FY22 MILITARY JUSTICE TRAINING CALENDAR
Date Signed: 8/30/2021 | MARADMINS Number: 455/21
MARADMINS : 455/21

R 271805Z AUG 21
MARADMIN 455/21
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC JA//
SUBJ/FY22 MILITARY JUSTICE TRAINING CALENDAR//
REF/A/DOC/DON/03JAN21//
REF/B/DOC/DON/05JAN15//
REF/C/DOC/UNSECNAV/12FEB14//
NARR/REF (A) GRANTS THE STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE TO THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY OVER THE PRACTICE OF MILITARY JUSTICE IN THE MARINE CORPS. REF (B) IS THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT THE SERVICES DESIGNATE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF ALLEGED SEX-RELATED OFFENSES. REF (C) REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO MAINTAIN SPECIALLY TRAINED JUDGE ADVOCATES AND LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL TO HANDLE SPECIAL VICTIM CASES.//
POC/G.S. SHOWS/LTCOL/TSO/-/TEL: 703-693-9008/EMAIL: GEOFFREY.SHOWS@USMC.MIL//
POC/C.A. CARVER/MAJ/DSO/-/TEL: 703-604-0574/EMAIL: CORY.CARVER@USMC.MIL//
POC/N.H. COX/MAJ/VLCO/-/TEL: 703-693-6306/EMAIL: NATHAN.COX@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  Purpose.  The purpose of this MARADMIN is to announce the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) military justice and special victim litigation training schedule for Marine Corps trial counsel, defense counsel, victims’ legal counsel (VLC), and legal support personnel.
2.  Background.  Pursuant to reference (a), the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps (SJA to CMC) is responsible for ensuring the quality of military justice practice within the Marine Corps.  In keeping with this responsibility, the SJA to CMC is committed to providing comprehensive and meaningful training, consistent with references (b) and (c), to all trial counsel, defense counsel, VLC, and legal support personnel in accordance with their respective duties.
3.  Action.  To ensure the proper training of Marine Corps judge advocates and legal support personnel, Judge Advocate Division, Headquarters Marine Corps, sponsors and facilitates training that addresses the full range of military justice practice within the Marine Corps, including the unique aspects of handling special victim cases.  Among other things, this includes training related to:  digital and physical forensics, medical evidence, professional responsibility obligations, vicarious trauma, and psychological aspects of special victim cases.  Executing training associated with these and related topics on an annual basis helps to sustain a professional and quality military justice practice within the Marine Corps while simultaneously fulfilling the requirements of references (b) and (c).  All military justice practitioners within the Marine Corps will abide by the training requirements and policies of their respective organizations – the Trial Services Organization (TSO), the Defense Services Organization (DSO), and the Victims’ Legal Counsel Organization (VLCO).
4.  Coordinating instructions.
4.a.  Schedule.  The following is a non-exclusive list of courses offered during FY22 that correspond with the training requirements of the TSO, DSO, and VLCO.
4.a.1.  TSO-specific courses.
4.a.1.a.  Navy Trial Counsel Assistance Program (TCAP) Domestic Violence Course, TBD Dec 21, (Navy TCAP, Jacksonville, FL).
4.a.1.b.  TSO Worldwide SVIP Training, 7-11 Feb 22, (TSO, Location TBD).
4.a.1.c.  Navy TCAP Child Abuse Course, TBD Mar 22 (Navy TCAP, San Diego, CA).
4.a.1.d.  Navy TCAP Child Pornography Course, TBD Spring 22, (Navy TCAP, Location TBD).
4.a.1.e.  Prosecuting Special Victim Cases Course, 22-26 Aug 22, (Naval Justice School (NJS), Newport, RI).
4.a.2.  DSO-specific courses.
4.a.2.a.  DSO Worldwide Training, 7-11 Feb 22, (DSO, Location TBD).
4.a.2.b.  Trial Advocacy Program, TBD Feb 22, (Alternate Defense Counsel, Denver, CO).
4.a.2.c.  Bronx Defenders Academy, TBD Mar 22, (Bronx Academy, Long Island, NY).
4.a.2.d.  Complex Capital Litigation Course, TBD Mar 22, (Fort Belvoir, VA).
4.a.2.e.  Trial Practice Institute, TBD Jul 22, (National Criminal Defense College, Bristol, RI).
