THE ROLE OF PRACTICAL TRAINING IN THE FORMATION OF LEGAL COMPETENCE AMONG STUDENTS IN THE SPECIALTY LEGAL SUPPORT OF NATIONAL SECURITY
. The article argues the importance of the formation of legal competence of specialists ensuring national security, legality and law and order in modern conditions. The approaches of scientists to the interpretation of the definitions of «competence» and «competence» are compared, the author's definition of legal competence is formulated, the characteristics and structure of legal competence are revealed. Some aspects of the formation of structural components of the legal competence of students in the specialty Legal provision of national security are described, pedagogical conditions that ensure the formation of the legal competence of future specialists and criteria for assessing the formation of professional competencies are revealed. Based on the analysis of the methods used in the educational process, the conclusion is argued about the need to strengthen the practical component in the training of students, creating conditions as close as possible to those in which graduates will have to realize their professional skills and knowledge.