Agenda 1.Announcements 2.CS Hours 3.Vol. 41 Staff Folder Tutorial 4.Long Paper Update 5.Issue 3 Preview 6.Bluebook, CMOS and AC Notes 7.Super Staffers!

Agenda

1. Announcements2. CS Hours3. Vol. 41 Staff Folder Tutorial4. Long Paper Update5. Issue 3 Preview6. Bluebook, CMOS and AC Notes7. Super Staffers! 8. Upcoming Events

Announcements

Contracts case note from Issue 1 was withdrawn by the author

We will be publishing the runner-up note in Issue 4

CONGRATULATIONS TO . . .

Andy Hofer!

CS HoursREQUIREMENTS• At least 6 hours in the fall semester• At least 6 hours in the spring• 20 hours total for the year

Even if you complete 20 hours in the fall, you will still need to complete 6 hours in the spring

LOGGING HOURS• Use tracking system on your Student Records page• Use the recording conventions that we went over at our last staff

meeting

Some of you have not been using the proper conventions

Vol. 41 Staff Folder

Feedback Folder• View post-AC2 and post-Proof articles

Article Sources• Access sources needed for ACs and Proofs

Resources Folder• Source Pull template• Photo directory• Staff meeting PowerPoints• Other assorted resources

Due to technical difficulties, I will be deleting and re-sharing this folder with everyone immediately after this meeting. Please accept the invitation ASAP.

Long Paper Dates

• NOVEMBER 1, 9:00 PM - Long papers are dueo 1 copy by email to [email protected] 3 hard copies to the submission box in the LRO

• NOVEMBER 1 through DECEMBER 1 – grading

• DECEMBER 5 – publications announced via email

You will not have any ACs the week before November 1

NOTE: A copy of this form is available on our website and on Dropbox in the Staff Resources folder

Long Paper Selection Process• Each paper will be reviewed & graded by two AEs

• If a paper is flagged as potentially publishable, it will be reviewed by the long paper committee (Jenna, Adam, Elise, and Josh)

• If a paper is flagged as not meeting requirements, it will be reviewed by the long paper committee• The staffer will have the opportunity to revise, edit and/or rewrite

the paper

• The LPC, EIC, & Jenny R. will determine publication and notify authors

• Publications will be announced Dec. 5

Issue 3

Planning Ahead• You may receive AC assignments this weekend and over

Thanksgiving break.

• If you’re going out of town, make sure that you bring your Bluebook with you.

• We recognize that it sucks to do work over breaks or while your on vacation. But, the work still needs to get done.

Bluebook, CMOS and AC NotesIssue 1 Reflections

• Nic and I are close to completing our first reads• We are really impressed! The articles are in great shape.• We can clearly tell that you’ve worked very hard

Moving Forward• There have been a few common mistakes that we’ve

noticed across all of the articles. • We will go over these mistakes today. Our expectation is

that we won’t see them again in Issue 2 and beyond.• Editors will be reviewing ACs and Proofs carefully for these

mistakes.

Bluebook, CMOS and AC NotesCommon Mistakes

• Submission conventions• When and how to use (quoting . . . ) and (citing . . . )• Pincites• URLs• (last visited . . . )• Abbreviating case names in textual sentences• Proofreading• Statute years• Statutes found in electronic databases• Block quotes• First person/Third person

Submission Conventions

FILE NAMING• Source Pulls: [Author’s Last Name]_SourcePull_[Your Last Name]• ACs: [Author’s Last Name]_[AC#]_[Range#]_[Your Last Name]• Proofs: [Author’s Last Name]_[Proof#]_[Your Last Name]• Quote Proofs: [Author’s Last Name]_[QuoteProof#]_[Your Last Name]

SUBMITTING AN ASSIGNMENT VS. ASKING A QUESTION• When you submit an assignment, please do so by replying to the editor's

original email• If you have a question about an assignment, please compose your

question in a new email• Reason: Many editors configure their email preferences so that

assignment submissions are directed into particular folders

(quoting . . . )/(citing . . . )Article Text

It is a “watershed rule of criminal procedure that implicates the ‘fundamental fairness and accuracy’ of all criminal proceedings.”38

Footnote

38 Peterson, 32 N.W.2d at 307 (noting that watershed rules are important)

38 Peterson, 32 N.W.2d at 307 (quoting Mackey v. Tom, 401 U.S. 667, 692 (1971)) (noting that watershed rules are important).

Correct

Incorrect

(quoting Mackey v. Tom, 401 U.S. 667, 692 (1971)).

