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Military lawyers work for the Judge Advocate General, or JAG. They are often referred to as JAG Officers.
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To whom should one apply to become a military defense lawyer?
To become a military defense lawyer, you should apply with recruiters via the ROTC program. You do not have to originally be a lawyer first to become a military defense lawyer.
What is the process one should use when selecting a military divorce lawyer?
The process one should use when selecting a military divorce lawyer is contacting any popular lawyer firm and asking them to refer you to a military divorce lawyer.
Can you become a lawyer from the military?
Yes, they belong to the Judge Advocate general Corps. They are called JAG Officers for short or sometimes called JAGOFF
Who does a better job at defendant their defendants when in a court-martial military appointed lawyer or a civilian lawyer?
Civilian law and military are very unalike. Unless the civilian lawyer is skilled and practiced at military law, I would go with the military counsel every time.
What is a jag lawyer?
JAG is short for Judge Advocate General. They are responsible for the legal work of the military branch that they support. A JAG lawyer is an attorney that is an officer in the military branch and does the typical lawyer things for the military and military personnel. That includes criminal defense, prosecution, wills and lawsuits.
What does a JAG officer do?
A JAG officer is essentially a military lawyer.
The most common profession held by a US president?
Lawyer and Military
What is the salary of a military lawyer?
they are the same thing just diffrent in a way
Is it possible to go from being a military lawyer to an FBI agent?
yes
Who represents the accused during a court martial?
Either a civilian lawyer hired by the accused or a military lawyer provided by JAG.
What is Staff Judge Advocate?
It's the military equivalent of a courthouse. It's run by an officer called the Judge Advocate General. They have a prosecutions branch, a branch that handles criminal defense (it's called Trial Defense Service), they do international law, handle claims against the government, do some civil law...in order to join the military and be a lawyer you must already be a lawyer (lawyers, like physicians, enter the military as Navy Lieutenants or Captains in the other three branches), but they have legal assistants and you can enlist for that.
What is it called when your lawyer doesn't defend you well?
bad lawyer job?
