REFORM OF LEGAL EDUCATION AS AN EFFORT TO PREVENT CORRUPTION

Abstract

One of the goals of legal education reform in educational institutions such as universities was the effort to create human resources that had sensitivity to the condition of Indonesia. The distinction of this resource exclusively compared to other educational graduates was that the power to understand law was not only in book but alsoin real or law in action. Legal translation was not only limited to written but it was expected to be applied in the midst of society in accordance with the purpose of law. Corruption was an act that could destroy people in a mass, because the act of corruption cut off the rights of other communities that should be used to support a more decent life. To instill the nature of caring and enforce the law in accordance with the prevailing provisions, the character education effort was required, character education for students of law facultywas to apply the supporting subjects of legal philosophy, legal sociology, legal anthropology, ethics of legal profession and religious education. These course componentswere expected to be able to guide the students to not only understand the law as the written book of law but also to understand the law in an unwritten manner. 

Keywords: Legal Education, Prevention, Corruption