LibGuides: OSCOLA Hour: Citing Legal Sources support

What is the OSCOLA Hour?

The OSCOLA Hour sessions are an opportunity for you to come along for advice from your Library Team on using OSCOLA for legal citations and referencing. These drop-in sessions are informal and have no set agenda. No need to stay for the full hour , just drop in and ask your questions.

Where and when?

Sessions take place on campus at Forum Library and Online. These sessions are provided by your Law Library Support Team of Lee Snook, your Law Librarian and/or Stewart Palmer, your Legal Research Skills Adviser

OSCOLA guidance including the full OSCOLA manual and acecss to Cite them Right is available online via the Citing Legal Sources Libguide

OSCOLA 1:1 Appointments

You can also book in for a 1:1 OSCOLA appointment at a time that suits your schedule.

Book on campus OSCOLA appointment or Book online OSCOLA Appointment

What help is available?

We won’t do your referencing for you or pre-check it ahead of assignment submission. Referencing is an academic skill you need to develop and it forms part of your assessed work. However, you can come along with queries if you need some guidance.

For example, do you need to know more about ...?

where to access the full OSCOLA guidance online so you can check your referencing for accuracy
how to cite a case that is referred to in another case
how to spot citations in Westlaw
how to pinpoint to a specific paragraph in a case judgment
how to use Microsoft Word to add footnotes
how to use Cite them Right database to assist with your referencing

We can help with these sorts of queries and lots more.

Come along and ask your questions and build your skills, knowledge and confidence in using OSCOLA. We look forward to seeing you at an OSCOLA Hour session soon.

If these sessions are not convenient, come along to one of the regular term time library support drop-ins at the Library Research Cafe (Forum Library) or the Legal Research Drop-in sessions.