As the course name suggests, this course aims at providing legal knowledge to students to help them become smart consumers using a highly interactive and innovative Team Based Learning (“TBL”) approach. Through team-based role-playing, team-based discussion of current issues concerning consumer rights and real consumer disputes and video viewing with appropriate use of AI, students will discover the legal issues and principles that govern everyday consumer transactions.
Moving entirely away from traditional, passive lecture models, this course implements an innovative gamified and collaborative learning environment. Students will actively master the IRAC (Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion) legal reasoning system to construct airtight legal arguments. By synthesizing team-work with structured logical thinking, students are dynamically trained to deconstruct complex factual scenarios, isolate core liabilities, and apply statutory law to real-world disputes.
Discussion of current issues and real cases with a team-based approach will encourage students to think about how "real" consumer disputes are dealt with and to help students consider whether the victims and their families can have any legal claim against the beauty service provider. The lecturer will also review with students common terms and conditions of different types of consumer agreements, e.g. for internet services or the usage of Facebook.
Hence, students will know the "dos" and "don'ts" whenever they enter into a consumer transaction. They will also become more aware of current issues involving consumer rights and trained to be more inquisitive.