The Bluebook App

The Bluebook, a Uniform System of Citation rulebook, is available as an app on iPhone and iPad. Users can conduct searches by keywords or phrases, able to jump directly to cited sources through hyperlinks, touch any word to highlight, annotate and/or bookmark any amount of text and much more.

NOTE: There are custom versions of the app are available on an enterprise basis for law firms and other organizations.

Bluebook Update

This was from the Abovethelaw.com blog today:

"Beyond the Bluebook: The Future of Writing About the Law"

In a world increasingly dominated by blogs and online publications, does traditional legal scholarship have a future? Will legal scholars abandon the traditional law review to write for a popular audience, and if so, why? What will this brave new world look like?"

There are some interesting comments from the panelists for this session which was presented at the New York Law School last Friday.