Style Guide


Guidelines for authors, editors, copyeditors, and publishers of blogs, articles, periodicals, and books published by the Education Law Association.

  • Advanced Degree Abbreviations

    Formatting Degrees in Names The following recommendations apply to all publications of the Education Law Association and all profiles on EducationLaw.org. The Education Law Association recommends listin...

  • Quick Bluebook Style Guide

    The Education Law Association uses the uniform system of citation as defined by Bluebook. We use our annual subscription to legalbluebook.com to keep our publications up to date and to guide authors. Please see...

  • Tips for Converting Citations to Bluebook

    Authors and editors are encouraged to consider the following resources when converting citations to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. First, use the most recent ELA Quick Style Guide the publishers...

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