Compiled by Cynthia Pittson, Pace Law Library, 5/20/2010
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 materialomit 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 addedBelgium, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, and South Korea.