USMC FISCAL YEAR 2025 SCHEDULE FOR SENIOR LEADER LEGAL COURSE AND LEGAL OFFICER COURSE
Date Signed: 8/23/2024 | MARADMINS Number: 387/24
MARADMINS : 387/24

R 202100Z AUG 24
MARADMIN 387/24
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC JA//
SUBJ/USMC FISCAL YEAR 2025 SCHEDULE FOR SENIOR LEADER LEGAL 
COURSE AND LEGAL OFFICER COURSE//
POC/CWO2 Mains/JAD/kyle.mains@usmc.mil/TEL: 703-693-9145//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  The purpose of this MARADMIN is to provide 
guidance for the fiscal year 2025 Senior Leader Legal Course and 
Legal Officer Course.
2.  The curriculum for these courses provides familiarization with
the Uniform Code of Military Justice, administrative fact-finding 
bodies, administrative separation procedures, the court-martial 
process, and ethics. Travel, lodging, and per diem costs will be the
responsibility of individual commands. For either in-person or 
virtual offerings, full attendance is required to receive course 
completion credit for each course.
3.  Eligibility.
a.  Senior Leader Legal Course (SLLC):  The SLLC is a three-day 
course designed to prepare O-5 and O-6 commanding officers, executive
officers, and E-8 and E-9 senior enlisted leaders / advisors for the 
legal issues they will likely face as a command team. Due to limited
quotas for FY25, requests for attendance outside of the stated target
audience will no longer be approved. The SLLC is not a training 
requirement.  The SLLC may be attended to supplement Cornerstone, The 
Commandant’s Combined Commandership Course, at Marine Corps 
University, which is a training requirement. 
b.  Legal Officer Course (LOC):  The LOC is a two-week course 
designed to prepare non-lawyer personnel to assist the command with
military justice matters and investigations. This course is open to
commissioned officers in paygrades O-1 to O-4 and CWO2 to CWO5 who 
are designated in writing as legal officers or who will be assuming
the role of legal officer within six months. Enlisted Marines who 
wish to attend the course require a waiver. Waiver requests must be
forwarded by the enlisted Marine's executive officer 
(memorandum for record) representing that the member is the primary 
legal officer at the command and that no commissioned officers are 
available to fulfill the role of a legal officer. All waiver requests
should be submitted to JPI@usmc.mil.    
4.  Registration requests for these courses must be sent to 
JPI@usmc.mil no later than five weeks prior to the date the course
convenes. Email requests must include the name, date, and location of
the course requested in the subject line and the following student 
information in the body of the email:  Rank, full name, billet or 
future billet (if applicable), billet description (why the Marine 
needs to attend the course), DOD ID number, phone number, email 
address,command, and command location. Requests for registration will
be processed in the order in which they are received.
5.  The following Senior Leader Legal Courses will be offered:
     01-03 OCT 24: NEWPORT, RI (VIRTUAL)
     15-17 OCT 24: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     05-07 NOV 24: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     13-15 NOV 24: NEWPORT, RI (VIRTUAL)
     14-16 JAN 25: NEWPORT, RI (VIRTUAL)
     21-23 JAN 25: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     11-13 FEB 25: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     19-21 FEB 25: NEWPORT, RI (VIRTUAL)
     11-13 Mar 25: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     25-27 MAR 25: NEWPORT, RI (VIRTUAL)
     01-03 APR 25: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     22-24 APR 25: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     13-15 MAY 25: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     27-29 MAY 25: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     03-05 JUN 25: NEWPORT, RI (VIRTUAL)
     16-18 JUN 25: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     01-03 JUL 25: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     22-24 JUL 25: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     29-31 JUL 25: NEWPORT, RI (VIRTUAL)
     12-14 AUG 25: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     02-04 SEP 25: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     16-18 SEP 25: NEWPORT, RI (IN-PERSON)
     23-25 SEP 25: NEWPORT, RI (VIRTUAL)
6.  The following Legal Officer Courses will be offered:
     21 OCT-01 NOV 24: NORFOLK, VA (IN-PERSON)     
     21 OCT-01 NOV 24: SAN DIEGO, CA (IN-PERSON) 
     02-13 DEC 24: NORFOLK, VA (VIRTUAL)
     02-13 DEC 24: SAN DIEGO, CA (IN-PERSON)
     27 JAN-07 FEB 25: NORFOLK, VA (IN-PERSON)
     27 JAN-07 FEB 25: SAN DIEGO, CA (IN-PERSON)
     24 FEB-07 MAR 25: NORFOLK, VA (IN-PERSON)
     24-FEB-07 MAR 25: SAN DIEGO, CA (IN-PERSON)
     07-18 APR 25: NORFOLK, VA (IN-PERSON)
     07-18 APR 25: SAN DIEGO, CA (IN-PERSON)
     05-16 MAY 25: NORFOLK, VA (IN-PERSON)
     12-23 MAY 25: SAN DIEGO, CA (IN-PERSON)
     07-18 JUL 25: NORFOLK, VA (IN-PERSON)
     07-18 JUL 25: SAN DIEGO, CA (IN-PERSON)
     11-22 AUG 25: SAN DIEGO, CA (IN-PERSON)
     18-29 AUG 25: NORFOLK, VA (IN-PERSON)
     08-19 SEP 25: SAN DIEGO, CA (IN-PERSON)
7.  Naval Justice School currently offers the SLLC and LOC as Mobile
Training Team (MTT) courses. A unit requesting an MTT course will be
responsible for the funding and venue. To schedule a course, see the 
NJS MTT website at https:(slash)(slash) www.jag.navy.mil/about/
organization/ojag/njs/mtt/.
8.  Quota cancellations. Cancellations received less than five 
business days 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 after enrollment confirmation. 
9.  Release authorized by MajGen David J. Bligh, Staff Judge Advocate 
To the Commandant of the Marine Corps.//