Release Notes

What's New

Stay up to date with the latest features and improvements to JurisNote.

March 8, 2026

Exam Prep Hub & Next-Gen Study Engine

Prepare smarter with a dedicated Exam Prep Hub, upgraded spaced repetition, richer outlines, and powerful new study tools.

New Features

  • Copyright Acknowledgment Gate: All upload flows (cases, exams, lectures, outlines, flashcard imports, and syllabus imports) now display a copyright & permissions notice and require explicit acknowledgment before uploading.
  • AI Data Usage Disclosure: AI text-input features (Brief Synthesis, AI Flashcard Generator) now clearly explain that your text is sent to OpenAI for processing, is not used to train AI models, and results are stored privately in your account.
  • Recording Consent: Lecture recording now requires explicit consent confirming you have permission to record all speakers, with a legal disclaimer about copyright and wiretapping laws.
  • Exam Prep Hub: A command center for exam prep — track your readiness across multiple study methods, bridge flashcard mastery to exam performance, and practice with timed sessions and a randomized question bank.
  • Next-Gen Spaced Repetition: Upgraded to the FSRS v5 algorithm for smarter review scheduling — study less, remember more.
  • Fill-in-the-Blank Flashcards: Create cards that hide key terms so you can test active recall of rules and elements.
  • Rich Text Outlines: Full rich text editing with starter templates, one-click PDF export, and node-level comments.
  • Side-by-Side Case Comparison: Compare two case briefs side by side to spot similarities, distinctions, and doctrinal patterns.
  • Study Analytics: New dashboards showing forgetting curves, study method comparisons, and time-of-day performance trends.
  • Today's Focus: A dashboard widget surfacing your most important tasks and upcoming deadlines.
  • Session Management: View and revoke active login sessions across all your devices.

Improvements

  • Rebuilt the auto-scheduler from the ground up for more reliable study session planning.
  • Search results are now ranked by relevance with source attribution.
  • Flashcards are automatically tagged by legal doctrine.
  • Smoother cancellation flow with clearer plan details.
  • Login errors now appear inline instead of in a corner toast.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed flashcard animation glitch when switching between cards.
  • Dark mode toasts now match the active theme.
  • Case reader scrolls naturally without fixed-height cutoffs.
  • Resolved duplicate entries in topic performance analytics.
  • Fixed Google OAuth redirect and dark mode flash on login.
February 21, 2026

Easier Onboarding & Platform Reliability

Getting started is now frictionless — no credit card needed to begin your trial — plus faster performance and stronger account security across the board.

New Features

  • No Credit Card Required: Start your free trial instantly without entering payment information upfront.
  • Keyboard Shortcuts: A new shortcuts dialog so you can navigate faster without leaving the keyboard.

Improvements

  • Faster page loads through smarter caching and on-demand loading of heavy resources.
  • Stronger account security with rate-limited logins, automatic lockout protection, and a payment grace period so a lapsed card doesn't lock you out instantly.
  • Subscription and trial status are now accurately reflected everywhere in the app.

Bug Fixes

  • Resolved all known security vulnerabilities in third-party dependencies.
  • Fixed billing badge overlap during trial periods.
  • Fixed course breadcrumbs not appearing on course-related pages.
February 8, 2026

Course Organization & AI Outline Upload

Major productivity enhancements with comprehensive course management and intelligent outline parsing to streamline your study workflow.

New Features

  • Course Management Hub: Organize all your study materials by law school course with dedicated dashboards for each class.
  • Course Detail Pages: Access a unified view of all Decks, Outlines, Exams, and Assignments for each course with tabbed navigation.
  • AI Outline Upload (PRO): Upload existing outlines (PDF/DOCX) and have AI automatically extract and structure the hierarchy into editable nodes.
  • Course Association: Link Flashcard Decks and Outlines directly to courses for better organization and context.
  • Exam Integration: View upcoming exams and practice sessions directly from course detail pages.
  • Landing Page updates: Site visitors can now see pricing before creating an account and access FAQs.

Improvements

  • Dashboard Integration: Courses now appear on the main dashboard with a dedicated widget showing your active classes.
  • Knowledge Base: Updated AI assistant knowledge with comprehensive course management and outline upload documentation.
February 1, 2026

System Stability & Logging Audit

Comprehensive audit of system logging and critical bug fixes for calendar and dashboard performance.

Major Changes

  • Unified Logging: Standardized all server-side logging to use structured JSON logs for better observability and debugging.
  • Dashboard Performance: Optimized database queries to reduce dashboard load time significantly.
  • Calendar Repair: Resolved a critical code corruption issue in the calendar event management system.
  • Security: Enhanced audit trails for critical actions including billing, AI, and user data management.
January 29, 2026

Performance & Robustness: The Speed Update

Significant optimizations across the entire stack, from database query consolidation to offline PWA support.

