CHANGES TO THE 19TH EDITION OF THE BLUEBOOK

Rule Change
1.5(b) Comprehensive guidance on order of multiple parentheticals in a single citation
10.4(b) Allows for omission of jurisdiction and court abbreviation of state courts if unambiguously
conveyed by reporter title
10.6.1(c) Citation of seriatim opinions of early Supreme Court opinions
10.8.3 Citation to audio recordings of court proceedings
13.4(d) Citations formats for CRS and GAO reports
14 Administrative agency materials rule revised and shortened. Information moved to table
T1.2.
16.6 Citations to wire services
18.2.1(a) Allows citation to official, authenticated, or exact Internet copies of cited materials. This
is also reflected in rules 10, 12, 15, 16, and 17.
18.2.2(b) Citation to webpage titles of main pages and subheadings expanded.
18.2.2(a) If there is no apparent author of Internet material—omit author information from citation
unless there is a clear institutional author of the domain.
15.1(d) Abbreviate institutional authors of Internet sources
18.2.2(c) Citations to Internet sources should be dated as they appear on the Internet site, using
only dates that refer clearly to the material cited. Use last visited parenthetical if material
is undated.
18.2.2(c) For blogs and frequently updated websites, include timestamps whenever possible.
18.6 Allows use of timestamps in citations to audio recordings.
18.7 Allows use of timestamps in citations to video recordings.
18.7.3 Citing podcasts and online recordings
20 Rule for citing foreign materials expanded and includes more comprehensive examples.
21 Improved citations to UN materials
21 Citations to International Criminal Court
T1 Subdivided into T1.1 (federal judicial and legislative materials); T1.2 (federal
administrative and executive materials); T1.3 (states and DC); T1.4 (other U.S.
jurisdictions)
T2 Organizational and substantive improvements; 7 countries added—Belgium, Chile,
Colombia, Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, and South Korea.

Compiled by Cynthia Pittson, Pace Law Library, 5/20/2010