How to cite a law review article

Author: the full name as the article prints it, then a comma (Rule 16.2). Several authors follow the book rule, Rule 15.1.

Title: in full, never abbreviated, capitalized as Rule 8 directs, then a comma (Rule 16.3). In a memo, italicize or underline it.

Volume, journal and first page, then the pin cite after a comma, with no “at”, and the year in parentheses: 134 Harv. L. Rev. 410, 415 (2021) (Rule 16.4). A few journals number their volumes by year, and then the year isn't repeated at the end: 2021 Sup. Ct. Rev. 410, 415.

• Orla Bask, Notice and Default, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 410, 415.Orla Bask, Notice and Default, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 410, 415 (2021).The year goes last, in parentheses. R 16.4
• Orla Bask, Notice and Default, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 410 , 415(2021).Orla Bask, Notice and Default, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 410, 415 (2021).No space before a comma; one before the year. R 16.4
• Orla Bask, Notice and Default in Com. Leases, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 410, 415 (2021).Orla Bask, Notice and Default in Commercial Leases, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 410, 415 (2021).Article titles are never abbreviated. R 16.3

Never write out a journal's name in a citation. Table T13 abbreviates the institution or name part (Harv., U. Chi., Stan.), table T6 the common words (L. for Law, Rev. for Review, J. for Journal) and table T10 any place name.

Then space it as you would a reporter (Rule 6.1(a)). Single capitals next to each other close up, so Law Journal is L.J., and anything longer than one letter takes a space on each side: Harv. L. Rev., U. Chi. L. Rev. Capitals that name the institution stay apart from the rest: N.Y.U. L. Rev., B.C. L. Rev.

Memos and briefs may close up reporter abbreviations to save words (Bluepages B6), but that option is for reporters, so give a journal its usual spacing.

• 134 Harvard Law Review 410134 Harv. L. Rev. 410Abbreviate the journal, never write it out. R 16.4, T13, T6
• 130 Yale L. J. 88130 Yale L.J. 88L and J are single capitals: close them up. R 6.1(a)
• 98 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 50198 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 501The institution's capitals stay apart from L. R 6.1(a)

In a memo or brief, only the article title is italicized or underlined (Bluepages B2 and B16). The author, volume, journal, pages and year stay roman.

In law review footnotes, the title is italic and the journal is set in large and small capitals, while the author's name stays roman (Rules 2.1 and 16). A book is different: its author and title both go in large and small capitals (Rule 15).

• Orla Bask, Notice and Default, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 410, 415 (2021).Orla Bask, Notice and Default, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 410, 415 (2021).The article title is italicized or underlined. B2, B16

Student-written work names its type, such as Note or Comment, after the author: Tamsin Ure, Comment, Cure Periods in Commercial Leases, 130 Yale L.J. 88, 91 (2020). Unsigned student work starts with the designation instead: Note, Cure and Forfeiture, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 1102, 1110 (2021) (Rule 16.7.1).

For a later reference, use id. when the article was the only source in the citation just before (Rule 4.1). Otherwise, in law review footnotes, use the author's last name and supra with the footnote that has the full citation, and put “at” before the page: Bask, supra note 4, at 420 (Rules 4.2 and 16.9). More in short forms and supra.

• Tamsin Ure, Cure Periods in Commercial Leases, 130 Yale L.J. 88, 91 (2020).Tamsin Ure, Comment, Cure Periods in Commercial Leases, 130 Yale L.J. 88, 91 (2020).Student work names its type after the author. R 16.7.1
• Bask, supra note 4, 420.Bask, supra note 4, at 420.The page after supra takes “at”. R 4.2