Most law styles require the use of footnotes, rather than in-text citations. If you are following the Oxford Standard for Citation Of Legal Authorities then it is recommended that you use the OSCOLA style available for download|. The law journal term list for OSCOLA is also available from the above link. This term list contains both abbreviations and full titles, thus allowing you to choose which you set for any particular style.
Note if you are using Endnote on a networked PC you will need to copy styles into your H space and redirect Endnote to these files before making any further edits.
If you are following the Blue Book style then X4 users will find Bluebook - Law Review available as part of the standard install. The Bluebook - Brief style will need to be donwloaded from the Endnote site |
Both these styles require journal titles to be entered as abbreviations e.g. CLJ for the Cambridge Law Journal or BYBIL for the British Year Book of International Law. If you enter these abbreviations directly in to the Journal Title field in Endnote you would then not be able to switch to any styles which require journal titles in full.
Avoid entering terms twice by using Endnotes Term List feature. Endnote allows you to use term lists to apply quality control to author names, journal titles and keywords.
If you have a title which is not included on the list you may need to check to see if there is an official abbreviation. This may be listed on the journal itself or the publishers site under guidelines for submissions. You can also check the Cardiff Guide to Legal Abbreviations at http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/|