Nexis Uni provides several tools for retrieving a legal citation. This first method demonstrates how to export a citation for an entire case.
Step One: Click on the Export Citation button in the case that you wish to cite.
Step 2: Choose the citation format that you wish to use from the drop down menu. BlueBook is the standard legal citation format.
Step 3: After selecting your desired citation format, click on the Copy to Clipboard button and paste the citation into your word document's reference page.
In addition to providing a tool for citing a case in its entirety, Nexis Uni also allows users to highlight a portion of text and retrieve a citation for just the highlighted text.
Step 1: Highlight the text you wish to use and cite.
Step 2: An option box will appear, click on the carrot > next to the "Copy (Quick)" option and choose Standard (or other format if required) to designate the citation style.
Select and click on your desired citation format; the highlighted text will be copied to the clipboard and you will see a confirmation message at the top of your screen. Please note, the Standard option uses the BlueBook format.
Step 3: Past the copied text into your word editing program. The citation for the passage will be included beneath the copied passage.
