This article aims to use empathy in the process of building legal awareness in the era of industry revolution 4.0. with a good legal awareness through hermaneutic approach will strengthen the role of law to provide certainty and justice, online communication can provide a different perception space so that it becomes one of the factors that can trigger the conflict and social tensions that encourage a moral shift of society who in his life get the convenience of utilizing digital technology such as virtual world both social media and online applications both paid and free.Ethics and morals in the perspective of legal psychology underlying empathy will reinforce the fulfillment of the comprehensive principles of justice that are necessary in building a legal consciousness with empathy in a society in the current disruption era in order to utilize technology civilized, intelligent and creative for obedience and order law. To understand the role and function of building legal awareness with empathy in the online legal order the author considers there are four main ways: 1) law as science, 2) law as policy, 3) law as culture, and 4) empathy.