Bluebook

The Bluebook: a Uniform System of Citation is a book and a widely used legal citation system for the U.S. compiled by the Harvard Law Review Association along with the Columbia Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal. Currently, it is in its 18th edition.

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The Bluebook citation system is the standard at most American law schools and law journals (though the total number has been decreasing slowly). It is often used in the federal courts. In contrast, many state courts (especially New York and California) use homegrown citation systems which are quite different from Bluebook style.

Harvard Law Review: The Harvard Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship published by a student-run group at Harvard Law School. The journal, the most prestigious law review in the United States, appears monthly from November through June. It has a circulation of about 8,000....

University of Pennsylvania Law Review: The University of Pennsylvania Law Review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, published by an organization of second and third year J.D. students at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. It is the oldest such journal in the United States, having published continuously since 1852; v...

Yale Law Journal: The Yale Law Journal, published continuously since 1891, is the oldest and most widely known of the eight law reviews published by students at Yale Law School....