Major Changes

  • JWT Throttling: Reduced database load by 95% for active sessions using a 5-minute validation cooldown.
  • Consolidated Analytics: Merged statistical data fetching into a single unified stream, cutting page load times in half.
  • Progressive Web App (PWA): Install JurisNote on your device and study flashcards offline with our new Service Worker architecture.
  • Layout Stability: Eliminated layout shifts (CLS) on the dashboard using predictive skeleton loaders.
  • Search Pre-fetching: Global search now anticipates your selection, pre-loading case briefs and decks for near-instant navigation.
  • Daily Study Summaries: Implemented background data aggregation for heatmap stats, ensuring liquid-smooth performance even for long-term users.
January 26, 2026

Cognitive Monitor & Epistemic Diagnostics

A new architectural approach to doctrine mastery, prioritizing system diagnostics and probabilistic insights over evaluative metrics.

Major Changes

  • Transitioned doctrine mastery to a 'Behavioral Anchor' model for objective tracking.
  • Implemented Stability Invariants (repetitionCount >= 5) to ensure mastery reflects persistent patterns.
  • Replaced evaluative percentages with semantic labels: 'Belief State' and 'Stability'.
  • Introduced 'Context Priors' (Course ID support) for more accurate doctrine disambiguation.
  • New Admin Cognitive Dashboard for analyzing system-level health and doctrine performance.
January 18, 2026

Rulebook AI & Socratic Study Mastery

Build your personal rulebook in seconds and master your courses with interactive AI questioning that adapts to your own notes.

New Features

  • Instant Rule Extraction: Turn textbook snippets and lecture notes into professionally structured legal rules and case briefs automatically.
  • Our Cold Call AI now quizzes you directly on your Lecture Notes, Case Briefs and Outlines, helping you prepare for real classroom pressure.
  • Jump-Start Study: Start a high-intensity study session instantly from any document—no manual setup or decks required.

Improvements

  • Snappier Document Imports: A new high-performance engine makes uploading syllabi and lectures faster and more reliable than ever.
  • Persistent Study Memory: Sessions now load instantly and stay up-to-date with your notes, saving you time during daily review.

Bug Fixes

  • Smoother Uploads: Resolved issues that caused occasional hiccups when importing complex syllabus or lecture files.
January 11, 2026

Smart Syllabus Import & The NextGen Master Quiz

Maximize your study time. We've introduced automated course scheduling, a high-intensity Mastery Quiz, and visual organization tools to streamline your law school experience.

New Features

  • NextGen Master Quiz: Move beyond simple recall. Our new high-intensity quiz mode challenge you with more options and complex multi-select patterns, simulating true legal analysis.
  • Syllabus-to-Schedule (AI): Set up your entire semester in seconds. Our upgraded AI extracts assignments, exams, and class schedules with near-perfect accuracy from your PDF or Word syllabi.
  • Visual Calendar Refresh: A vibrant new color system for your schedule. High-contrast, vivid palettes make it easier than ever to distinguish between courses and looming deadlines.
  • Pizza & Study Fuel Feed: Subscribe to the Live Pizza Feed to automatically track hours for top-rated local pizza places right on your JurisNote calendar—perfect for late-night study sessions.

Improvements

  • Precision Recurrence Control: Flexibly edit specifically one class session—change the location or add session-specific notes—without breaking your entire recurring series.
  • High-Fidelity PDF Parsing: Upgraded text extraction preserves complex syllabus table layouts, ensuring every detail is captured accurately by the AI.
  • Instant Dashboard Loads: Experience lightning-fast navigation with new optimized caching for your calendar and assignments boards.
  • Academic Year Intelligence: Our AI now intelligently infers the correct year from your syllabus, ensuring your imported schedule is accurate down to the day.

Bug Fixes

  • Rock-Solid Event Visibility: Fixed bugs where multi-day events crossing month boundaries were occasionally hidden.
  • Perfect Day Precision: Resolved date-drift issues so every imported class and deadline lands on exactly the right day.
  • Account Recovery: Resolved a critical issue where soft-deleted accounts caused unique constraint errors during re-registration or re-invitation.
January 6, 2026

Academic Scheduling & Calendar Intelligence

Significant upgrades to the Assignments Board and Scheduler for better academic task management and visibility.

New Features

  • Multi-Select Status Filtering: Filter assignments by multiple statuses simultaneously (e.g., Pending AND In Progress) to customize your view.
  • Collapsible Dashboard Overview: The Upcoming Summary section can now be collapsed to clear space on your dashboard.
  • Notification Architecture: Added backend support for Daily and Weekly study digests to keep you on track.