1.5(b): Order of parentheticals within a citation

(quoting . . . )/(citing . . . )Article Text

First, a new rule applies retroactively if it is substantive law.38

Footnote

38 Peterson, 32 N.W.2d at 307 (“Substantive law rules are ‘applied retroactively.’” (quoting Mackey v. Tom, 401 U.S. 667, 692 (1971)).

38 Peterson, 32 N.W.2d at 307 (“Substantive law rules are ‘applied retroactively.’” (quoting Mackey v. Tom, 401 U.S. 667, 692 (1971))).

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Incorrect

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10.6.3: Quoting parenthetical must be nested within the explanatory parenthetical

Pincites

• Authors occasionally forget to include a pincite. In almost all instances, a pincite is needed.

Your job: Find the pincite!

• A source can only be cited without a pincite when:

The author is truly citing to the entire source (common with See generally signals)

The source is so well known for a particular point that a pincite is not needed (e.g. Brown v. Board of Education: segregated public schools are unconstitutional). This is rare.

Pincite Examples

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URLsWhen should you append the URL directly to the end of the citation?• 18.2.2: It is an Internet-only source (18.2.2)• 18.2.1(b): A print source is available, but it is “so obscure as to be practically

unavailable.” The citation is “made as if to the print source, but indicating the online location . . . by appending the URL.”

When should you append the URL using available at?• 18.2.1(c) and 18.2.3: A print source is available, but including “a parallel

citation to an electronic version . . . would substantially improve access to the relevant information”

When can you omit the URL?• 18.2.1(a)(i)–(iii): If the online source is an:

• Authenticated document• Official version• Exact copy

URLsWhen should you append a URL directly to the end of the citation?

18.2.2: It is an Internet-only source.

35 Jon Krawczynski, Myrick’s Return Lifts Minnesota Over Northwestern, YAHOO!, http://sports.yahoo.com/news/myricks-return-lifts-minnesota-over-northwestern-193609880--ncaaf.html (last visited Oct. 11, 2014).

18.2.1(b): A print source is available, but it is “so obscure as to be practically unavailable.” The citation is “made as if to the print source, but indicating the online location . . . by appending the URL.”

16 DEP’T OF DEF., EMP. HANDBOOK 22 (2013), http://www.defense.gov/employee_handbook/2013/.

URLsWhen should append a URL using available at?

18.2.1(c) and 18.2.3: A print source is available, but including “a parallel citation to an electronic version . . . would substantially improve access to the relevant information.”

23 Joe Christensen, Bottle Full of Fun: Gophers Blow Out Wolverines in Big House, GOPHERS WKLY., Sept. 28, 2014, at 1, available at http://www.gophersweekly.com/wolverines/got/crushed.

NOTE: This is usually a judgment call. If you’re unsure, leave a comment for the editor.

62 Am. Mining Cong. V. U.S. Army Corps of Eng’rs, No. CIV.A.93-1754 SSH (D.D.C. Jan. 23, 1997), available at http://www.wetlands.com/fed/tulloch1.htm.

URLs

• AUTHENTICATED DOCUMENTS (18.2.1(a)(i))• “Sources that use an encryption-based authentication method,

such as digital signatures and public key infrastructure, to ensure the accuracy of the online source. Generally, an authenticated document will have a certificate or logo indicating that a government entity verified that the document is complete and unaltered.”

Examples:

When can you omit a URL?

URLs

• OFFICIAL VERSIONS (18.2.1(a)(i))• “Some states have designated, either by legislation or other official

mechanism, that the online source is the “official” source for a particular legal document. Some online publishers similarly make a distinction as to whether the document has been approved by, contributed by, or harvested from an official source by the content originator, designating such a document ‘official.’”

Examples:• Delaware Code (http://delcode.delaware.gov/)• Utah Code (http://le.utah.gov/UtahCode/title.jsp)

Non-Examples:• Minnesota Statutes

When can you omit a URL?

TIP: Check website for notice/disclaimer

URLs

• EXACT COPIES (18.2.1(a)(i))• “An exact copy is one that is an unaltered copy of the printed

source in a widely used format that preserves pagination and other attributes of the printed work (such as Adobe’s portable document format, or ‘PDF’).”

Examples:• PDF of a law review article from HeinOnline• PDF scans from Google Books• PDF scans of reports, brochures, pamphlets, etc. that are

available in print

When can you omit a URL?

Rule: Try to figure out if the source is/was available in print. Use WorldCat. If you cannot find such evidence, treat the source as an Internet-only source.

(last visited . . . )

What’s wrong here?

AC1 ended on 8/29

AC2 ended on 9/5

Both AC1 and AC2 failed to check and/or update the citations

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18.2.2(c): Use when website is undated

Proofreading• In both ACs and Proofs, you should be doing a careful

proofread of the text.

What’s wrong here?

