Legal awareness is the empowerment of individuals with respect to the issues of the law of the land. It helps promote consciousness of the legal culture and overall participation in the formulation and establishment of the laws as a whole.
Legal awareness can make people empowered to demand accountability, justice and effective remedies at all levels. It helps people realize their problems and the fact that they can procure justice through legal means is the primary objective. The term also refers to the fields of study and practice in association with those activities and a greater professional and social movement advocating the greater societal commitment to educating people about law.