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MARADMIN 397/26 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC JA// 
SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2027 LEGAL OFFICER COURSE SCHEDULE// 
POC/B. YOUNG/JUDGE ADVOCATE DIVISION /EMAIL: 
BRITTANEY.C.YOUNG.CIV@USMC.MIL/TEL: 771-216-4066 // 
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  The purpose of this MARADMIN is to provide 
guidance for the Fiscal Year 2027 Legal Officer Course (LOC). 
2.  Course Description. This two-week course provides non-lawyer
military personnel filling a Legal Officer role with basic 
training in topics such as administrative separation processing, 
standards of conduct, and administrative investigations. Students 
will gain and demonstrate proficiency in drafting charges and act as
a recorder for an administrative separation board in order to gain a 
deeper understanding of military justice and administrative 
processes. This legal training is accomplished through lectures, 
practical exercises, and examinations. 
3.  Travel, lodging, and per diem costs will be the responsibility
of the student’s command. Virtual courses are free to attend. For 
either in-person or virtual offerings, full attendance is required
to receive course completion credit for each course. 
4.  Eligibility. LOC is open to commissioned officers in paygrades 
O-1 to O-4, CWO2 to CWO5, or civilian employees who are designated 
in writing as legal officers or who will be assuming the role of 
legal officer within six months. Enlisted Marines who are the 
primary legal officer at the command where no commissioned officers
are available to fulfill the role of legal officer can attend only 
if a copy of their Legal Officer Appointment Letter is submitted 
along with the registration request.  
5.  Registration requests. Registration requests for this course 
must be submitted via https:(slash)(slash) usmc.sharepoint-mil.us/
sites/SJA_JET/SitePages/LOC.aspx no later than six weeks prior to 
the date the course convenes. Requests for registration will be 
processed in the order in which they are received. Any requests made
within six weeks of the course convening date will not be processed 
for the requested course date. For issues with the registration 
site, please email us at JPI_Courses@usmc.mil. 
6.  Schedule: The following Legal Officer Courses will be offered: 
    19-30 OCT 26: SAN DIEGO, CA 
    19-30 OCT 26: NORFOLK, VA 
    30 Nov-11 DEC 26: VIRTUAL (PST) 
    30 Nov-11 DEC 26: VIRTUAL (EST) 
    25 JAN-5 FEB 27: SAN DIEGO, CA 
    25 JAN-5 FEB 27: NORFOLK, VA 
    22 FEB-5 MAR 27: SAN DIEGO, CA 
    22 FEB-5 MAR 27: NORFOLK, VA 
    5-16 APR 27: SAN DIEGO, CA 
    5-16 APR 27: NORFOLK, VA 
    3-14 MAY 27: NORFOLK, VA 
    10-21 MAY 27: SAN DIEGO, CA 
    12-23 JUL 27: SAN DIEGO, CA 
    12-23 JUL 27: NORFOLK, VA 
    16-27 AUG 27: VIRTUAL (EST) 
    23 AUG-3 SEPT 27: VIRTUAL (PST) 
7.  Naval Justice School currently offers the LOC as a Mobile
Training Team (MTT) course. A unit requesting a 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 
JPI_Courses@usmc.mil after enrollment confirmation.  
9.  Release authorized by MajGen Christopher G. Tolar, Staff Judge 
Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.//