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.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill hlr-sources-and-bluebook --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# 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) - Preparing the manuscript so it can survive the student-editor cite-check ## Authority hierarchy (cite the strongest available) | Tier | Authority | Weight | |------|-----------|--------| | Primary, binding | Constitution, statutes, controlling precedent (the relevant court) | Strongest — cite first | | Primary, persuasive | Out-of-
- When to trigger
- Authority hierarchy (cite the strongest available)
- Pinpoint citation (pincites are non-negotiable)
- Bluebook specifics that trip authors
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the hlr-sources-and-bluebook skill do?
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.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill hlr-sources-and-bluebook --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.