Some aspects of legal education as a fundamental element of civil society

Abstract

The paper examines the need for legal education of Ukrainian youth, which is considered as a necessary condition for real democracy and the development of a successful Ukrainian state. Education becomes an extremely important and effective key factor of influence on the formation of intelligence of a young person who will become both a qualified specialist and a person with a sense of personal dignity and responsibility. Education should direct the development of a student's personality towards the perception of democratic values and direct his/her efforts to participate in the formation of civil society institutions, the formation of a position of negative attitude towards the wrong ways of solving problems. Legal education is a structural component of education in Ukraine, the process of acquiring legal knowledge, skills and abilities, forming respect of law, legislation, rights, freedoms and responsibilities of a citizen, relevant legal orientations and assessments, legal behavioural attitudes and motives for lawful conduct, etc. In addition to general legal training, awareness of rights and obligations of citizens in the democratic society, and the legal system of Ukrainian society as a whole, the legal education of students should be included in the complex of educational activities. The training should be aimed at gaining by students the level of legal knowledge and skills, the ability to apply them in practice while exercising their rights and freedoms, as well as the performance of duties entrusted to them as specialists in a particular field of responsibilities.