For first-year law students

Additional practice on case citations and other Bluebook concepts

A walkthrough of first-semester case citation rules, including common tables and North Carolina specifics. Each topic has a lesson on the Learn page, practice questions on the Practice page, and test questions on the Assessments page.

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Learn explains each rule with examples. Practice has questions on one rule at a time. Assessments has three 20-question tests that cover rules across all concepts.

What's covered

Bluebook rules covered

Citelines provides a chance to learn and practice the Bluebook rules listed below.

Citation mechanics

  • B1.1 · Citation sentences and clauses
  • B1.2 · Introductory signals
  • B1.3 · Explanatory parentheticals

Case citations

  • B10.1 · Full case citation & string cites
  • B10.1.1 · Case names
  • B10.1.2 · Reporters & pinpoint pages
  • B10.1.3 · Court & year
  • B10.2 · Short forms for cases & statutes
  • NC · Parallel citations

Constitutions & regulations

  • B11 · Federal & state constitutions
  • B14 · Federal & state regulations

Tables

  • T1 · North Carolina: N.C., N.C. App., N.C. Gen. Stat.
  • T6 · Case-name & institutional-author abbreviations