Use Arabic numerals for the volume
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A multivolume work numbers its volumes in Arabic digits ahead of the author crediting the whole work: "3 Ronald E. Mallen … Legal Malpractice 101 (2014)", not "III Ronald E. Mallen …".1
- Wrong
- III Ronald E. Mallen …
- Right
- 3 Ronald E. Mallen … Legal Malpractice 101 (2014)
- 1B3 Subdivisions. Tables: R. 3.1(a) Volumes; T16 Subdivisions.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.