Adding and managing citations

Citations to legal sources can be added to legal content through a shared taxonomy `<https://www.illinoislegalaid.org/admin/structure/taxonomy/manage/citations/overview>"Citations."`_

Adding a citation to the taxonomy

To add a new citation to the citations taxonomy, go to the taxonomy and click Add term.

On the add form:

  • Give the citation a name; this should be the name of the legislation or case. This will be what appears in the autocomplete look up.

  • Provide the citation. This will display to website visitors. Do not include the title.

  • Provide the url to the citation

  • Optionally, link the citation to one or more LIST taxonomy terms.

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Referencing a citation in legal content

On legal content, beneath the jurisdiction field is a citations field. Use the autocomplete to find the relevant citation (there is also a link to add if it is not listed). Select it and save the content.

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Viewing the citation in legal content

When legal content has one or more citations listed, the “Supporting law” block displays. It displays each citation’s name, description and links to the URL. Citations are ordered alphabetically.

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