Digitalization of legal education: socio-legal problems and prospects
In the work, the process of digitalization of public life is considered as an integral element of the modern world. The social and legal problems associated not only with the introduction of digital technologies in the process of obtaining legal education, but also with teaching students’ information and communication competencies are considered. The "strong" and "weak" aspects of the digitalization of legal education have been identified. The positive consequences of digital transformation in the field of education are studied. The data of a survey of participants in educational relations about the problems of conducting training sessions using distance technologies are attracted and analyzed. An analysis of legal vacancies in the ore market as of spring 2022 was carried out. The legislative acts of the Russian Federation regulating the issues of the use of e-learning and distance learning technologies in the implementation of higher education programs for the training of specialists in the field of jurisprudence are analyzed; gaps in the legislative regulation of this issue were identified. The federal programs aimed at the development of digital technologies in the educational process and the training of students in digital competencies are studied. The tasks, the solution of which is necessary for the successful digitalization of legal education in modern conditions of the transformation of educational relations, are identified. The prospects for the development of digitalization of education are considered. Conclusions are drawn about the need for digitalization of legal education as a condition for training a new generation of lawyers who solve complex problems.