David Ziff · @djsziff
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It’s *extremely* rare for a judge to call out a lawyer for not following Bluebook rules. But Judge Huck (S.D. Fla.) recently did just that. Here’s a footnote the Judge included in a recent order.
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#legalwriting #bluebook #citations

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KrissyKat 🏳️‍⚧️ · @KrissyKat
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Rule 10.7.1(d) now covers slave cases. (See rule in link below).

Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857) (enslaved party), superseded by constitutional amendment, U.S. Const. amend. XIV.

Wall v. Wall, 30 Miss. 91 (1855) (enslaved person at issue).

liblawuw.libguides.com/c.php?g

#law #citations #bluebook #slaverycases #crt

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KrissyKat 🏳️‍⚧️ · @KrissyKat
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Scholars are looking at the number of legal cases used as precedent dating back to slave times. There are a lot of cases cited today involving people who were considered property in slavery times.

npr.org/2023/06/14/1181834798/

“This forces judges and lawyers to confront the fact that they’re relying on slavery,” Simard said. “Is that the best support for their proposition?”

wapo.st/3p9DmL5 (gift link)

#crt #law #citation #history #justice #bluebook

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Mark Davies · @markyadavies
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The use of and other a programs by students to write their essays in philosophy may soon bring back the joy of exams into my classes.

#bluebook #AI #chatgpt

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Mark Davies · @markyadavies
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The use of and other a programs by students to write their essays in philosophy may soon bring back the joy of exams into my classes.

#bluebook #AI #chatgpt

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David Ziff · @djsziff
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I'm happy to announce that my article in the North Carolina Law Review Forum is now live in its final form: Citation, Slavery, and the Law as Choice: Thoughts on Bluebook Rule 10.7.1(d). Thanks to the student editors who made this possible!

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David Ziff · @djsziff
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Happy March! In celebration, I'm posting a (very long) thread from the other website. One of my favorite uses of the bird. Still makes me laugh:
twitter.com/djsziff/status/136

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David Ziff · @djsziff
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Just in case you're looking for some weekend reading on citation, slavery, The Bluebook, precedent, and the nature of law, I've got a little something for you:

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf

It's only 34 pages!

#legalwriting #law #citation #lawfedi #precedent #slavery #bluebook

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David Ziff · @djsziff
219 followers · 43 posts · Server mastodon.lawprofs.org

Huh. I hadn't seen this parenthetical before. A (cleaned up) alternative?

(extraneity omitted)

From: North Carolina v. Brichikov, 2022-NCSC-140
appellate.nccourts.org/opinion

#citation #legalwriting #bluebook

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Sensei Starman · @SenseiStarman
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From the creators of and comes a new series devoted to the weird horror of true alien abduction stories.

Matt reviews #1, rating it 5/5 - kabOOOOOm! Check out the first issue on February 22, 2023!

kabooooom.com/2023/02/19/blue-

#thenicehouseonthelake #powers #bluebook

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David Ziff · @djsziff
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Bumping again for the Thursday crowd. Now that the bird is breaking, come chat over here!

mastodon.lawprofs.org/@djsziff

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David Ziff · @djsziff
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Zack Davisson · @zackdavisson
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BLUE BOOK looks phenomenal. One of my favorite subjects by two of my favorite creators.

RT @DarkHorseComics@twitter.com

ICYMI: comic shops can now pre-order a special glow-in-the-dark variant treatment of the Blue Book #1 cover by @TheDevilpig@twitter.com! More details about this and all the other collectible covers: bit.ly/dhbluebook

is by @JamesTheFourth@twitter.com @Oeming@twitter.com @adityab@twitter.com. #1 FOC is Jan. 23!

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#bluebook

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Miguel Reyes-Múgica, M.D. · @MReyesM
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