Resources to assist with legal writing assignments and Bluebook Citations
The APUS Legal Studies Program Writing Guidewas created by APUS faculty specifically with you in mind. This guide will help you complete a range of legal writing assignments, like forum posts, exam essays, and case briefs. Additionally, included in the guide is a Bluebook Hints page for model and example Bluebook citations.
Bluebook Tutorial (Georgetown Law Library):Step-by-step video tutorials on how to read and construct Bluebook citations for statutes, case law, and law review articles.
Learning to Bluebook (UCLA Law Library): Four videos provide an introduction to the Bluebook and walk through exercises in an interactive Bluebook quiz (provided in the same guide).
If you are a book grant recipient andregistered for courses that list The Bluebook as required, please e-mailECM@apus.edu. Once you are verified as a registered student in a course that requires this resource and tuition has been paid, you will be emailed back an access code during the second week of class. The email will contain the link where you need to go to redeem the code for access to the text, along with instructions.