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Arkansas Law Review's 75th Anniversary Remarks, Steve Caple, Erron Smith Apr 2022

Arkansas Law Review's 75th Anniversary Remarks, Steve Caple, Erron Smith

Arkansas Law Review

It is an exciting time for the Arkansas Law Review, the School of Law, and the University of Arkansas. The journal is celebrating its 75th anniversary, the law school is approaching its 100th year of existence, and the university recently celebrated its 150th birthday.


Stylish Legal Citation, Alexa Z. Chew Aug 2019

Stylish Legal Citation, Alexa Z. Chew

Arkansas Law Review

Can legal citations be stylish? Is that even a thing? Yes, and this Article explains why and how. The usual approach to writing citations is as a separate, inferior part of the writing process, a perfunctory task that satisfies a convention but is not worth the attention that stylish writers spend on the “real” words in their documents. This Article argues that the usual approach is wrong. Instead, legal writers should strive to write stylish legal citations—citations that are fully integrated with the prose to convey information in a readable way to a legal audience.


Citation Literacy, Alexa Z. Chew Apr 2018

Citation Literacy, Alexa Z. Chew

Arkansas Law Review

Citation literacy is the ability to read and write citations.[1] That’s it. The rest of this article will unpack what’s in those ten words and why they matter.