The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School

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The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
Distinctive unit insignia
Established1 February 1942; 82 years ago (1942-02-01)
Location
Charlottesville
,
Virginia
,
United States
CampusUrban
Websitetjaglcs.army.mil

The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, also known as The JAG School or TJAGLCS, is a graduate-level division federal service academy located on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.[1] The center is accredited by the American Bar Association to award the Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Military Law.[2] The center educates military, civilian, and international personnel in legal and leadership skills. The LL.M. curriculum includes courses in Administrative and Civil Law, Contract and Fiscal Law, Criminal Law, and National Security Law.[2] The school serves primarily as the U.S. Army's law school for the Officer Basic Course (OBC) for initial-entry Judge Advocates, and as the graduate program for Judge Advocates of all services branches. It is the only ABA-accredited law school that only awards an LL.M. and not a Juris Doctor degree.

  1. ^ The JAG School lies entirely within the City of Charlottesville—unlike the adjacent University of Virginia School of Law, most of which lies within Albemarle County, which encloses but does not include the City of Charlottesville. For more details, see the University's official "Building Category Map", which clearly shows the city-county boundary and the JAG School within the city, downloadable here [1].
  2. ^ a b "Graduate Course (LL.M. Program)". Jagcnet.army.mil. Retrieved 26 May 2011.