Cite Counsel is a free citation tool built around one standard: the McGill Guide, 10th edition.
Most citation managers focus on APA, MLA, and Chicago. McGill Guide citation, used by Canadian law schools and courts, usually isn't supported well, if at all. Cite Counsel is built around the McGill Guide, 10th edition. Every citation is either checked against real legal databases or built from your own input alone, never generated from a language model's memory. That grounding is what separates a citation generator from a citation guesser.
Search with a vague name, citation number, or rough legal concept for a statute, bill, or case, then use the guided options to land on exactly what you want. Cite Counsel returns it in McGill format, including Canadian statutes across all jurisdictions, federal bills across past and current sessions, and Canadian case law with neutral and part of parallel citations.
Paste a URL, DOI, or ISBN. Cite Counsel crawls the URL for the page's text, or pulls verified metadata from the DOI or ISBN, and generates the citation in McGill format.
Upload a PDF, Word file, or screenshot, and Cite Counsel reads the source and formats it using only the information you provide. This covers material that doesn't sit in a single database, such as news articles, government publications, municipal by-laws, and many other types of work.
Pick one of three entry points: search for a source, paste a link or identifier, or upload a document.
For searches, Cite Counsel shows candidate matches and guided options so you can confirm the exact source before it builds anything.
Get the finished McGill citation, formatted with correct italics and structure, ready to paste into your work.