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Upload your casebook chapters, outlines, or lecture slides and get an editable mind map of doctrines, elements, and exceptions you can explore branch by branch.

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Why a map suits law notes

Law courses pile up doctrines, elements, exceptions, and competing tests, and a linear outline makes it hard to see how they connect. Legal mind map notes group each rule under its parent topic, so you can see that consideration belongs to contract formation and that causation sits inside negligence.

Turn outlines, case briefs, and slides into one connected map
Keep rules grouped by doctrine so related elements stay together
Edit and reorganize branches as your course material changes
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Example legal study mind map branches

Contract formationOffer · Acceptance · Consideration · Intention to create legal relations

NegligenceDuty of care · Breach of duty · Causation · Damage

Stare decisisBinding precedent from higher courts · Persuasive authority from other jurisdictions · Ratio decidendi versus obiter dicta

Contract remediesExpectation damages · Reliance damages · Restitution · Specific performance

Mens reaIntention · Knowledge · Recklessness · Negligence

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Built from your sources

Upload PDFs, DOCX or PPTX files, plain notes, or photos of pages, and the text is pulled out for mapping.

Editable branches

Rename, move, or delete nodes as your understanding changes, so the map stays accurate through the semester.

Explore at your own pace

Open or collapse any branch to drill into a rule, its elements, and the exceptions without scrolling a long outline.

How it works

Upload your material

Add a case brief set, an outline, or a chapter PDF. No credit card is needed to start.

Review the generated map

Check the main branches against your syllabus and trim anything that is not on the exam.

Study by branch

Start at a main branch, explain the rule from memory, then open the sub-points to check yourself.

Maps also make it easier to reason through a fact pattern. Starting from the main branch, you can walk down to the elements and ask whether each one is satisfied, which mirrors how exam answers are structured.

Treat the generated map as a draft. Compare each branch with your casebook and lecture notes, correct anything that does not match your jurisdiction, and redraw weak sections from memory.

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Frequently asked questions

How many branches should a law outline mind map have?

Most outlines work well with one main branch per doctrine or element, plus two to four sub-points under each. If a branch grows past six or seven items, split it into its own map.

How do I study case law from a mind map?

Start at each main branch and explain the rule aloud without looking, then check the sub-points against your casebook. Redraw any branch you missed the next day from memory.

Can I export my legal mind map notes?

Exports are part of the paid Plus plan, which includes PDF, DOCX, Anki, and CSV export. The free plan lets you study in the browser without exporting.

Does it work with scanned lecture slides?

Yes. You can upload PDFs, PPTX and DOCX files, plain notes, or photos of pages, which are read with text recognition.

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