*These mistakes were found during a Put-Together

*These mistakes were found during EE/EIC Read 1

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Abbreviating Case Names in Textual Sentences

• 10.2.1(c): In textual sentences, whether in main text or in footnote text, abbreviate only widely known acronyms under rule 6.1(b) and these eight words: &, Ass’n, Bros., Co., Corp., Inc., and No. (unless one begins a party’s name).

• RULE: Do not use Table 6 to abbreviate case names in textual sentences

In S. Pac. Co. v. Jensen, 224 U.S. 205 (1917), Justice McReynolds stressed the value of uniform laws.

In South Pacific Co. v. Jensen, 224 U.S. 205 (1917), Justice McReynolds stressed the value of uniform laws.

Example

Rules on Statutes• Page 40 of your Staff Manual• We always cite to print sources for Minnesota and Federal

Statutes!• Unless the author indicates that they meant to cite to the

unofficial version—for a good reason.• We’ve been having a considerable amount of problems with

the citing the year of the statute (in print or online).• Year is on the spine of the book, always check the pocket part to

make sure it hasn’t been updated. If it has, cite the year on the pocket part.

• Quick tip: Minnesota publishes its official statutes only on evenly numbered years. If you see “(2009)” at the end, there’s a problem.

Statute Years

• 1 MINN. STAT. § 987.65, subdiv. 4(a) (2012).• 2 Id. § 987.65, subdiv. 6. • 3 Id.• 4 26 U.S.C. § 354 (2006).• 5 MINN. STAT. § 987.65, subdiv. 5.• 6 MINN. STAT. § 123.45 (1990).• 7 22 U.S.C. § 936.• 8 MINN. STAT. § 987.65, subdiv. 5 (2012).• 9 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (2000).• 10 MINN. STAT. § 987.65, subdiv. 3.

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Statutes Found in Electronic Databases

• If the statute is not Minnesota or Federal, cite to Westlaw.

• Rule 12.5 of the Bluebook for examples:

WIS. STAT. § 19.43 (2012). Correct?

WIS. STAT. § 19.43 (West, Westlaw through 2013 Act 380).

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Block Quotes• Quick Tips: • Anything above 49 words has to be a block quote. Always count if

it looks close. • Read the rule if you’re unsure (5.1).• Citation placement for a block quote in the text is different than

what should be used if the block quote is in the footnote (5.1(a)(ii)).

Block Quote Problems• Where does the footnote/citation go in this block quote

located in the text?

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Block Quote Problems• What if the block quote is in a footnote? Is this right?

Final One!• Is this right?

Correct

First Person/Third Person• This is an academic journal. As such, almost none of the

writing should be in first or second person.• Leave comments suggesting a switch to third person when you

see the author start to get that conversational.

Bluebook, CMOS and AC Notes

Common Mistakes• Submission conventions• When and how to use (quoting . . . ) and (citing . . . )• Pincites• URLs• (last visited . . . )• Proofreading• Abbreviating case names in textual sentences• Statute years• Statutes found in electronic databases• Block quotes• First person/Third person

Editors will be reviewing ACs and Proofs carefully for these mistakes

Community Service• Approximately 80 Law Review members• Lots of untapped potential

GOAL: Start a tradition of yearly community service event

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cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of St. Jude’s founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.

• This means that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing, or food.

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more than 80% since it opened in 1962.

St. Jude Give Thanks. Walk.The daily operating cost for St. Jude is $2 million, which is

primarily covered by individual contributions.HOW CAN YOU HELP?

1. Walk with us at the Mall of America on November 22.• Go to www.walk.stjude.org/WMLawReview• Click “Join Our Team.”• Create an Account (it’s free!).• Join the team. • Start fundraising!

2. Donate to our team.• Go to www.walk.stjude.org/WMLawReview• Click on a Team Member’s name.• Donate.

Super Staffers!Lauren Michels• Received a 5 on a recent AC and turned in an excellent long paper first draft

Aaron Sampsel• “Aaron's long paper draft was well over the 30 page minimum, nearly Bluebook error free,

contained solid legal analysis, and a clear roadmap for how he intended to finish the paper. Most of my feedback consisted of "just keep doing what you are doing!" The high quality of his draft makes him well deserving of Super Staffer recognition.”

Shane Zahrt• “I nominate Shane for his work on an AC2. He caught a number of things that AC1 did not correct,

such as incorrect use of supra and incorrect inclusion of subsequent history. He also added a missing citation and corrected a misstated case holding. I appreciated Shane's keen editorial skills.”

Upcoming Events

Staff Meeting 3 Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, 8:00–8:50

St. Jude Give Thanks. Walk. Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, 8:30 a.m.