Team-Based Learning in Law

Feel free to use and modify the documents on this page.

If you wish to contribute your own Team-Based Learning materials to this page, please send them to Margaret.mccabe@ law.unh.edu.

Photograph: Example response cards, scratch-off sheet, and folder for use in team-based learning.

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Team-based Learning is a learner-centered teaching strategy designed to fully engage students in mastering course knowledge, skills, and values. While Team-Based Learning has been used for over 30 years in 23 countries in a wide range of fields, including business and medicine, very few law professors have been exposed to or adopted Team-Based Learning. The fundamental principle of Team-Based Learning is that together the team achieves more. A course is divided into learning units, and then each unit follows a pattern of students

  1. acquiring basic knowledge,
  2. being assessed and receiving immediate feedback about their mastery of basic knowledge, and
  3. applying that knowledge with their team to significant and challenging problems for the remainder of the unit.

This page contains resources that are helpful to managing a Team-Based Learning classroom, and provides samples for those who are transitioning from a traditional course to a Team-Based format. We highly recommend that those teachers who are transitioning to Team-Based Learning use these documents with the aid of a Team-Based Learning text, such as Team-Based Learning edited by Michaelsen, Knight, and Fink (2002) [see ABC-CLIO website OR Amazon.com] or an article, such as "Team-Based Learning in Law" by Sophie Sparrow and Margaret McCabe.

Forming and Managing Teams

Readiness Assurance and Application Course Materials

Helpful Links and Resources