Smart Flashcards for Law Students

JurisNote doesn't give you blank flash cards — it gives you eight purpose-built types that match how law professors structure doctrine:

• Standard — Classic front-and-back cards for any content
• Rule — Formalize rule statements with a structured front/back that links to your Black Letter Rulebook
• Case — Pair a case name with its holding, facts, or significance for cold-call-ready recall
• Definition — Term-to-definition cards optimized for black letter vocabulary
• CLOZE — Fill-in-the-blank sentences where hidden words become the study questions — ideal for rules with multiple elements (The defendant owed a {{c1::duty}} of care to the plaintiff)
• MCQ — Multiple-choice cards you author yourself, or let AI generate distractors from your existing deck
• Hypothetical (HYPO) — Fact patterns with IRAC-style answers — great for applying doctrine, not just reciting it
• Image Occlusion — Cover parts of diagrams, charts, or tables and reveal them one at a time

Each type receives a tailored study experience. CLOZE blanks become input fields in Write mode. MCQ options are shuffled randomly. Hypos are excluded from match games where they don't belong.

JurisNote uses the Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler (FSRS) — the most accurate open-source spaced repetition algorithm available, consistently outperforming the SM-2 algorithm used by Anki in independent retention studies.

Every card you review tells the algorithm something about your memory. Rate a card 'Again' or 'Hard' and the next interval shrinks. Rate 'Good' or 'Easy' and the card moves further into the future. Over time, the algorithm fits its parameters to your specific memory pattern — not a one-size-fits-all default.

Adaptive pacing adjusts session length in real time based on your hesitation speed and accuracy. Cards where you're slowing down are surfaced more aggressively; cards you've already mastered are held back to protect your time.

Leech detection automatically flags cards you've failed repeatedly and removes them from your regular queue so they don't drag down every session. Review, edit, or suspend them when you're ready to tackle them fresh.

Different moments call for different study strategies. JurisNote gives you five distinct modes:

• Flashcards — Your core SRS queue. Rate each card after reviewing, and the algorithm handles the scheduling. Shows rich formatting, media, and CLOZE previews inline.
• Quiz — Multiple-choice questions built automatically from your deck. Correct answers come from the card's back; distractors are pulled from other cards in the same deck — so every wrong option is plausibly correct.
• Match — A drag-and-drop pairing game. Terms on one side, definitions on the other. Clear the board by matching them all. Cards display as plain text in this mode so you recall content, not formatting.
• Learn — A multi-stage progression: see the card, then answer multiple-choice, then type the answer. A card isn't marked learned until it passes every stage.
• Write — Type your full answer before the back is revealed. Scored by AI that accepts synonyms, legal abbreviations, and minor typos — K counts as contract, res ipsa is accepted without the full phrase.

The AI features in JurisNote are built around the peculiarities of legal writing — where synonyms are precise, abbreviations are technical, and 'close enough' can mean exactly that.

AI Flashcard Generation — Paste in your case brief, lecture notes, or outline text and JurisNote extracts a structured set of cards. Rule → elements → cases. You review and accept, edit, or discard each card individually. Every AI-generated card carries an AI badge.

Open-Answer Grading — In Write and Learn modes, your typed answer is scored by GPT-4o rather than exact-string matching. The model applies liberal grading rules: synonyms, legal abbreviations (D for defendant, BRD for beyond a reasonable doubt), paraphrases of the same rule, and minor typos (≤20% character distance).

CLOZE AI Grading — Each blank in a fill-in-the-blank card is graded individually. You see instant fuzzy-match feedback, then AI-refined results once the model completes its evaluation.

Socratic Hints — Stuck on a card? Request a hint. The AI asks a leading question or surfaces a related doctrine instead of revealing the answer — guiding your thinking rather than replacing it.

JurisNote's sharing system is built around the reality of law school study groups.

Link Sharing — Generate a link that lets anyone view your deck without an account. Perfect for quick-sharing before an exam.

Invite Sharing — Invite specific JurisNote users. They can view and fork the deck to create their own editable copy without modifying your original.

Group Sharing — Share a deck with your entire study group at once. All members see the same deck, and the owner can push updates.

Public Library — Publish your deck to the JurisNote library so other students can search it by subject, course, or school and fork a copy. Every published deck goes through automated risk review and requires a copyright certification.

Anki Export — Export any deck to an Anki-compatible .apkg file complete with your SRS state (stability, difficulty, reps). Your cards are yours — they leave with you if you need them to.