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hlr-sources-and-bluebook
Use when citing authority in a Harvard Law Review (HLR) piece — pinpoint citations, the authority hierarchy, and The Bluebook (which HLR co-publishes). Governs how sources are cited and weighted; it does not build the footnote apparatus end-to-end (hlr-footnotes-and-cite-check) or write the prose.
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# Sources and Bluebook (hlr-sources-and-bluebook)
HLR is one of the **four student journals that publish The Bluebook** (with the Columbia Law Review, the
University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal). Citations are not an afterthought here —
they are the connective tissue of the argument, and they will be checked line by line. This skill governs
**which authority you cite, how much it counts, and how it is formatted** to Bluebook standard. HLR
instructs authors that footnotes conform to **The Bluebook, 22nd edition** (the current edition; confirm
on the submissions page before filing, since editions are periodically revised).
## When to trigger
- Drafting or revising footnotes that carry doctrinal weight
- Unsure which of several authorities to cite, or in what order
- Cite formatting is inconsistent (signals, short forms, pincites)