One of the most important foundations of a legal social state is a legal culture and active lawful behavior, the formation of which requires legal education, the main purpose of which, in turn, is to give a person the necessary legal knowledge in life and teach him to respect and comply with laws and other regulatory legal acts. , that is, to form a sufficiently high level of legal culture that can significantly reduce the number of offenses and, in general, contribute to the resolution of pressing socio-economic problems. The experience of the People’s Ukrainian Academy clearly demonstrates that legal education, being an integral part of the education system and having goals similar to general education, should remain the most important component of the foundation on which a high level of individual culture is formed, including legal culture, its value orientations and active position as a member of civil society, which is successfully confirmed by both the career and life successes of PUA graduates in general.