An Overview of the Sixth Edition By Coleen Barger and Brooke Bowman

Overall Organization Part 1, Introductory Material Part 2, Citation Basics Part 3, Citing Specific Sources Part 4, Online Sources Part 5, Incorporating Citations into Documents Part 6, Quotations Part 7, Appendices

Fewer Rules & Appendices Number of rules reduced from 49 to 40 Primary authorities treated consistently Secondary source groupings Seven appendices As with cases and statutes, all legislative materials, federal and state, are treated in a single rule All administrative and executive materials are treated in a single rule Dictionaries, encyclopedias, A.L.R. annotations in a single rule Forthcoming works, unpublished works, working papers in a single rule [Note: As I get to “Seven appendices,” click to go to next page, where they are listed.]

Appendices Appendix 1: Primary Sources by Jurisdiction Appendix 2: Local Court Citation Rules Appendix 3: General Abbreviations Appendix 4: Court Abbreviations Appendix 5: Periodicals and Looseleaf Services Abbreviations Appendix 6: Federal Taxation Materials Appendix 7: Federal Administrative Agencies and Publications

A Single Set of Rules Maintains focus on formatting for practice-based documents But where scholarly writing requires different formatting or other constraints, incorporates relevant subsections and examples into same source rule

Academic Footnote Formats Rules specially marked to prevent user confusion with practice-based formats Rules included within specific source rules Fast Formats examples Point out the three ways Academic Format rules are marked: (FN) suffix, icon, and vertical red line

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Special Tools for the User Expanded use of spacing triangles  Official source stars  (Appendix 1) Non-consecutively paginated periodical stars  (Appendix 5) As I change slides, tell them that we have also kept the features they love

Templates & Illustrations Full citation format template and illustration Identifies components Sets out representative citation, with component labels, spacing triangles

Fast Formats Quick reference guides for specific sources Expanded to include examples of academic footnote formats, short-form citations List on inside cover

Sidebars and Charts Sidebars furnish helpful contextual or background information relevant for specific sources Charts collect frequently used terms, abbreviations, and similar materials with specific source rules

Examples Updated Expanded Revised Updated with more current examples of primary authorities Fast Formats feature academic formatting and short citation examples Large number of examples from previous edition replaced or revised due to rule changes

Appendix 1: Jurisdictional tables of primary authorities

Appendix 2: Local rules Instead of reproducing each jurisdiction’s local rules, which are often amended, the 5th edition cites any local court rules affecting citation and provides URLs for the court'

ALWD Guide to Legal Citation Teacher’s Manual Full description of changes in sixth edition Teaching notes for various sources PowerPoint slide presentations Appendices with correlation tables ALWD 5th edition  ALWD 6th edition ALWD  Bluebook Bluebook  ALWD ALWD Guide to Legal Citation

Includes Online Exercises The ALWD Online Companion Brooke Bowman Jessica Clark Cassandra Hill Erin Karsman Samantha Moppett