The subject of the research is the regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation regulating the digital transformation of legal education. The objectives of the article are to identify risks, problems of digitalization of legal education, as well as formulate directions for the development of legal regulation of the introduction of digital technologies in education in the specialty of jurisprudence in Russia. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the digital transformation process involves the implementation of both organizational, economic and legal measures. It has been established that it is necessary to optimize educational standards for teaching digital competencies to law students, develop state programs within the digital educational environment for the implementation of innovations, digital platforms, ensure the protection of personal data and prevent cyber-attacks in the educational process. The study used the chi-square test to test statistical hypotheses. It was established on the example of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation that the improvement of digital skills in educational activities is facilitated by training at the online institute of the Financial University. In this regard, it is recommended to introduce a structural unit in Russian universities that would deal with the problems of online education. The main directions of digitalization of legal education are the development and implementation of a unified digital platform for legal education, the introduction of artificial intelligence in electronic legal education, and the implementation of advanced training programs for higher school educators in jurisprudence. Conclusions are formulated that the practical recommendations obtained from the research can be applied in developing the Concept of digital transformation of science and higher education.