Daily Study & Retention

JurisNote uses FSRS v5 (Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler) — the same algorithm used by serious language learners and medical students worldwide. FSRS tracks two key parameters for every card:

• Stability — How long until you're likely to forget it
• Difficulty — How hard the card is for you specifically

Using these, FSRS calculates the optimal day to show you each card again — just before you're about to forget it. This targets a 90% retention rate with the minimum number of reviews.

Every morning, JurisNote builds your personal review queue: every card that FSRS predicts you'll forget today if you don't see it. The queue is sorted by urgency — cards most likely to be forgotten appear first.

Clearing your queue each day takes 10-20 minutes for most students. That daily habit is what separates students who know the material in December from those who crammed it in October and forgot it.

After reviewing a card, you rate your recall honestly:

| Rating | Meaning | Next Review | |--------|---------|-------------| | Again | Forgot it completely | ~1 minute | | Hard | Recalled with effort | ~10 minutes | | Good | Correct with normal effort | ~1 day | | Easy | Instant recall | ~4+ days |

Your ratings train the algorithm — the more honestly you rate, the better FSRS calibrates your personal schedule.

The Flashcards dashboard shows your card population broken into four states: New (never studied), Learning (in short-term review), Review (long-term retention), and Mastered (very stable memory).

As you study consistently, cards graduate from New → Learning → Review → Mastered. Watching your Mastered count grow over the semester is a concrete measure of how much black-letter law you actually own.