LEGAL EDUCATION: CHALLENGES OF THE NEW TIME AND WAYS OF RESPONSE

Legal education often faces practical problems and fails to properly protect the rights of students,teachers and the state. The purpose of the article is to find the most effective ways to develop legal educationin Russia, an attempt is made to generalize the practice of universities on the discipline of students and theformation of their personality. The methodological basis of the article was a combination of dialectical andsystemic research methods, as well as a teleological approach, according to which the student's personalityrequires formation. The author's position is argued regarding the appropriate location of the studentin the hierarchical system of educational relations, provided that the forms of behavior that ensure therecognition of knowledge by the elders and the transmission of the moral law are preserved. The articlemakes suggestions for further study of this problem and improvement of certain provisions of the legislation,allowing to eliminate the gaps in legal regulation. The author comes to the conclusion that the state shouldworry about state educational institutions, professional educational standards, logistics, and on the otherhand, students should meet and support the state initiative on their part.