R 281715Z SEP 17
MARADMIN 533/17
MSGID/GENADMIN, USMTF,2015/CMC WASHINGTON DC JA//
SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2018 SCHEDULE FOR SENIOR OFFICER LEGAL COURSE, SENIOR ENLISTED LEGAL COURSE, LEGAL OFFICER COURSE, AND LEGAL CLERK COURSE//
POC/MR. GERALD GALLANT/TEL: 401-841-3800//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  The purpose of this MARADMIN is to publish course dates for the fiscal year 2018 Senior Officer, Senior Enlisted, Legal Officer, and Legal Clerk courses.
2.  The curriculum for these courses provides familiarization with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, administrative fact-finding bodies, administrative separation procedures, the courts-martial process, and operational law.  Travel, lodging, and per diem costs will be the responsibility of individual commands.
3.  Eligibility.  Senior Officer Course (SOC):  Commanding officers, executive officers, officers in charge, and senior enlisted leaders.  Other officers, grade O-4 and above, who have a mission essential need for this training may be assigned on a space available basis.  Please note that the SOC begins at 0730 on day one and finishes no later than 1400 on the final day.  Full attendance is required to receive course completion credit.  Please plan your travel arrangements accordingly.  Senior Enlisted Legal Course (SELC):  Personnel in paygrades E-8 and E-9.  Personnel in paygrade E-7 are eligible on a space-available basis.  Please note that the SELC begins at 0800 on the course convening date and ends no later than 1700 on the final day.  Full attendance is required to receive course completion credit.  Please plan your travel arrangements accordingly.  Legal Officer Course (LOC):  NON-PMOS 4402 Marines, active duty, company grade officers (O-1 to O-3) in the Marine Corps who perform the duties of a unit legal officer.  Warrant officers and enlisted Marines in the grade E-7 and above who have a mission essential need for this training may be assigned on a space available basis.  Full attendance is required to receive course completion credit.  Please plan your travel arrangements accordingly.  Legal Clerk Course (LCC):  NON-PMOS 4421 Marines, active duty, enlisted Marines (E-4 to E-7) in the Marine Corps who perform the duties of a unit legal clerk.  Enlisted Marines in the grade of (E-1 to E-3) and (E-8 to E-9) may attend on a space available basis.  Submissions for the legal clerk course for Marines in the grade of (E-1 to E-3) must be submitted by their SNCO.  Full attendance is required to receive course completion credit.  Please plan your travel arrangements accordingly.
4.  To register for these courses contact the Navy registrars via email at gerald.gallant@navy.mil for courses in Newport, RI, laurinda.reese@navy.mil for courses in Norfolk, VA, or yniol.cruz@navy.mil for courses in San Diego, CA no later than six weeks prior to the date the course convenes.  Email requests must include the name, date, and location of the course requesting in the subject line and the following student information in the body of the e-mail:  rank, full name, billet, future billet, DOD ID number, phone number, and email address.  Phone requests are not accepted.  Email requests will be processed in the order in which they are received.
5.  The following Senior Officer Legal Courses will be offered.
     11-13 OCT 17:  NEWPORT, RI
     01-03 NOV 17:  NEWPORT, RI
     06-08 NOV 17:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     29 NOV-01 DEC 17:  NEWPORT, RI
     17-19 JAN 18:  NEWPORT, RI
     05-07 FEB 18:  NEWPORT, RI
     13-15 FEB 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     21-23 FEB 18:  NEWPORT, RI
     12-14 MAR 18:  NEWPORT, RI
     03-05 APR 18:  NEWPORT, RI
     23-25 APR 18:  NEWPORT, RI
     14-16 MAY 18:  NEWPORT, RI
     30 MAY-01 JUN 18:  NEWPORT, RI
     13-15 JUN 18:  NEWPORT, RI
     20-22 JUN 18:  NEWPORT, RI
     23-25 JUL 18:  NEWPORT, RI
     31 JUL-02 AUG 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     13-15 AUG 18:  NEWPORT, RI
     05-07 SEP 18:  NEWPORT, RI
     18-20 SEP 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     24-26 SEP 18:  NEWPORT, RI
6.  The following Senior Enlisted Legal Courses will be offered.
     11-13 OCT 17:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     14-16 NOV 17:  NORFOLK, VA
     09-11 JAN 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     13-15 FEB 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     20-22 MAR 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     10-12 APR 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     22-24 MAY 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     05-07 JUN 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     26-28 JUN 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     07-09 AUG 18:  NORFOLK, VA
7.  The following Legal Officer Courses will be offered.
     17-27 OCT 17:  NORFOLK, VA
     17-27 OCT 17:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     28 NOV-8 DEC 17:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     05-15 DEC 17:  NORFOLK, VA
     23 JAN-02 FEB 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     23 JAN-02 FEB 18:  YOKOSUKA, JAPAN
     27 FEB-09 MAR 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     27 FEB-9 MAR 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     20-30 MAR 18:  NAPLES, ITALY
     03-13 APR 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     17-27 APR 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     01-11 MAY 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     08-18 MAY 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     10-20 JUL 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     10-20 JUL 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     14-24 AUG 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     21-31 AUG 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     11-21 SEP 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
8.  The following Legal Clerk Courses will be offered.
     16-27 OCT 17:  NORFOLK, VA
     16-27 OCT 17:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     27 NOV-8 DEC 17:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     04-15 DEC 17:  NORFOLK, VA
     22 JAN-02 FEB 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     22 JAN-02 FEB 18:  YOKOSUKA, JAPAN
     26 FEB-09 MAR 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     26 FEB-9 MAR 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     19-30 MAR 18:  NAPLES, ITALY
     02-13 APR 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     16-27 APR 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     30 APR-11 MAY 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     07-18 MAY 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     09-20 JUL 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     09-20 JUL 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     13-24 AUG 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
     20-31 AUG 18:  NORFOLK, VA
     17-28 SEP 18:  SAN DIEGO, CA
9.  NJS currently offers the SOC, LOC, and LCC as Mobile Training Team (MTT) courses.  A unit that requests a MTT course will be responsible for the funding and venue.  Request for a single course requires two instructors.  If you request an additional course for the same time period, one additional instructor is required.  For date availability and scheduling a course see the NJS MTT website at http:(slash)(slash)www.jag.navy.mil/njs_mtt.html.
10.  Quota cancellations.  Cancellations received less than five workdays prior to the class convening date may result in a no-show report for the command due to lost training opportunities for other units.  Quotas must be cancelled via email to the school registrar.  Contact the Navy registrars via email at gerald.gallant@navy.mil for courses in Newport, RI, laurinda.reese@navy.mil for courses in Norfolk, VA, or yniol.cruz@navy.mil for courses in San Diego, CA.
11.  Release authorized by MajGen J.R. Ewers Jr., Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of The Marine Corps.//