Improvements

  • Event Dialog Consistency: Refined select component layouts in the event creation dialog for better usability.
  • Scheduler Stability: Improved type safety and error handling across calendar services.

Bug Fixes

  • Resolved layout edge-cases in the Assignments Board table on smaller screens.
January 2, 2026

The Legal Decision Graph: Visual Analysis & Exam Recall

A complete reimagining of the Outlining experience, moving from linear notebooks to a multi-pane legal analysis engine optimized for non-linear traversal and rapid exam recall.

New Features

  • 3-Pane Analysis Hub: A new workspace featuring a structural Issue Map (navigation), the Rule Stack (deep-dive analysis), and Exam Intelligence (contextual boosters).
  • Organization Folders: Introducing a folder system for Outlines with full Drag & Drop support, mirroring the Flashcards experience.
  • Intelligence-Enriched Export: Export high-fidelity Markdown or Word documents that automatically include linked rule elements, exam traps, and semantic formatting.
  • Semantic Node Typing: Categorize your notes into legal primitives like Rule, Test, Element, Factor, Exception, and Policy for structured learning.
  • Dual View Modes: Switch between 'Study Mode' (rich, detailed analysis) and 'Exam Mode' (a compressed, trigger-based checklist for high-intensity recall).
  • Linked Legal Units: Directly link your outline nodes to official Rulebook entries for instant cross-referencing.

Improvements

  • Outline Scrolling: Refactored the layout to ensure fluid scrolling across large-scale legal graphs.
  • Optimistic Persistence: Updates to node content and types are now instantaneous with silent background saving.
  • Semantic Visuals: Each legal unit now features unique iconography and color-coded categorizations for better visual scanning.

Bug Fixes

  • Build Stability: Resolved various type-safety markers in the outline tree structure.
  • History Tracking: Fixed inconsistencies in the undo/redo system for node content updates.
December 31, 2025

Winter Finals Mastery: AI Lecture Intelligence & Rules Engine

A major platform upgrade introducing deep-dive lecture analysis and a professional-grade Black Letter Law engine to streamline your final exam preparation.

New Features

  • Smart Lecture Intelligence: Transform lecture recordings into hierarchical logic trees (Topic → Rule → Rationale) and structured Smart Notes with AI-extracted exam tips.
  • Professional Rules Engine: A definitive 'Black Letter Law' workspace for your courses. Track specific rule elements, exceptions, and policy rationale with full version history.
  • Socratic Cold Call Simulator: Practice under pressure with a new simulator that provides real-time Socratic feedback and AI-powered 'Phone a Friend' hints when you're stuck.
  • Enhanced Case Briefing: Capture the full picture with expanded fields for Procedural History, Multi-Opinion analysis, and core judicial rationale.

Improvements

  • Blazing Fast AI: Synthesis actions are now up to 40% faster, getting you from recording to study guide in seconds.
  • Improved Reliability: Hardened database infrastructure ensures your study data is safer than ever with automated integrity verification.

Bug Fixes

  • Rock-Solid Recordings: Resolved issues where lecture recording state could be lost during pauses.
  • Polished UI: Fixed layout edge-cases in Case Briefs and Rules for a smoother reading experience.
2024-05-18

Black Letter Rule Engine & AI Extraction

A complete overhaul of the Rules module, transforming it into a definitive 'Black Letter Law' engine with version control and AI powers.

Major Changes

  • New 'Rule Editor' with support for Elements, Exceptions, and Policy Rationale.
  • Version History: Track every change to a rule, who made it, and why.
  • AI Rule Extraction: Draft structured rules directly from your lecture notes or case text.
  • Exam Focus: Metadata for 'Exam Frequency' and 'Professor Emphasis' to prioritize study.
  • Rule Cards: New dashboard view for quick scanning and filtering of your rule library.
December 30, 2025

Classroom Studio & AI Tools Overhaul

A comprehensive upgrade to the Lectures module, featuring advanced AI tools for deep legal analysis and exam preparation.

New Features

  • Logic Outline Generation: Automatically creates hierarchical logic trees from lectures (Topic → Rule → Rationale).
  • Black Letter Law Extraction: Isolates definitive rules, elements, and authorities into structured study aids.
  • Advanced Recording Control: Record lectures with Pause/Resume, live timer warnings, and mandatory consent flows.
  • Professor & Exam Filters: Organize lectures by Professor, Course, or high-priority 'Exam Relevance'.
  • Persistence: AI analysis like Logic Outlines are now saved as permanent attachments for reviewing anytime.

