Legal Culture as A Basic Component of Professional Training in Vocational Education

Abstract

Introduction: Improving the legal literacy and legal awareness of citizens is an integral part of building a democratic state. One of the ways to this improvement is the development of legal culture as an integrated nationwide program, covering all segments of the population, especially youth and students of all education levels. Methods: In the new conditions of the Russian Federation’s state system, the foreground task is to form a general legal culture, as well as to develop practical skills of students in vocational education institutions. Legal culture is a universal, basic component of professional training in any field. Results: Legal education and training are intended to solve the problem of forming a legal culture of students. The content of legal culture should not only be reflected in the Law course and other educational subjects comprising elements of legislation studies, but it should also develop opinions and attitudes of students to the law implementation in general. In the process of legal education in vocational education institutions, consideration of age and individual characteristics requires not just passive adaptation of the material and methods to the characteristics of students, but their active development in accordance with the general goal of forming legal awareness. Discussion: To be involved in efficient legal education, students must know the requirements of civil society for every individual and their own capacities, see their negative and positive traits, objectively evaluate them, avoid underestimating or overestimating their abilities and capacities, level of aspirations. Conclusion: The development of vocational education in modern conditions provides opportunities for increasing the importance and relevance of legal culture. The high level of legal culture has a positive influence on the development of personality and professional activities of graduates and on the harmonization of interrelations in society.