摘要： 司法现代化是法制现代化的重要组成部分和必然要求。司法现代化的基本要求是：司法的职业化、司法官的精英化、司法过程的理性化。法学教育必须顺应司法现代化的基本要求，以通识教育或素质教育为基础，以培养素质高、技能强的精英司法官群体为己任，将目前的灌输式教学转变为启发式教学和研究型教学，完成传统法学教育向现代法学教育的转变。

关键词: 法学教育 , 司法现代化 , 职业化 , 教学改革

Abstract: Judicial modernization is an important part and requirement of legal modernization．The basic requirements of judicial modernization are the professionalism of judicature，the eliteization of law—officers and the rationality of judicial procedure．Legal education must meet the requirements of judicial modernization，on the basis of generally knowledgeable education or quality education．regarding training a community of elites of law—officers as its own responsi bility，changing the present transfusive teaching into heuristic teaching and research teaching，and accomplishing the transformation of traditional law education into modern law education.

Key words: law education, judicial modernization, professionalism, teaching reform