4.a.2.f.  In Defense of the Damned, TBD Aug 22, (Trial Lawyers College, WY).
4.a.2.g.  Defending Sexual Assault Cases, 22-26 Aug 22, (NJS, San Diego, CA).
4.a.3.  VLCO-specific courses.
4.a.3.a.  VLCO Symposium 7-11 Feb 22, (VLCO, Location TBD).
4.a.3.b.  VLC Certification Course, TBD Apr 22, (NJS, Newport, RI).
4.a.3.c.  VLC Certification Course, 2-13 May 22, (Air Force Judge Advocate General’s School (AFJAGS), Maxwell Air Force Base, AL).
4.a.3.d.  VLC Certification Course, 1-5 Aug 22, and Child and Domestic Violence Course, 8-12 Aug 22, (The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS), Charlottesville, VA).
4.a.4.  Courses open to all counsel regardless of organization.
4.a.4.a.  Intermediate Trial Advocacy Course, 18-29 Oct 21, (TJAGLCS, Charlottesville, VA).
4.a.4.b.  Military Justice Orientation Course, 7-19 Nov 21, (NJS, Newport, RI).
4.a.4.c.  Military Justice Orientation Course, 4-15 Apr 22, (NJS, Newport, RI).
4.a.4.d.  Intermediate Trial Advocacy Course, 18-29 Apr 22, (TJAGLCS, Charlottesville, VA).
4.a.4.e.  Senior Counsel Managers Course, 23-27 May 22, (NJS, Norfolk, VA).
4.a.4.f.  Advanced Trial Advocacy, 11-15 Jul 22, (AFJAGS, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL).
4.a.4.g.  Classified Information Litigation Seminar, 12-14 Jul 22, (NJS, Washington, D.C.).
4.a.4.h.  Military Justice Orientation Course, 18-29 Jul 22, (NJS, Newport, RI).
4.a.5.  Courses open to all legal support personnel regardless of organization.
4.a.5.a.  Legal Ethics for Paralegals Course, 18-22 Oct 21, (NJS, Newport, RI).
4.a.5.b.  Paralegal Research and Writing Course, 25 Oct-5 Nov 21, (NJS, Newport, RI).
4.a.5.c.  Paralegal Litigation Support Course, 6-10 Dec 21, (NJS Newport, RI).
4.a.5.d.  Legal Ethics for Paralegals Course, 11-15 Apr 22, (NJS, Newport, RI).
4.a.5.e.  Paralegal Research and Writing Course, 18-29 Apr 22, (NJS, Newport, RI).
4.a.5.f.  Legal Services Administrative Law Course, 2-13 May 22, (NJS, Newport, RI).
4.a.5.g.  Legal Services Military Justice Course, 30 May-3 Jun 22, (NJS, Newport, RI).
4.a.5.h.  Paralegal Litigation Support Course, 20-24 Jun 22, (NJS, Newport, RI).
4.a.5.i.  Legal Services Administrative Board Recorder Course, 11-22 Jul 22, (NJS, Newport, RI).
4.b.  Regional Training.  In order to generate unity of effort to provide regional training to trial counsel, defense counsel, VLC, and legal support personnel, the below dates are set aside for regional training.  Regional counsel may modify these quarterly training dates after coordination with their respective organizational chain of command and the cognizant judicial circuits.
4.b.1.  9-10 Dec 21.
4.b.2.  12-13 May 22.
4.b.3.  22-23 Sep 22.
4.c.  Eligibility.  All trial counsel, defense counsel, VLC, and legal support personnel are eligible to attend the foregoing courses in accordance with the policies of their respective organizations.  Personnel not attached to the TSO, DSO, or VLCO and who desire to attend one of these courses should contact the Military Justice Branch of Judge Advocate Division for additional guidance.
4.d.  Registration.  Individual attendees may not register for any of the listed courses directly if they are seeking Judge Advocate Division funding.  Regional counsel will coordinate all training requests from their region through their respective organizational chain of command.
4.e.  Funding.  Guidance regarding funding will be published in separate correspondence.
4.f.  Cancellations.  Cancellations must conform to the requirements of the respective course.  Attendees are responsible for cancelling any flight, lodging, or rental car reservations they made prior to the cancellation.
5.  Release authorized by Major General Gregg P. Olson, Staff Director of the Marine Corps.//