Abstract: Space has a prerequisite basis and significance for observing and understanding social phenomena.From the perspective of space theory，it is found that the existing mode of legal education for college students has clear rationality，but it is alienated from individual experience and life.To a certain extent，the “physical presence” and “psychological detachment” of students cause the cracks in the legal education space of college students，which greatly affects the effectiveness of legal education.This paper discusses the optimization paths like the establishment of a projectbased operation mechanism to provide institutional guarantee for the space intersection between the supply and demand sides of the rule of law education;giving play to the recessive education role of the campus public space to carry out the recessive rule of law education for college students;building a smart education system to realize the coordination of multiple rule of law education spaces;actively cooperating with the education space inside and outside the school to promote the benign interaction of heterogeneous resource space，in order to achieve the effective improvement of the effect of college students rule of law education.

Key words: legal education for college students, space theory, reality review, optimization path