[blindLaw] bluebook...

Laura Wolk laura.wolk at gmail.com
Mon Oct 25 15:51:30 UTC 2021


The only way to master it is to do it.  It's not going anywhere
anytime soon.  So unfortunately, plan to carve out a Saturday or two
to commit this all to memory the best you can.

On 10/25/21, Yoon via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hmm. Punctuations and exact formatting can get so tough for us blind folks.
> In my pathetic attempt to overcome this peccadillo, I scoured all over the
> internet. To Only find an automatic citation generator. It seems pretty
> legit, but I don’t think it helps us with punctuations. the link is Bluebook
> Citation Generator _ CiteThis.html.is it Head of the Charles season?
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> From: Syed Rizvi <syedrizvinfb at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2021 11:23 AM
> To: pleaseletmesee2016 at gmail.com
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> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] bluebook...
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> I'm not sure if it includes punctuation tips. Yes, I am on campus.
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> SR
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> Syed Mahmud Rizvi
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> On Oct 25, 2021, at 11:09 AM, pleaseletmesee2016 at gmail.com wrote:
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> NP! Thank you! Does this cheat sheet include all the rules on proper
> punctuations? Because NVDA doesn’t pickup all the punctuations unless I
> toggle it to read all the punctuations. By the way, are you on campus in
> Cambridge right now?
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> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Syed Rizvi via
> BlindLaw
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2021 8:53 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] bluebook...
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> Hey Yall,
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> My apologies for taking a few days in getting back to this. Attached, please
> find a quick cheat sheet for Bluebooking. Some personal tips as well. I’ll
> often google the case or put it into west law and start with a standard
> citation and make my bluebook tweaks. I’ve found that to be much easier than
> making my own from scratch. West law will provide you with a standard
> citation for every case under the sun. Also, if the research project is one
> that has been assigned to the whole class, I’ll also see how my friends
> cited the cases, if we’re working in a closed case environment.
> Finally, there is an online bluebook, which is generally accessible, just
> not the more intuitive thing, especially for us newbies.
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> I hope this helps and I also hope that me sharing this doesn’t bother the
> publishers of the bluebook.
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> Syed
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> Syed Mahmud Rizvi
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> SyedRizviNFB at gmail.com
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> On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 4:08 PM Shannon via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
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> Hi Syed,
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> Could you send me the cheat sheet as well?
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> Thanks!
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> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Syed Rizvi
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> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2021 12:52 PM
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> Cc: Syed Rizvi <syedrizvinfb at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] bluebook...
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> Hey, I'm in the same boat. My professor gave me a blue book cheat
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> sheet I'd be happy to share. I'm not at my laptop right now, but I'll
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> be happy to help out!
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> Syed Mahmud Rizvi
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> On Oct 22, 2021, at 1:15 PM, Yoon via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
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> Hello everyone!!!
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> I was wondering if there were any other blind lawyers or blind law
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> school student out there who is struggling with the bluebook (more
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> so with the online version)and citations like myself? There are
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> hundreds of resources on this topic, but none of them are tailored
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> for nonsighted users. Thank you so much!
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