Overview: You apply while you\u2019re a first or second year law student, using your LSAT score, your ACT or SAT score (or if you didn\u2019t take either of those, we can set you up for the ASVAB); and you will also get a physical exam at a local MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station.)\u00a0 After that, there are some paperwork requirements for the actual application. And then your application package sent to a board, which determines if you are eligible to attend OCS during the summer between your first and second year.<\/p>\n
Once eligible to go to OCS, you attend the training\u2014which is tough and selective\u2014and if you make it through, you\u2019re offered a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the USMC. We\u2019re going to pay you to attend this training, which is held in Quantico, Virginia for 10 weeks. We\u2019ll also pay your travel there and back. And it\u2019s worth noting that until you actually accept a commission, you are under absolutely NO obligation! If you don\u2019t make it, or if you decide this isn\u2019t for you, you simply go back to your regular life without any further obligation to the military or the Marines.\u00a0 No questions asked and no hard feelings. Not everyone is cut out for this training or this career.<\/p>\n
But if you DO make it\u2014you become one of the elite. You\u2019re a Marine, and a JAG officer. And you will at that time incur a 4-year obligation to serve in the Marine Corps on active duty.<\/p>\n
But first, you will come back home, and you\u2019ll finish law school. After OCS, you will be eligible for tuition reimbursement for up to $5200 per year for your second and third years.\u00a0 And, during the summer between year two and three,\u00a0 (and again after you take the Bar) you can apply for our paid \u201cinternships\u201d where you will be assigned to a law command to help work on cases\u2014and you\u2019ll get FULL military pay and benefits while you\u2019re there! We\u2019ll pay your travel to and from the duty.\u00a0 You also get an opportunity to be promoted to FIRST lieutenant a full year ahead of your peers in the Marine Corps. That will mean extra pay once you\u2019re on active duty.<\/p>\n
Graduate from Law School in May, take the Bar in July\u2014and apply for our Post-Bar internship.\u00a0 Again, it\u2019s paid duty—so you can begin to ease your financial burdens early on. Pass the Bar in October\u2014and you\u2019ll get orders to active duty\u2014and your 4-year obligation will begin. You\u2019ll first attend The Basic School\u2014which is the first stop for all Marine Corps officers no matter what their specialty\u2014and from there, it\u2019s on to Naval Justice School in Providence, Rhode Island.\u00a0 That makes your first year fairly simple\u2014and once you leave Naval Justice School, it\u2019s on to your first assignment as a JAG officer. From then on, you have a lot of choices\u2014and you\u2019ll be gaining a wealth of trial and litigation experience. You will not simply be litigating military cases\u2014JAG officers work on all types of law cases from criminal to international to entertainment or corporate law–you could be doing nearly anything!<\/p>\n
If interested in learning more about this opportunity, please email your resume to Director O\u2019Brien: ab139@uakron.edu<\/a> by this Friday, March 18th<\/sup> at Noon.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Overview: You apply while you\u2019re a first or second year law student, using your LSAT score, your ACT or SAT score (or if you didn\u2019t take either of those, we can set you up for the ASVAB); and you will also get a physical exam at a local MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station.)\u00a0 After that, … Continue reading “One more spot for 1L\/2L with USMC Officer Program\/JAG for summer!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1254,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-planning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33751,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33747\/revisions\/33751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}