Establishing a uniform system of legal citation allows for the efficient and reliable recognition of legal sources, an important requirement for the advancement of legal scholarship. In an effort to achieve such reliability in referencing, the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (Cite Guide) was created by the editors of the McGill Law Journal and its first edition was released in 1986. The Cite Guide is updated every four years by members of the Journal's editorial and management boards.  The seventh edition of the Cite Guide was published in 2010, marking its 24^th anniversary.

The Cite Guide serves as an indispensable tool for legal writing and is widely used by practitioners, judges, academics, and law students across Canada. It is the standard reference guide for most Canadian law journals as well as many courts (see list below). A large number of Canadian law faculties also use it as a primary tool in teaching legal-methodology.

The Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, 7th Edition is published by Thomson/Carswell and can be purchased by clicking here.

If you are a participant of the 2012-2013 Jessup International Law Moot Competition, please click here to access the Cite Guide.

Editions of the Cite Guide have been officially adopted by:

Alberta Law Review

Annals of Air and Space Law

Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform

Canadian Bar Review / Revue du Barreau canadien

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Canadian Journal of Family Law / Revue canadienne de droit familial

Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence

Canadian Journal of Law and Technology

Constitutional Forum Constitutionnel

Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies

Dalhousie Law Journal

Health Law Review (Alberta)

Indigenous Law Journal

Journal of Law and Equality

Journal of Law and Social Policy

Manitoba Law Journal

McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy / Revue internationale de droit et politique du développement de McGill

McGill Journal of Law and Health / Revue de droit et santé de McGill

McGill Law Journal / Revue de droit de McGill

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Ottawa Law Review / Revue de droit d’Ottawa

Queen’s Law Journal

Review of Constitutional Studies / Revue d’études constitutionelles

Revue canadienne de droit et société / Canadian Journal of Law and Society

Revue de droit de l’université de Sherbrooke

Revue québécoise de droit international

Saskatchewan Law Review

Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies

Singapore Law Review

University of British Columbia Law Review

University of New Brunswick Law Journal

University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review

University of Toronto Law Journal

Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues

Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice

Court of Appeal for New Brunswick / Cour d’appel du Nouveau-Brunswick

Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan*

Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan*

Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory

*Please note that adoption of the Cite Guide by Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal and Court of Queen’s Bench is not specific to the 7th edition. Although the SKQB and SKCA have adopted previous editions, their adoption of the 7th edition is still pending until the courts review and approve all changes. Until they do so, the SKQB and SKCA are still following the 6th edition.