If a law review article has four authors, how should the authors be listed?

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If a law review article has four authors, how should the authors be listed?

In law review citations, you balance giving credit with keeping citations concise. For four or more authors, the Bluebook standard is to list the first three authors and then use et al. This keeps the reference compact while still naming the primary contributors. So, with four authors, you would present the first three names followed by et al. (for example, Doe, Smith, Roe, et al.). Listing all four would not align with the typical rule for four-author articles, and listing only the first author or only two authors would also deviate from the standard.

In law review citations, you balance giving credit with keeping citations concise. For four or more authors, the Bluebook standard is to list the first three authors and then use et al. This keeps the reference compact while still naming the primary contributors.

So, with four authors, you would present the first three names followed by et al. (for example, Doe, Smith, Roe, et al.). Listing all four would not align with the typical rule for four-author articles, and listing only the first author or only two authors would also deviate from the standard.

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