College students are an important part of our country's social groups, and they are also the pillar of our country's social development. The legal awareness of college students affects the civilization and style of contemporary college students, and even affects the future development of the country. The education and penetration of legal awareness has been carried out in my country's colleges and universities for many years and has achieved certain progress and gains. The development of ideological and political education in colleges and universities, and the cultivation of legal awareness of college students in the process of ideological and political teaching, is also an important part of my country's education. The performance of the career development towards modernization and keeping pace with the times. Based on this, we explore the connotation of legal awareness, the importance of cultivating legal awareness of college students, and the specific ways to cultivate legal awareness of college students in ideological and political teaching, hoping to be helpful to relevant educators and academic personnel.