Legal Resources

SpeakWrite expects all legal typists to be familiar with legal citations, pleading formatting and legal terminology. We encourage you to use any Bluebook references that you're comfortable with, but here are some we have found particularly helpful:

Guide to legal citations:	https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/index.htm
Differences between Bluebook and California styles:	http://guides.library.lls.edu/c.php?g=497703&p=3407469
Examples of citations from each state (scroll to the state name and then click on either Cases, Statutes, or Regulations):	https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/7-500
Courts and Reporters (click on the <e.g.> link to see the list of your choice:	https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/4-400
Signals	https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/6-300

Attached for download below, is a lengthy handout entitled SpeakWrite Legal Typing. This handout is intended for SW legal typists. When you click on "Download" below, the document will open on your screen. Then click on the down arrow icon to open it in Microsoft Word format, so that you can see formatting marks in the sample documents contained in the guide.