
>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 8:50 AM
>>>>> To: Blind Law Mailing List
>>>>> Cc: Nicole Askins
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Bluebook
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello everyone, I too AM starting law school in the fall but have been
>>>>> placed on University of Maryland weightless. I am fairly certain that
>>>>> I
>>>>> will be fully accepted but, what will I need to get started seeing as
>>>>> I
>>>>> have not received my acceptance letter yet nor do I know what course
>>>>> materials are needed. Attempting to get a head start On Jul 19, 2015
>>>>> 3:44
>>>>> PM, "Michal Nowicki via blindlaw" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am starting law school in the fall, and I will need the Bluebook
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> my legal writing class.  I know that the Bluebook is available
>>>>>> on-line
>>>>>> through a subscription.  Have any of you accessed it using this
>>>>>> method?  If so, did you find it accessible?  Specifically, in
>>>>>> addition
>>>>>> to eas of navigation, does JAWS identify formatting attributes (font
>>>>>> type, size, color, bold/underline/italics, etc.) correctly?  I need
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> know this so that I can determine whether or not the subscription
>>>>>> service is a reliable version of the book when it comes to learning
>>>>>> how
>>>>> to format legal documents correctly.
>>>>>> Any feedback is appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michal
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Chris K. Stewart
University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D. Candidate, 2016
Senior Staff Editor, Kentucky Law Journal
Co-President, American Constitution Society
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California Institute of the Arts, B.F.A. 2010
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