May or ShallMay or Shall for law students
Turn what you read into what you write. Highlight the paragraphs that matter in a case, and they are there with their sources when you sit down to write.
Reading a case is about judgment
The useful part of reading a judgment is the handful of paragraphs you decide matter: the facts that decided it, the issue, the reasoning and the holding. Those are also the paragraphs that are hardest to find again when you write a case note, a moot memorial or exam notes.
May or Shall keeps them for you. You read and highlight, and the judgment of what matters stays with you.
How students use it
- Highlight passages in cases and readings on any website or PDF; each keeps its page and paragraph for citing.
- Tag them under headings such as Facts, Issues and Holding, or headings of your own.
- Link a passage in one case to a passage in another that follows it or departs from it.
- When you write, your highlights are already there with their sources, and ChatGPT can help you draft from your own lines.
Practise on a real judgment
Catch the AI is a short game on a real Supreme Court judgment: an AI summary has mistakes in it, and you find each one and highlight the line in the judgment that proves it. It is a good way to see why reading the source still matters.
Questions
Will May or Shall write my assignment for me?
No. It is built for reading. You choose the passages that matter, and any drafting help works only from the lines you highlighted, so the reasoning stays yours.
Can I use it for moot court research?
Yes. Highlight the paragraphs you rely on in each authority, tag them by issue, and they are ready with page and paragraph when you write the memorial.
Does it work on case law websites and PDFs?
Yes. The Chrome extension works on web pages and on PDFs opened in the browser.
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