I mentioned that I took the Evelyn Wood speed reading program. They have techniques re increasing comprehension. There's a technique were you pick up on certain concepts then try to find patterns. Look for something memorable or interesting about an acronym or concept. This allows you to spot seemingly similar concepts and pay attention to subtleties. With enough practice you'll gain confidence in your ability to spot these problems.
For example: If somebody had an apple orchard and the apples were ripe. If you came in and took the apples from the tree at common law this is a very different situation than if the owner picked the apples and set them on the ground and you took them. The latter is larceny while the former, at common law, was not.
RICO stood out because of its distinct name. and its expansion on the law of conspiracy. Anyway, no worries regarding getting a headache--apparently, the California Supreme Court recently began promoting an easier set of jury instructions. Those crafty lawyers have a pesky habit of mystifying the language of law so that laymen like us would continue forking over $200 per hour.
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Originally posted by phogirl69
Ok, so you're a speed reader... I think I'm a fast reader too, faster than most people, but sometimes when reading complex things like about law or scientific stuff, it just goes in one ear and right out the other, I can read it fast, but if I want to really understand and absorb it I have to go word by word.
But if I'm reading easy meaningless stuff like Cosmo magazine or GFY I can read fast and understand it. How do you read complicated issues like law fast while still understanding it?. Especially with issues like the difference between battery and assault, to me it's almost the same thing, there's so many technicalities, and it's so complicated just reading what you wrote about it gives me a headache. 
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