Many law students wonder how they can prepare for the technical edit of the law review write-on. Of course, having the entire Bluebook memorized would be nice, wouldn't it? Here are my tips on how to prepare, in order based on how much time you have to prepare.

1. Read this whole research guide, except for the tab on cross-references; the technical edit won't have you do automatic internal cross-references on Microsoft Word. 
2. Familiarize yourself with Rules 1 through 9, which are not as source-based as the rest of the rules. 
3. Familiarize yourself with the index so you know what kinds of sources and styles are mentioned in The Bluebook. 
4. Use post-it notes or another alternative to tab/mark your Bluebook for important rules and tables you think you might quickly want to reference.
5. If you have leftover time, consider doing The Bluebook exercises on LexisNexis Interactive Citation Workstation that are for law review. These are all the ones that start with "17." There are five categories for law review: Case Citations, State and Federal Statues, Legislative and Administrative Sources, Secondary Sources, and Short Forms. The screencast video on the tab for tips shows you how to access it.