Images of LEGO® models supplementing The Law Teacher (Vol. 58, 2024) article "Legal problem solving with LEGO®"

This repository includes images of LEGO® models built by students in two workshops designed to assist legal problem solving in contract law. Reference to these images are made in the corresponding article published in the "Policy and Education Developments" section of The Law Teacher (Vol. 58, 2024). The article with the title "Legal problem solving with LEGO®" was authored by Marton Ribary ()Royal Holloway, University of London) and Antony Starza-Allen (University of Surrey). Below please find the article's abstract.

"This short piece introduces a working game designed for legal problem solving where students use LEGO® to create visual representations of legal analysis. We explain its structure and rationale which is based on the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method and our own five-stage guided approach to problem solving in contract law. We comment on LEGO® models built by students during workshops exploring issues in contract law. In their feedback, students reported that the method helped them to understand contract law doctrine, navigate problem questions and think about their analysis of legal issues. We suggest that, with further investigation, the method can be a viable pedagogical technique to assist with the identification and understanding of a wide range of legal information, and to discern relevant connections between doctrine and fact patterns to achieve successful abstraction, application, and ultimately the construction of complex legal analysis. The method also builds confidence, social interaction skills and reinforces competence in legal problem solving."