U.S. ARMY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL’S CORPS ACTIVE DUTY AND ARMY RESERVE APPLICATION

PREREQUISITES FOR APPLICATION All Active Duty and Army Reserve applicants must meet the following criteria at the time of entry into the JAG Corps. It is not necessary for applicants to meet all qualifications in order to apply.

• Be a U.S. citizen (non-citizens should be within one year of attaining citizenship in order to apply)

• Hold a JD from an ABA-accredited law school (a foreign JD with a U.S. LLM is not sufficient)

• At the time of entry into military service, be admitted to the bar of the highest court of any State, Commonwealth, or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia

• Active Duty: Be under the age of 42 at the time of entry into the JAG Corps (years of prior commissioned military service will increase the age limit, and age waivers may be granted in meritorious cases)

• Army Reserve: Be under the age of 33 at the time of entry into the JAG Corps (years of prior commissioned military service will increase the age limit, and age waivers may be granted in meritorious cases)

Law students may apply as early as their final fall semester of law school.

APPLICATION INFORMATION

You MUST use the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat software to complete this application. Do not fill out the application by hand. Failure to complete the application using Adobe Acrobat will render your application ineligible for consideration by the selection board. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is available to download for free at http://get.adobe.com/reader. If you are using a tablet, you must download the most recent version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader app. Application instructions are available at www.jagcnet.army.mil/apply. Please follow all instructions carefully to ensure consideration of your application by the selection board.

Applicants will have the option to apply for Active Duty only, Army Reserve only, or use the combined option to apply for both Active Duty and Army Reserve. The combined application option allows the applicant to submit only one application that is considered independently by both selection boards. There is no preference or penalty given to applicants using the combined application. The application must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST on 1 October 2019.

Call (866) ARMY-JAG with questions regarding the application or eligibility.

DATA REQUIRED BY THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974

Authority: 10 § U.S.C. 3013, 10 § U.S.C. 3072

Principle Purpose: To evaluate your qualifications for appointment in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, and, if selected, to initiate your personnel file.

Routine Uses: To make personnel decisions during your period of military service, including decisions pertaining to assignments and advanced military training and schooling. There are no routine uses outside the Department of Defense.

Disclosure: Disclosure of the requested information is voluntary, but failure to provide complete information may preclude selection.

U.S. ARMY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL’S CORPSACTIVE DUTY AND ARMY RESERVE APPLICATION

APPLICATION TYPE Active Duty only Army Reserve only Combined Active Duty and Army Reserve

PERSONAL DATA

1. Last Name:

2. First Name:

3. Middle Name:

Background Information

4. Date of Birth:(MM/DD/YYYY)

5. Age:

6. Height (inches): 7. Weight (lbs.):

8. Gender: 9. Ethnic Group:

10. If other, specify: 11. U.S. Citizen By:

12. Have you previously applied for an Active Duty or ReserveComponent Commission with the Army JAG Corps?

If so, when? 

Contact Information

13. Street Address:

14. City:

15. State:

16. Zip Code:

17. Primary Phone:

18. Secondary Phone (optional):

19. Primary E-Mail Address:

20. Secondary E-Mail Address (optional):

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Age Waiver Information

The following question is applicable to:- Combined applicants aged 31 and older.- Army Reserve only applicants aged 31 and older.- Active Duty only applicants aged 40 and older.

The age limit in the application has been reduced to account for the length of time it can take to process selected applicants for military service.

21. Are you over the age limit listed above?

If you answered yes, please provide a brief explanation about why you did not apply for a commission previously, and explain your current level of physical fitness. Your response constitutes your request for an age waiver. No additional age waiver documentation is required.

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EDUCATION

School Name City State Dates of Attendance(MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY) Major GPA Degree Degree Status

24. Law School Information

List the law schools you have attended beginning with the most recent. If you have attended more than 2 schools, list the 2 most recent institutions.

School Name City Class Rank Degree Degree

Status

25. Did you take the Law School Aptitude Test (LSAT)?

If yes, provide your highest score:

School Name City State Dates of Attendance(MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY) Major GPA Degree Degree Status

22.. Undergraduate School Information

List the undergraduate schools you have attended beginning with the most recent. If you have attended more than 4 schools, list the 4 most recent institutions.

23.. Graduate School Information

List the graduate schools you have attended beginning with the most recent. If you have attended more than 2 schools, list the 2 most recent institutions.

State Dates of Attendance(MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY) GPA

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26. Are you proficient in a foreign language?

If yes, list language(s) and degree(s) of proficiency.

27. Have you ever been placed on academic probation, suspended, orexpelled?

28. Have you ever been the subject of school-regulated disciplinaryproceedings, regardless of outcome, for reasons not related to academic performance?

If yes, provide an explanation.

If yes, provide an explanation.

LICENSE AND EXPERIENCE

29. Are you admitted to practice and a member in good standing of thebar of the highest court of any State, Commonwealth, or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia?

If yes, list each jurisdiction and the date passed or a admitted.

Jurisdiction  Date Passed (MM/YYYY)

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30. Have you failed a bar examination on two or more attempts?

If yes, list the state(s) and dates of the attempts.

31. Have you been the subject of an investigation conducted by a barof which you were a member?

If yes, provide an explanation. Include the name of the investigating bar, the dates and reasons for the investigation, and the outcome.

32. Has your membership in a bar ever been suspended or revoked?

If yes, provide an explanation. Include the jurisdiction that suspended or revoked membership, the date(s), and the reason(s) for suspension or revocation.

33. Have you ever applied for and been refused bar membership forreasons other than failure of a bar examination?

If yes, provide an explanation. Include the name of the bar that denied membership, the date(s) and the reason(s) for denial.

