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Convert ALWD Guide to CSM

Paste a citation in ALWD Guide format and get it back in California Style Manual (4th ed.) form, enriched with the official reporter volume and page your California trial-court memorandum needs under CRC 3.1113(c). We look the case up on CourtListener; if we can’t confidently match it, we tell you so rather than guess.

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How it works

  1. Open the converter and paste your ALWD Guide citation.
  2. It detects the format and looks the case up on CourtListener; the output is always California Style Manual (4th ed.), so there is no format to choose.
  3. Copy the court-ready citation into Word, with italics preserved.
Example ALWD Guide input:

Li v. Yellow Cab Co., 13 Cal. 3d 804 (1975)

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