Introduction: the purpose of study is to develop practical recommendations for improving of the educational process of law students, theoretical justification for the need to study alternative ways to resolve contradictions to overcome the deformation of legal awareness. We were forced to turn to this: lack in the educational process of special education, providing methods of diagnosis and formation of rational-ideological, socio-psychological, behavioral elements of the legal consciousness of the future lawyer; need for adjusting the separate educational legal disciplines (inclusion of sections on overcoming of contradictions in work programs); the growing importance of the moral character of the future lawyer, its impact on the results of further legal activities. Methodology: the content analysis (quantitative and qualitative analysis), consisting in the study of a vast array of textual information, the detection of regularities and the development of general conclusions, has become the predominant method. The research materials are problems of domestic and foreign practice. The research is based on the empirical experience of the authors. Results: it was proposed new content of the educational process taking into account the achievements of jurisprudence. Alternative methods of resolving contradictions are considered as legal means that can effectively overcome conflict situations. It is undertook attempt to disclose the content of teaching alternative method to define the technology of such training as a set of diagnostic methods and adjustments the state of the different elements of legal consciousness in the process of conducting practical exercises, activities to change motivation and behavior within the framework of business games, solutions cases, interviewing. It is revealed the stages of the formation process of such training. Discussion and Conclusions: learning ?lternative methods of resolving contradictions is a promising direction, it should become mandatory for law students. Such training consists in a preliminary diagnosis of the legal consciousness of students, the use of the special fund of assessment tools, multi-stage educational process, planning psycho-pedagogical effect. It was formed the conclusion about the necessity of including the discipline "Alternative methods of resolving contradictions" in the basic part of the curriculum in the direction of "Jurisprudence" or this course can be additionally included as a section in other legal training courses.

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