The article is devoted to the problem of the formation of the legal culture of student youth relevant to modern society. The authors of the article summarize the points of view of Russian and foreign scholars on the definition of the concept "legal culture", determine the direction of the formation of legal culture in modern students. The work provides a sociological study of students of Kurgan State University. In total, the survey involved 145 students, studying in the technical, social,

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... itarian areas of training. The results of the study revealed the prevailing opinion of students of Kurgan State University on the observance of human rights both in the Russian Federation and in the Kurgan region. The survey has shown that students of Kurgan State University need legal knowledge. The article concludes that in order to establish respect for the law and legal culture, it is necessary to overcome legal nihilism among young people, and to create an effective, continuously functioning system of legal education and enlightenment. 482 Purpose of the Study The purpose of our work is to study the formation of the legal culture of student youth. Key research questions are:  to analyze the scientific literature, which is devoted to the problems of the legal culture formation, in general, and the legal culture of student youth, in particular;  to do a sociological survey, aimed at identifying the formation of the legal knowledge and legal culture of student youth of Kurgan State University;  to analyze and summarize the results of a sociological survey. Research Methods This study based on the following methods: the method of analysis of scientific literature, the content analysis of curricula, the sociological survey.