The actuality of the topic of scientific intelligence is due to the necessity to study the goals of legal education of society and the individual, as without these components the functioning of a democratic society and the existence of the legal state is not impossible. The goal of scientific research: social-philosophical reflection on the philosophy of law education as the basis of a democratic society, which is formed on the basis of legal norms and principles, on the legal and ethical culture of the individual as one of the main priorities of law education of socially active individuals in the democratization of modern society. The task of the research is: 1) to disclose the goals of law education as the basis for the formation of lawful behavior and the reflexion of the system of law education and knowledge of law; 2) to show the directions of the formation of the legal state and legal consciousness and to realize the reflexion of legal convictions of citizens, justice and responsibility; 3) to disclose the reflexion of legality, the need to follow legal prescriptions and solidarity with the law, as well as the reflexion of legal culture and law education as a condition for living in a legal society; 4) to realize the reflexion of law habits, legal skills and legal practices as personal qualities and the philosophy of the goals of law education of the individual as a basis for functioning of a democratic society. Methodology - methods of analysis and synthesis, abstraction, historical and logical, the transition from abstract to concrete, systematic and structural-functional analysis, which allowed for social philosophical understanding of the philosophy of law education as the basis of a democratic society, which is formed on the basis of legal norms and principles, on the legal and ethical culture of the individual. It was made a conclusion that the goals of law education are the formation of systems of legal knowledge, legal conviction, motives and habits of lawful, socially active behavior in accordance with the tasks of forming legal statehood in Ukraine. Of course, this list is not exhaustive and allows the possibility of some or other additions, but, in our opinion, it is correctly reflects the structure of legal consciousness, which consists of intellectual, emotional and volitional components