[blindLaw] Citations & Formatting of Legal Writing in Law School & Beyond

[Nikki Singh]

Hi! Second all this. Citation and formatting is very important and will
matter significantly once you are filing real pleadings in court. The
appropriate accommodation in the classroom setting is a reader to review
formatting to catch issues with odd spacing, inconsistent fonts, proper
spatial organization of the footer, etc. once you have tried your best to
draft the pleading yourself, with or without a template. You should not ask
nor get a waiver to put citation, formatting, word count limits, and the
like aside. Actual courts will not give you that accommodation and will
instead expect you to adhere to civil, local and chambers rules.


Sincerely,

Nikki

On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 1:10 PM Lauren Bishop via BlindLaw <
blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> The online version of the blue book is amazing. Also legal citatation is
> easy once you get the hang of it. No one in your classes will know how to
> format the documents, so templates will be provided. You can request those
> in MS word format. If you use the command Jaws key plus f, you will hear
> the font and formatting of the text your cursor is over. I also asked to
> have someone look at my formatting to make sure nothing crazy happened. A
> waver of the formatting was offered for my classes, but formatting is
> essential, so I didn’t accept the accommodation.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 18, 2024, at 12:26 PM, Rebecca Arrowood via BlindLaw <
> blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Good morning, I would definitely pay to do the subscription to get the
> blue book online access
> >
> > Best,
> > Rebecca Arrowood
> >
> >
> >> On Aug 17, 2024, at 10:07 PM, Natasha Ishaq via BlindLaw <
> blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I’ve started law school and we have been introduced to the Bluebook and
> the
> >> importance of correct formatting when it comes to legal writing. This is
> >> something we will be doign extensively in our skills courses this
> semester
> >> and beyond.
> >>
> >> I was curious if anyone here faced accessibility barriers with citations
> >> and formatting and how you navigated through such challenges?
> >>
> >> Thank you!
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Natasha
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