WHAT ARE THE MAJOR PRACTICE AREAS FOR NAVAL JUDGE ADVOCATES?
The Navy JAG Corps provides young judge advocates the opportunity to work in several areas of law. Later in your career, you may have the opportunity to concentrate in a practice area through attainment of an L.L.M. and relevant follow-on assignments. The major practice areas of the Navy JAG Corps are listed below in alphabetical order. Asterisks indicate this area is also a specialization field via our Post-Graduate Education Program, leading to an L.L.M. and is discussed in paragraph #16 below: a. Administrative Law b. Admiralty Law c. Civil Litigation and claims d. *Criminal/Military Law and Trial Advocacy (Courts-martial trial level prosecution, defense and military judge and various appellate functions) e. *Environmental Law f. *Health Care Law g. *International Law and Operational Law (including Rules of Engagement) h. Investigations i. *Labor Law j. Legal assistance to Navy personnel and their dependents on civil law matters (includes confidential advice and possible representat
