College Style Guide: L

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Latinx

This term is acceptable as a gender-neutral term for Latino and Latina. Use at the discretion of the source, writer, and editor. 

laws and theories

Lowercase except for proper names included: the big bang theory; Boyle’s law; Einstein’s general theory of relativity (8.148).

liberal arts

Do not hyphenate, even used as an adjective: a liberal arts environment.

lowercase

See capitalization.