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⚖️ LawForgeThe Obsidian vault for law students
Law school is a retrieval problem disguised as a reading problem. You'll read a thousand pages and be examined on whether you can spot which rule a fact pattern triggers — in forty minutes, without notes. LawForge is the finished Obsidian vault that builds that map for you, one brief at a time.
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One-time payment · lifetime updates · ~600 KB ZIP · runs on Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS & Android
You'll read a thousand pages and be asked to spot the rule.
Every case you read teaches a rule. By exam time you need the reverse — given a fact pattern, which rule fires, and which authority proves it. That map from fact to rule to authority is the thing you're actually examined on, and it's the thing most students never build until the week before finals.
LawForge builds it for you while you do the reading you had to do anyway.
What's in the vault
The honest list. No case database, no pre-written outlines — the structure to build your own, properly.
- 📋 11 templatesThe 7 core study ones, plus case-brief (IRAC), statute-note, argument-outline and moot-court-prep.
- ⚖️ Case Index dashboardEvery case you brief, grouped by topic. That grouping is your outline, and it wrote itself while you read.
- 🔗 Statute notes, linkedEach statute links to the cases that interpret it, and back. The web of authority builds itself.
- 📊 3 dashboardsSemester overview, course hub and exam tracker, all self-updating.
- 🎓 A worked exampleA contracts course with a briefed case (Carlill), its rule, and an issue-spotting exam plan. Read it once, then delete it.
- 🔌 Dataview + Templater pre-installedNothing to configure.
Why this vault is built around briefs and links
Law school is a retrieval problem disguised as a reading problem. You will read a thousand pages and be examined on whether you can spot which rule a fact pattern triggers, in forty minutes, without notes.
So every case gets a brief in IRAC form, and every brief links to the rule it states. Over a semester those links build the thing you actually need at exam time: a map from fact pattern to rule to authority.
Then 08-Cases/Case Index shows you every rule you have briefed, grouped by topic. That is your outline, and you did not write it — it wrote itself while you did the reading you had to do anyway.
The issue-spotting drill
Open book is not a safety net — it's a time trap. The marks are in spotting which issue a fact pattern raises, not in finding the rule. LawForge gives you a living table: fact-pattern cue → the issue it raises → the leading authority. Fill it in as you brief, and the exam becomes pattern-matching, not panic.
A note on accuracy
This is a study vault, not a legal research system and not legal advice. Case law and statutes change; always verify an authority in an official reporter or your jurisdiction's official database before relying on it for anything beyond your own revision.
Questions
Do I need to know Obsidian already?
No. A Start Here note and README get you running in about two minutes. If you can unzip a folder, you can run it.
What exactly do I get for $79?
A complete Obsidian vault with 11 templates, 3 self-updating dashboards, a Case Index, Dataview + Templater pre-installed, and a worked contracts example. Plus lifetime updates and email support.
Does it work for my jurisdiction?
The system is jurisdiction-agnostic — it's built around briefs, statutes and links, which is how law is studied everywhere. You fill in your own authorities. Common-law IRAC is the default, but the structure adapts.
Is this a subscription?
No. One payment, plain Markdown files on your disk, forever.
Does it work on my devices?
Anywhere Obsidian runs — Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android. Syncing is your choice.
Does it come with cases already briefed?
It ships with one worked example so you can see the method. Your own briefs are the point — the act of briefing is the study. The vault just makes them link together into an outline.
Is this a legal research tool?
No. It's a study system. Always verify authorities in an official source before relying on them for anything beyond revision.
$79. One-time. Yours forever.
A ~600 KB ZIP with everything above, lifetime updates and email support. No subscription, no account, no internet required after download.