Legal Citation Part III: Using Citation to Convey Textual Meaning

Remember, at our core, attorneys are advocates, and one of the purposes of citation is to prove to the reader that she can trust one\u27s research-to prove that the law is what one states it is and that it works the way one stated it does. In addition to understanding the language of citation and using the correct form, citation can also increase the level of trust one\u27s reader will have in one\u27s positions in two ways: signals and explanatory parentheticals