For first-year law students

Additional practice on case citations and other Bluebook concepts

A walk through of first-semester case citation rules, including common tables and North Carolina specifics. Read a lesson, try a problem, then check yourself.

Three ways in

Pick where you'd like to start.

The lessons explain the why behind each rule. The practice set lets you drill one topic at a time. The assessments mix everything together, the way an exam will.

What's covered

Every rule on the syllabus, none of the ones that aren't.

We focus on the blue pages a 1L actually uses — plus the two tables you'll keep flipping back to.

Citation mechanics

  • B1.2 · Introductory signals

Case citations

  • B10.1 · Full case citation
  • B10.1.1 · Case names
  • B10.1.2 · Reporters & pinpoint pages
  • B10.1.3 · Court & year
  • B10.2 · Short-form citation

Tables you'll use

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