Zotero plugins designed to improve functionality for legal scholars. Maintained by Dan Epps, Washington University School of Law.
A signal picker for the citation dialog prefix field. Press Ctrl+S while the prefix field is focused to insert a Bluebook signal (See, E.g., Accord, etc.).
Install: Download Bluebook_Signals_v3.0.0.xpi
Usage:
- Open the Add Citation dialog in your word processor
- Search for and select a citation
- Click into the Prefix field
- Press Ctrl+S to open the signal picker
Original author: Frank Bennett. Updated for Zotero 9 by Dan Epps, 2026.
Auto-applies Bluebook Rule 4.2(b) "hereinafter" handling in Word documents. When the same author has two or more distinct works cited, the plugin:
- Appends
[hereinafter <i>Short Title</i>]to each work's first full cite - Rewrites later short-form cites from
Reich, supra note 5toReich, <i>New Property</i>, supra note 5
Install: Download Bluebook_Hereinafter_v0.1.8.xpi
Short titles come from each item's Short Title field in Zotero (with the full title as fallback). The plugin runs automatically after every Zotero insert/refresh and is also exposed as Tools → Fix Hereinafters for manual invocation.
Platform: macOS + Microsoft Word only (AppleScript).
Status: v0.1.8 (early). Known limitations:
- Mac/Word only for now
- Multi-cite fields (two works in one citation) append both hereinafters at the end of the combined field rather than inline per work
- Brief visual flicker during refresh (plugin re-writes after Zotero paints)
- Italicizes short titles uniformly; book titles in Bluebook actually use small caps
- Ambiguity grouping is by surname list only (no handling of editor-as-author or institutional authors yet)
More plugins coming soon.