The Bluebook provides much coverage on periodic materials, which include, among other things, law review journals! See R16, pp. 157-69 for the Whitepages rules and B16, pp. 23-24 for the Bluepages rules.
As noted previously in the section on Typeface, law review articles will use three typefaces for periodical materials. The author’s name is in ordinary type, the article title is italicized, and the periodical name is in large and small caps.
In a court document under the Bluepages, only the article title will be italicized (or underscored depending on preference). The rest of the citations will be in ordinary type.
See the overviews and examples presented in The Bluebook for the following Whitepages Rules on these highly specific topics on periodical materials.
The Bluebook provides more examples of basic citation forms for various periodicals for academic legal writing at R16.1, pp. 157-58, and for court documents at B16, pp. 23-25. Also, there are some examples on The Bluebook's Quick Style Guide.
The Whitepages instruct to follow R15.1, pp. 148-49, "[f]or signed materials appearing in periodicals (including student-written materials." However, the typeface for an author will be ordinary type. In the following example for a law review article, three typefaces are used: ordinary type for the author’s full name, italics for the article title, and large and small caps for the name of the law journal. See R16.2, p. 159. In addition to the following example, The Bluebook provides numerous examples on this point.
Michael Seng & F. Willis Caruso, Forty Years of Fair Housing: Where Do We Go from Here, 18 J. Affordable Hous. & Cmty. Dev. L. 235 (2009).
The full periodical title will be cited as it appears on its title page. The title will be capitalized in accordance with R8(a), p. 91, and it will be in italics. However, if the title is not in English, follow R20.2.2(b), p. 189. Importantly, do not abbreviate or omit words in the title. In addition to the following example, The Bluebook provides noteworthy examples on this point.
Edward B. Arnolds & Michael P. Seng, Picketing and Privacy: Can I Patrol on the Street Where You Live?, 7 S. Ill. U. L.J. 463 (1982).
Note that if the title contains material that would be ordinarily italicized in the main text according to R2.2(a), that material should appear in ordinary type. The Bluebook provides the following examples for clarification.
Works appearing in newspapers will be cited by author, title of work, periodical name, date of issue as it appears on the cover, the word "at," the first page of work, and (if applicable) the page(s) on which specific material appears. Also, the following considerations may be applicable for works appearing in newspapers:
The following is an example of a general newspaper citation.
Paul Mozur et al., China’s Rush to Dominate A.I. Comes With a Twist: It Depends on U.S. Technology, N.Y. Times, Feb. 21, 2024, at 1.
The Bluebook provides examples for the foregoing points. See R16.6(a) & (b), pp. 161-162.
The Bluebook also offers instruction on the following newspaper-related topics:
Like other materials, once a periodical piece has been cited in full, id. or supra may be used to refer to it in subsequent citations. See R16.9, pp. 167-69.
To use id.:
To use supra:
Use the normal short form citation appropriate for the source for materials available only online. A URL does not need to be repeated after a full citation.
As always, The Bluebook is replete with relevant short form citation examples. See R16.9, pp. 167-69.