The power of a flowchart....

Something I've learned through my (limited) experience with the study of law is that, ultimately, you're going in a big circle. Generally, my first assessments are typically right, although it's not for the right reasons. While this is okay in undergrad, it doesn't carry over really well on law school exams, because you are supposed to actually support your argument with a rational foundation (although this seems to be in short supply all around). So typically, my thought process goes something like this:

...............................YEAH................


As you can see, it's an arduous process. It would probably save a lot of time, energy, and hair if I did this instead: