Focus on Legal Abbreviations

How many legal abbreviations are there? To find out, the best print resource in the law library for legal abbreviations is Bieber’s “A Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations.” However, if you are not at the library several web-sites contain exhaustive listings of legal abbreviations:

The University of Washington Law Library provides an alphabetical listing which focuses on U.S Legal Abbreviations. URL: http://lib.law.washington.edu/pubs/acron.html

Cardiff University in Wales provides a larger list and a search by title feature covering world legal abbreviations. URL: http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/

Monash University in Australia also provides a comprehensive list of world legal abbreviations including U.S. cites. URL: http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/legal-abbreviations/abb-a.html

Our favorite legal abbreviations include: Sneed, Spoon, Arch. Phil. Dr., Zab, and Fitzg.