The article is devoted to the problem of developing the readiness and ability of future teachers to build moral and legal relations between the subjects of the educational process of the school. The author reveals the essence of the concept of «moral and legal relations», determines the structure and content of teachers’ competence in the field of building such relations in the process of their professional activities, and examines the level of its formation among university graduates studying in bachelor’s programs in pedagogical education. Based on the results of the study, a conclusion is made about the need to transform the legal training of future teachers, bringing it into line with the requirements and features of the development of the modern general education system. Such a transformation involves the inclusion in the educational process of the university not only of legal disciplines, but also specially designed activities for the moral education of students, assisting them in destroying the stereotypical idea of the interaction of subjects of general education, in developing a desire for new types of professional interaction, regulated by the rules of law and rights.