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MILITARY EXPERIENCE

Service Chronology List your military service beginning with your most recent assignment.

Dates of Service(MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY) Military Service Component/

Mobilization Branch (Signal,

Armor, etc.) Position(s) Held (list all jobs

held at the same location) Unit and Location (list unit(s)

and installation name, list country if OCONUS)

34. Enter the date of rank for each rank you have achieved (MM/DD/YYYY)

E-1: E-5: E-9: WO-4:

E-2: E-6: WO-1: WO-5:

E-3: E-7: WO-2: O-1:

E-4: E-8: WO-3: O-2:

O-3:

O-4:

O-5:

O-6:6

36. If you are a commissioned officer, are you currently in the zone forpromotion or in a promotable status?

If yes, please provide the date your board will meet, the date your board met, or the date you were selected by the board.

If no, when are you scheduled to be in the zone for promotion?

37. If you are a current or former commissioned officer, what was the source of your commission? (Direct appointment, military academy, OCS, or ROTC)

38. If you have prior military service, have you been the subject of adverse administrative action, regardless of outcome, including (but not limited to) being flagged for failing to satisfy military height/weight requirements, or for failing a military physical fitness test?

If yes, explain the circumstances.

35. If you are a current or former commissioned officer, have you everbeen non-selected for promotion?

If yes, please provide the rank(s) and date(s) of non-selection.

39.9. Have you been the subject of non-judicial punishment proceedings,regardless of outcome, under Article 15 of the Uniform Code of MilitaryJustice?

If yes, explain the circumstances.

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40. Have you been the subject of court-martial proceedings, regardlessof outcome, under the Uniform Code of Military Justice?

If yes, explain the circumstances.

41. Have you ever been discharged from the military or released fromActive Duty training?

42.. What was the reason for your discharge as noted on your discharge orders or DDForm 214 (located under “Type of Separation”)? If you have received more than onedischarge or release from Active Duty training, please list the reason for each.

43. What was the characterization of discharge you received (honorable, general,other than honorable, bad conduct, or dishonorable)?

44. List any security clearances granted and the dates granted.

45.. Have you ever had a security clearance suspended or revokedor been the subject of proceedings to revoke your clearance?

If yes, explain the circumstances.

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46. List any decorations, service medals, or qualification badges you have beenawarded.

47. You will be required to submit all of your military evaluations and dischargedocument(s) along with this application. If you are missing any military evaluations ordischarge document(s), or if there is any break in your military evaluations, provide abrief explanation as to which documents are missing and why.

Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (ROTC) Information

48. Have you participated in an ROTC program?

49. If yes, did you participate in an ROTC program as anundergraduate or law school student?

50. List the dates you participated inROTC (MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY).

51.. Did you receive an Educational Delay to attend law school?

52.. Did you receive an ROTC scholarship?

53.. Was your ROTC scholarship withdrawn, or have you been thesubject of proceedings that could have resulted in the withdrawal ofyour scholarship?

If yes, provide an explanation.

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Military Intern / Extern Program Information

54. Have you ever served as a paid Army JAG Corps Intern?

If yes, provide the following information:

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1L or 2L internship? 

Dates of service (MM/DD/YYYY):

Office location:  

Nature of work:

If you completed a second internship, was it a 1L or 2L internship?

Dates of service (MM/DD/YYYY): to

Office location:

Nature of work:

55. Have you ever participated in a legal internship or externshipprogram (other than the paid Army JAG Corps Intern Program)sponsored by any military service?

If yes, provide the following information:

Military service: 

toDates of service (MM/DD/YYYY):

Office location:  

Nature of work:

Military service:

Dates of service (MM/DD/YYYY): to

Office location:  

Nature of work:

If you completed a second internship or externship, provide the following information:

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CRIMINAL HISTORY

56. Have you ever been indicted or summoned into court as adefendant in a criminal proceeding regardless of the result of trial, orconvicted, fined, imprisoned, placed on probation, paroled or pardoned,or have you ever been ordered to deposit bail or collateral for theviolation of any law, police regulation, or ordinance? This includes restrainingorders, temporary restraining orders, civil injunctions, cease and desist orders,juvenile offenses, and moving and non-moving traffic violations.

If you have a qualifying offense or offenses, you must receive a moral waiver prior to receiving a commission. Provide sufficient, yet succinct, information regarding the nature of the offense(s), date of offense(s), the court(s), disposition(s) to include the amount of any fine(s), and explanation(s) of the circumstances. For significant offenses, explain what you learned from the experience or how it impacted you.

FSO INTERVIEW

57. Name of FSO (Last, First, M):

58. Date / Anticipated Date of Interview (MM/DD/YYYY):

59. Location of Interview:

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

Name of Recommender

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PERSONAL STATEMENT

60. In the space provided below, state your interest, motivation and objectives inapplying for commissioned service with the U.S. Army JAG Corps.

Do not exceed 4000 characters (spaces are included in character count)

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SURVEY

Survey responses are mandatory. However, responses are used internally and are not considered in the selection or accession process. Your candor is requested to help improve our recruiting process.

61. How did you first hear about the Army JAG Corps?

If you first heard about the Army JAG Corps through a school event, career fair, conference/bar association event, advertisement, or social media, please indicate the name of the event or medium.

If you first heard about the Army JAG Corps through a current/former Judge Advocate or a friend/family member, please indicate the individual's name and their relationship to you.

62. What is the main factor that motivated you to apply for the Army JAG Corps?

63. If you have student loans, what is your anticipated total student loan debt (includingall undergraduate and graduate school loans) upon completion of law school?