Agenda1. Thank you2. Long Paper Update3. St. Jude Service Event 4. Ordering Copies of Vol. 415. Ordering Law Review Apparel6. Vol. 42 Board Elections7. Bluebook, CMOS, and AC Notes8. CS Hour Reminder/Update9. Super Staffers! 10. Upcoming Events

Thank You.• Thank you for your hard work so far this year, and particularly

over the last month.

• We know that you are getting slammed with work right now. We know that it sucks.

• But, the finish line is in sight.• There are only a few more ACs that will be going out between

now and finals.• You will have no assigned work over the finals period.

Long Paper Update• Long papers are still being graded.

• The early feedback is that they are really good. Great job!

• Publication decisions will be announced on December 5

• If your paper did not “pass,” you will also be notified of that on December 5. • You will have the opportunity to revise and resubmit• You will be assigned a mentor/advisor (either a board member or

an assistant editor)

St. Jude Service Event• When: This Saturday, November 22 at 8 a.m. at the Mall of

America (with brunch to follow)

• Why:• Help support a great cause• Tap the untapped potential of our 80+ person organization• Start a yearly law review tradition of giving back• Spend time with law review friends and colleagues• No donation is required

• How to sign up:• http://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR/Walk/Walk?pg=team&fr_id

=21013&team_id=106155• Link is also posted to our website on the Staff and Editor

Resources page, and on Dropbox in the Resources Folder

Ordering Copies of Vol. 41• Why you should order a copy:• To commemorate all of your hard work• To have something tangible that you can display in your office/home/business for

the rest of your career• It helps support the Law Review• It will contain many interesting articles, including ones written by your friends, your

colleagues, your professors, prominent judges, prominent legal scholars, and prominent practitioners

• Cost: • $25 for the full volume (all four issues) – staff member discount • $15 per issue if ordered individually

• How to order:• Send an email to our Operations Manager, Mikayla Hamilton, at

operations.lawreview@wmitchell.edu with the following information: (1) indicate that you are a staffer, (2) provide your mailing address, and (3) indicate whether you want to order the full volume or an individual issue

• Mikayla will send a follow-up email about ordering later this week

Ordering Law Review Apparel• Ordering deadline extended to this Friday (11/21)

• Options:• Crewneck sweatshirt (≈ $15)• Long-Sleeve T-Shirt (≈ $13)• Short-Sleeve T-Shirt (≈ $9)• Winter Hat ($15)

• How to order: You will receive an email later today with ordering instructions.

Volume 42 Board Elections• Vol. 42 Board Positions (Selected by Vol. 41 Board)• Editor in Chief• Executive Editor• Online Executive Editor• Editor

• Non-Board Positions (Selected by Vol. 42 EIC/Board)• Formatters• Accountability and Support Coordinator• Library Liaison

• Default Position• Assistant Editor

Volume 42 Board Elections• Information Sessions (LRO)• Wednesday, December 3 from 5:00–6:30 p.m.• Tuesday, December 16 from 1:00–2:30 p.m.• Thursday, December 18 from 5:00–6:30 p.m.

• Applications available at the start of the finals period• Requirements: Modified resume, two short essays

• Applications due on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 5:00 p.m.

• Interviews will be held on Saturday, January 17, 2015

• If you are selected to be a member of next year’s board, some training will take place during the spring semester.

Bluebook, CMOS and AC NotesCommon Issues

• Range of Numbers• Footnote Placement• Newspaper Articles• Legislative Materials• DO NOT ADD FOOTNOTES• Make Bluebook Supported Changes• Order of Authorities• Id. Form for Statutes

Editors will be reviewing ACs and Proofs carefully for these issues

Ranges of numbers• See United States v. Wheeler, 435 U.S. 313,

322-23 (1978). Correct:See United States v. Wheeler, 435 U.S. 313,

322–23 (1978).

• 25 U.S.C. §§ 461-62.Correct:25 U.S.C. §§ 461–62.

Footnote Placement

Now tribal nations have the authority to zone their reservation lands — whether held in fee or in trust status —24 to protect their communities from serious environmental crises.25

Correct:Now tribal nations have the authority to zone their reservation

lands—whether held in fee or in trust status24 —to protect their communities from serious environmental crises.25

BB Rule 1.1(a)

Cheat Sheet: • Call number comes after commas, semicolons, or

periods. • Call number comes before dashes or colons.

Creating Shortcuts for En-Dash/Em-Dash/Hyphen

Creating Shortcuts for En-Dash/Em-Dash/Hyphen

Creating Shortcuts for En-Dash/Em-Dash/Hyphen

Shortcuts for 1. Click Insert > Symbol > Advanced Symbol2. Click on “Special Characters”3. Select the symbol you want to modify (such as “em dash”)4. Click “Keyboard Shortcut”5. Click in the box next to “Press New Keyboard Shortcut”6. Choose whatever shortcut you will remember7. Click “Assign”8. Click “OK”

Defaults: hyphen = just press the hyphen key… en-dash = option + hyphen key… em-dash = option + shift + hyphen key

Newspaper Articles

• Many newspapers and daily journals are available on Westlaw and Lexis.• Westlaw: New York Times, Washington Post, Star Tribune,

Pioneer Press

• Lexis: Wall Street Journal, New York Law Journal

• When an article cites a newspaper/journal article to a website, always check to see if it’s on a database.