Improvements

  • Lectures Dashboard: Completely redesigned 'All Lectures' view with rich metadata and filtering.
  • Document Support: Direct PDF and DOCX uploads now auto-extract text for AI vector search alongside audio.
  • Performance: Optimized AI synthesis actions for faster generation of outlines and rules.
  • Case Briefs: Added 'Read Mode' (Submitted state) for cleaner review, with an easy toggle to switch back to 'Edit Mode'.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed recording state loss during pause/resume cycles.
  • Resolved PDF parsing issues for certain file types.
  • Ensured strict TypeSafety across all AI features.
December 28, 2025

Classroom & Intelligence Suite

A transformative update introducing automated lecture transcription, course intelligence, and exam-focused study tools.

New Features

  • Classroom Module: Upload audio or video lectures (MP3, MP4, M4A) for instant, high-accuracy AI transcription.
  • Professor Intelligence: Aggregates course data to analyze teaching styles, predict exam patterns, and highlight key concepts.
  • Smart Notes: Automatically generate summaries, key takeaways, and study points from your transcripts.
  • Exam Mode: Toggle distractions off with a global focused UI for high-intensity study sessions.
  • Document Parsing: Enhanced support for PDF, DOCX, and PPTX ingestion with improved security.

Improvements

  • Split-view workspace for reading transcripts alongside lecture tools.
  • Added 'Exam Probability' scores to analyzed course content.
  • Implemented rate limiting and quota management for AI features to ensure stability.
  • Secured file uploads with signed URLs and strict validation.

Bug Fixes

  • Resolved various build issues related to Next.js 15 and server actions.
  • Fixed module resolution errors for server-side parsing libraries.
  • Corrected 'useChat' implementation for the latest AI SDK.
December 20, 2025

Library & Discovery Update

New tools to manage your personal library and discover content.

New Features

  • My Library: Unified view for all your study materials.
  • Saved Searches: Save complex queries for quick access.
  • Similar Items: 'You might also like' recommendations.
  • Version History: Track and restore previous versions of your decks.
  • Share Inbox: Manage incoming invitations in one place.
December 14, 2025

Community & Organization Update

A massive update bringing social features, enhanced analytics, and organization management tools.

New Features

  • Org Course Pages: Dedicated pages for organization courses with curated materials.
  • Comments System: Engage with the community through threaded discussions on resources.
  • Ratings & Reviews: Rate content and see what others think with a 5-star system.
  • Enhanced Analytics: Track views and engagement on your published items.
  • Org Member Management: Admins can now manage member roles (Student, TA, Faculty).

Improvements

  • Added 'My Library' for easier access to your cloned and created content.
  • Implemented 'Moderation Queue' for community safety.
  • Improved sharing flow with a new publication wizard.
December 5, 2025

Case & Briefs Module Launch

Introducing Cases & Briefs, Exam Probability Score, and Smart Predictions.

New Features

  • Cases & Briefs: This module is officially launched and ready to use by Beta testers!
  • Exam Probability Score: AI analyzes your cases and predicts how likely they are to appear on your final exam (0-100% score).
  • Smart Predictions: Your exam probability scores are saved automatically and can be recalculated as you add more notes.
  • Better Readability: Larger text and improved layout on case pages makes studying easier on your eyes.
  • Instant Feedback: Get helpful notifications when using AI features so you always know what's happening.

Improvements

  • Case pages now use more screen space on laptops and desktops for easier reading.
  • AI features only activate when you click a button - no more unexpected calculations.
  • Helpful warnings if your case notes are too short for accurate AI analysis.
  • Clearer indicators showing when you're viewing saved AI results vs. new calculations.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where AI would give scores for empty cases.
  • Improved AI accuracy by preventing it from making assumptions without actual case data.
  • Better error messages help you understand what went wrong and how to fix it.
December 2, 2025

Global Calendars & New Views

A major update to the calendar system, introducing global calendar management and multiple view options.

New Features

  • Global Calendar Management: Subscribe to and manage global calendars (e.g., US Holidays) with visibility toggles.
  • New Calendar Views: Added Day, Week, and Year views alongside the existing Month view.
  • View Switcher: Easily switch between different calendar views to visualize your schedule effectively.
  • Time Grid: Day and Week views now feature a detailed time grid for precise scheduling.

Improvements

  • Enhanced 'Manage Calendars' dialog with a wider layout and better overflow handling.
  • Added 'Global' badges to distinguish global subscriptions from personal ones.
  • Hidden raw URLs for global calendars to improve UI cleanliness.
  • Improved date navigation logic across all views.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed UI overflow issues in the subscription manager dialog where long URLs caused layout breakage.
  • Resolved edge clipping issues in the subscription list.
November 2025

Initial Beta Release

The first public beta release of JurisNote, featuring core study tools.

New Features

  • Smart Flashcards: AI-powered flashcard creation and spaced repetition study mode.
  • Case Briefs: Structured tools for creating and organizing case briefs.
  • Outlines: Comprehensive outlining features for law school classes.
  • Dashboard: Centralized hub for tracking study progress and streaks.