Editing ALWD Guide to Legal Citation (section)

==Adoption==

Three U.S. jurisdictions have adopted ''ALWD'':
* [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]]
**This court accepts citations in either ''ALWD'' or ''Bluebook'' format, but also requires that citations to [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] decisions provide both official "U.S." and [[West (publisher)|West]]'s "S.Ct." citations, when available.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rules/Addena |url=http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/rules/index.php |access-date=6 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601113415/http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/rules/index.php |archive-date=1 June 2013 }}</ref>
* [[United States District Court for the District of Montana]]
**This court specifically accepts either ''ALWD'' or ''Bluebook''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Local Rules of Procedure: United States District Court for the District of Montana |url=http://www.mtd.uscourts.gov/mtd/documents.nsf/3a55ca523f1ad3ef882563fb0080c38f/3fa0ae63fdb1bd99872570c9006b1f14/$FILE/LOCAL%20RULES%202005.pdf |access-date=April 8, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924021814/http://www.mtd.uscourts.gov/mtd/Documents.nsf/3a55ca523f1ad3ef882563fb0080c38f/3fa0ae63fdb1bd99872570c9006b1f14/%24FILE/LOCAL%20RULES%202005.pdf |archive-date=September 24, 2006 }}</ref>
* [[United States Bankruptcy Court]], Montana
**This court accepts any "nationally recognized citation form", and specifically names the ''ALWD Citation Manual''. It does not mention ''Bluebook'' by name, but given its national recognition (it is the dominant legal style guide in the United States), it should be accepted.<ref>{{cite web|title=LOCAL BANKRUPTCY RULES FOR THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA |url=http://www.mtd.uscourts.gov/mtd/documents.nsf/3a55ca523f1ad3ef882563fb0080c38f/460c7c7d0ea0e6a587256ee800679ef9/$FILE/2001%20Mont.%20Local%20Bankr%20Rules.pdf |access-date=April 8, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924021750/http://www.mtd.uscourts.gov/mtd/Documents.nsf/3a55ca523f1ad3ef882563fb0080c38f/460c7c7d0ea0e6a587256ee800679ef9/%24FILE/2001%20Mont.%20Local%20Bankr%20Rules.pdf |archive-date=September 24, 2006 }}</ref>

In addition to those, some law schools and paralegal schools have fully adopted ''ALWD''. Law journals such as ''Animal Law'', ''NAELA'', and ''Legal Writing'' have also adopted ''ALWD''.<ref>{{cite web|title=ALWD Citation Manual adoptions|publisher=ALWD|url=http://www.alwd.org/publications/adoptions/|access-date=2016-04-22|archive-date=May 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508225510/http://www.alwd.org/publications/adoptions/|url-status=dead}} Law school adoption numbers reported as of December 2002.</ref> However, a lack of reliable or recent data does not appear to exist regarding school usage.<ref>{{cite web|title=ALWD Citation Manual adoptions|publisher=ALWD|url=http://www.alwd.org/publications/adoptions/|access-date=2016-04-22|archive-date=May 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508225510/http://www.alwd.org/publications/adoptions/|url-status=dead}} Law school adoption numbers reported as of December 2002.</ref>