Research On Problemsand Countermeasures Of Legal Education Of Undergraduates In The New Period

In the 21st century, China is stepping into modernization at an unprecedented rate in thebackground of globalization, market, information technology and Legalization. Graduateswill be mainstay in the realization of this process in the future. However, there are somecollege students whose legal consciousness are weak, and criminal behavior also occurredfrequently in the current period that international and domestic situation have been changedprofoundly, particularly in the process of governing the country according to law andbuilding a socialist country ruled by law. All these put forward higher requirements to legaleducation. Strengthening legal education of undergraduates is very important in the processof establishment of legal community, building a harmonious society, and vigorouslypromoting quality education.The paper applies jurisprudence, educational psychology, ideological and politicalpedagogy theory to research the issues of legal education of college students. Through theinvestigation of the legal quality of undergraduates and evaluation of the current status oflegal education, the paper finds that undergraduates exist some problems, such as lack of legalfaith and legal knowledge, poor mental health, inadequate understanding of crimes primarycauses, and also finds the conflict between an urgent need to improve the legal quality ofundergraduates and the current low legal education level. In the new historical circumstancesthe paper systematically analyzes the main factors which impact legal education, andthoroughly analyzes the origin of legal education problems from four aspects that are society,family and community, higher education and characters of college students. Five principleswhich legal education of undergraduates should follow in the new period are presented in thispaper, which are combination of education and self-education, combination of clearingthinking and guiding, full penetration, combination of theory and practice,and differential treatment. Finally, the paper put forwards six countermeasures of undergraduate legaleducation problems in new periods which are strengthening ideological and moral education,integration of social education and legal education, guiding students to self-improvement,strengthening mental health education, pay attention to family and community education, andactively responds to information technology.