• Select the source in the database and search for the article title.

Newspaper Articles Continued!

• If already citing to the paper source, simply append the database identifier:• Edward Wyatt, On a New Jersey Islet, Twilight of the Landline, N.Y. TIMES, Oct.

15, 2013, at B1.

• Becomes: Edward Wyatt, On a New Jersey Islet, Twilight of the Landline, N.Y. TIMES, Oct. 15, 2013, at B1, available at 2013 WLNR 25792525.

• If citing to a website, cite to a database if available:• Siobhan Gorman, August Cole & Yochi Dreazen, Computer Spies Breach Fighter-

Jet Project, WALL ST. J. (Apr. 21, 2009), http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB124027491029837401.

• Becomes: Siobhan Gorman, August Cole & Yochi Dreazen, Computer Spies Breach Fighter-Jet Project, WALL ST. J., Apr. 21, 2009, at A1, available at LEXIS.

• Note: Lexis newspaper articles have no unique identifier

Legislative Materials

Any legislative material available in the library should be cited to paper

• United States Statutes at Large• Journals of the U.S. House/Senate• Minnesota Session Laws

Do NOT add footnotes• Don’t. Just do not. Again, please don’t. Wait! Yes, do not do it.• Ever.• Instead leave a comment with a suggestion like the following

example:• Josh Peterson:• Comment: This sentence could be bolstered with a citation. I

would suggest—Clark v. Kent, 101 U.S. 202, 220 (1927).

Make Bluebook Changes!!!!• When a change is supported by the Bluebook, just make the

change. The editor can choose to accept or reject—that’s much easier than reading a comment and then applying the rule.

Order of Authorities• Books and journals are ordered alphabetically by the author’s

last name, NOT by date.• See BB Rule 1.4(i).

• Cases: Subsequent and prior histories are irrelevant to the order of authorities, as is whether the opinion is published or unpublished.• See BB Rule 1.4(d).

Id. and Statutes• 24 Minn. Stat. § 609.101 (2012).

25 Minn. Stat. § 609.102 (2012).• How do we short cite footnote 25?

• 24 Minn. Stat. § 609.101 (2012).25 Id. § 609.102.

Bluebook, CMOS and AC Notes

Common Issues

• Range of Numbers• Footnote Placement• Newspaper Articles• Legislative Materials• DO NOT ADD FOOTNOTES• Make Bluebook Supported Changes• Order of Authorities• Id. Form for Statutes

Editors will be reviewing ACs and Proofs carefully for these issues

CS Hour Reminder/Update• Fall semester CS hours (6) must be completed before Monday,

January 12, 2015 (the start of the 2nd semester).

• If you volunteer for a project that is due between December 6 (the first official day of finals) and January 12, you may choose which semester (Fall or Spring) the hours will apply to.

Super Staffers!Ann Weber• Ann received THREE nominations!• “I nominate Ann Weber. I just had her complete two ACs and she recommended a number of good

citations to add in both.”• “Ann obviously spent a great deal of time reviewing the sources cited in her range. She provided

detailed comments and suggested revisions, as well as noting where sources did not support the author's statement, and suggesting appropriate alternatives. She also did great work with her short citations, and suggested appropriate and helpful short cites for sources that were repeated outside of her range. Great work!”

• “I want to nominate Ann Weber for next month's super staffer line up. Ann obviously spent a great deal of time reviewing the sources cited in her range. She provided detailed comments and suggested revisions, as well as noting where sources did not support the author's statement, and suggesting appropriate alternatives. She also did great work with her short citations, and suggested appropriate and helpful short cites for sources that were repeated outside of her range. Great work!

Rachel Mowry• “Rachel poured substantial effort into Proof 2 of the Garcia article. She did an excellent job

standardizing citation formats for some tough sources, and supplying appropriate hereinafter citations to condense unwieldy footnotes. The article is in much better shape after her hard work.”

Super Staffers!

Lisa Colburn• “I nominate Lisa Colburn for her source pull on the Bibelhausen article. Lisa scheduled a meeting

with me to figure out how to deal with difficult sources. Additionally, Lisa downloaded many sources and converted them into PDFs so I could put them into the Staff Folder to allow easier access for ACers. Finally, Lisa turned in the source pull early.”

Scott Jurchisin• “His grade sheet reflects consistent quality-level work. In addition, he went above and beyond with

Miller AC1. This included locating a number of sources (online and via ILL) and suggesting specific citations to insert. He thoroughly responded to my questions with AC2 and provided detailed explanations for his suggested course of action when it was in conflict with AC1.”

Michael Sheran• “Michael went above & beyond for AC1 of the Garcia article. He tracked down a source that was

pending ILL at the U of M library so that he could check & cite the assertion appropriately. He found supporting case law for some assertions in the text that were not already marked for citations.”

Upcoming Events• St. Jude Service Event• Saturday, November 22 at 8:00 a.m. at MOA

• No December Staff Meeting• Next Staff Meeting will be on Wednesday, January 21

• Spring Banquet• Friday, March 27, 2015• Loews Hotel in Minneapolis• More information at the January Staff Meeting