R142126Z MAY 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 276/10
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC HQMC JA//
SUBJ/IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMAND INSPECTIONS OF SJA OFFICES, LAW CENTERS AND LEGAL SERVICE SUPPORT SECTIONS//
POC/-/-/UNIT:JUDGE ADVOCATE DIVISION, JAD/NAME: CWO4 ROBERT HALL/TEL:703-614-8661//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PURPOSE.  TO ALLOW COMMANDERS AND THEIR STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATES TO DO LOCAL QUALITY ASSURANCE OF LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY SJA AND GENERAL SUPPORT LEGAL OFFICES (LAW CENTERS AND LEGAL SERVICE SUPPORT SECTIONS (LSSS)) THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF A STANDARDIZED CHECKLIST WITHIN THE AUTOMATED INSPECTION REPORTING SYSTEM (AIRS) OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL INSPECTION PROGRAM (CGIP).  THE CGIP WILL PROVIDE A LOCAL COUNTERPART TO THE ARTICLE 6, UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE (UCMJ), INSPECTION CONDUCTED BY THE SJA TO CMC.
2.  BACKGROUND.  SJA OFFICES, LAW CENTERS, AND LSSS HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN SUBJECT TO INSPECTION WITHIN THE CGIP.  INSPECTIONS OF FUNCTIONAL AREA (FA) 090 LEGAL ADMINISTRATION, DIRECTED AT THE UNIT LEVEL, IDENTIFIED A NEED TO IMPLEMENT INSPECTIONS OF THE FUNCTIONAL AREAS WITHIN SJA OFFICES, LAW CENTERS AND LSSS AND IDENTIFIED THE ABSENCE OF A LOCAL MECHANISM FOR COMMANDERS TO MONITOR SJA-LEVEL LEGAL SERVICES.
3.  THE NEW AIRS CHECKLIST (091 SJA OFFICE, LAW CENTER, LSSS)) ADDRESSES EACH FA TO INCLUDE:
A.  MILITARY JUSTICE;
B.  COURT REPORTERS
C.  POST-TRIAL MATTERS;
D.  ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATIONS;
E.  INVESTIGATIONS;
F.  OPERATIONAL LAW;
G.  CLAIMS;
H.  RELEASE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION;
I.  ETHICS;
J.  LEGAL ASSISTANCE; AND
K.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.
4.  THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE MARINE CORPS HAS LISTED THE NEW CHECKLIST ON THEIR AIRS WEBSITE.  IN ADDITION, IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE SJA TO CMC SHAREPOINT SITE: HTTP://WWW.MARINES.MIL/UNIT/JUDGEADVOCATE/PAGES/HOME/SJA(UNDERSCORE)TO(UNDERSCORE)THE(UNDERSCORE)CMC.ASPX.
5. RELEASED AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN V. ARY, SJA TO CMC.//