WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF PRACTICING LAW IN THE NAVY JAG CORPS?
Navy Judge Advocates have the unique opportunity to serve our country as naval officers while practicing the legal profession. After formal training and with appropriate supervision, new judge advocates are given the opportunity to perform as attorneys representing their own clients. Most of our new judge advocates begin their practice of law in a NLSO or TSO for a three-year tour. Approximately twelve to eighteen months of the new judge advocates first three years with the Navy JAG Corps will be spent working in criminal law matters. This normally entails trying courts-martial as prosecutors or defense counsel. As a newly commissioned JAG Corps officer, you are responsible for the preparation and presentation of your own cases; experiencing the challenge of trial advocacy is yours from the outset. Building on the Federal Rules of Evidence, the Uniform Code of Military Justice provides greater rights for defendants (referred to as Accused in military parlance,) than other criminal just
