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The Citation Code
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Citation typing drills

Type real citations exactly as the book writes them, 405 in all. Every citation comes from the example library, where each one was checked against its source, and every run reports your speed, your accuracy and which parts of the citation you got right.

Legal writing

Court opinions

Statutes, regulations, rules and constitutions

Legislative materials

Journals, books and online sources

Tribal, foreign and international law

How citations work

Four stages for each citation

  1. Copy. Type the citation exactly as it is shown.
  2. Fade. Half the words fade away, its labeled parts first. Type the whole citation.
  3. Fill the blanks. About half the words are blanks, its labeled parts first; the rest is typed for you. Type the blanks from memory.
  4. From memory. Nothing is shown. Type the whole citation from memory; the file lists its parts.

Capitals, periods and spaces all count, because they are part of a citation's form. A wrong character shows in red; you choose whether to fix each word, fix each letter or keep going. Curly quotation marks, dashes and accented letters accept their plain keyboard forms.

Typing § and ¶

Most keyboards have no key for the section and paragraph signs. In a drill, use the on-screen keys, or Alt + S for § and Alt + P for ¶.

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