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The JAG School is generally considered the most exclusive graduate service academy within the U.S. Federal Government. Acceptance into the Army JAG Corps and subsequent JAG School is considered "highly selective" with an acceptance rate ranging between 4-7%. In 2017, the Army JAG Corps accepted 200 out of 4,000 applicants. [9]
The Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army, also known as the U.S. Army JAG Corps, is the legal arm of the United States Army.It is composed of Army officers who are also lawyers ("judge advocates"), who provide legal services to the Army at all levels of command, and also includes legal administrator warrant officers, paralegal noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted ...
The JAG School has a long history of supplying attorneys into the military and federal government roles, particularly the federal judiciary. The JAG School is often considered "the U.S. Army’s graduate school equivalent of its United States Military Academy."
Naval Justice School is the primary training center for Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard JAs. Most judge advocates will take additional classes at more than one of these facilities during their time in the JAG Corps. The Army's JAG School is the only military law center that has full American Bar Association accreditation.
Suitable candidates are recommended by the Secretary of the Army. By statute, TJAG serves a four-year term as the legal adviser of the Secretary of the Army and of all officers and agencies of the Department of the Army; directs the members of the Judge Advocate General's Corps in the performance of their duties; and receives, revises, and has ...
Joseph B. Berger III (born c. 1970) is a United States Army lieutenant general who has served as the 42nd Judge Advocate General of the United States Army since 15 July 2024. He most recently served as the deputy judge advocate general of the United States Army. [1]
Charles Nicholas Pede [2] is a military lawyer and retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the 40th Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. Pede was promoted from the rank of brigadier general to the rank of lieutenant general, bypassing the rank of major general on July 26, 2017.
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