The article proves the need to search and argue modern approaches to promote
the effectiveness of legal journalism as a factor in civic legal culture based on
retrospective analysis of its development in the period when the Republic of
Kazakhstan was being formed as an independent democratic state. Content
analysis clarifies the content of legal journalism definition from the standpoint
of its object, the scope of functioning and the functional use. By means of
retrospective analysis, the main stages of formation and development of legal
journalism have been singled out in the context of media evolution in Kazakhstan.
Features of each stage of the legal journalism formation with identification of
destructive and complementary development factors have been reasoned. The key
feature of legal journalism functioning throughout its entire development period
has been substantiated. A system of practical measures has been developed to
improve the competitiveness of legal journalism in the national and international
information market, to expand the geographical boundaries of its functioning and
to increase the competence of journalist human capacity.