Are westlaw BLUEBOOK cites ever wrong? Forum
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Are westlaw BLUEBOOK cites ever wrong?
I used a westlaw cite and it was marked wrong. I'm wondering is it possible that the cute is wrong (are there bugs in the software)?
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Re: Are westlaw BLUEBOOK cites ever wrong?
Our westlaw rep explained to us that its not exactly Bluebook for copyright concerns, but its very close. Its close enough that practitioners probably wont notice, but a LRW very well might.
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Re: Are westlaw BLUEBOOK cites ever wrong?
According to the people that have graded my LRW stuff, it is wrong all the time.
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Re: Are westlaw BLUEBOOK cites ever wrong?
How can this be a copyright issue? BLUEBOOK sells a list of rules for formatting, what's wrong with a machine that follows those rules?
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Re: Are westlaw BLUEBOOK cites ever wrong?
Perhaps the rep was just making something up, but the takeaway is just use your bluebook.Wakelaw15 wrote:How can this be a copyright issue? BLUEBOOK sells a list of rules for formatting, what's wrong with a machine that follows those rules?
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Re: Are westlaw BLUEBOOK cites ever wrong?
I saw a lot of errors as a LRW TA this year, and I think a ton were based on simply copying and pasting from Westlaw. Be especially careful of T6 abbreviations and reporter abbreviations (esp. F. Supp.), as those were the most frequent errors I saw.
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Re: Are westlaw BLUEBOOK cites ever wrong?
I know Lexis is often wrong, but I use their cites anyway.
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Re: Are westlaw BLUEBOOK cites ever wrong?
Happens all the time. Spacing is wrong, abbreviations are wrong, all sorts of stuff is wrong.