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SUBJ/FY-24 LAW EDUCATION PROGRAM SELECTION BOARD APPLICATIONS//

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AMPN/REF A IS SECNAVINST 1520.7G, LAW EDUCATION PROGRAM.//

RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN announces convening of the Fiscal Year (FY)
2024 Law Education Program (LEP) Selection Board in February 2023.
Applications for this board must be received no later than 30 September 2022.  
Reference (a) provides information about LEP eligibility and application 
procedures.

2.  Officers selected for the program must begin legal training no later than 
September 2023 and prior to the sixth anniversary of their Active Duty 
commencement date.  This Active Duty time includes any enlisted service.  
Legal training in the program commences as of the date of reporting for duty 
under instruction at the unit to which the officer is assigned while 
attending law school.  The officer is not required to begin law school 
courses by this date.
All service requirements are statutory and cannot be waived.

3.  Eligible officers who intend to apply for FY-24 LEP selection must submit 
a written request with current contact information and official college 
transcripts from each school attended no later than
30 September 2022, via their commanding officer to:
    Navy Personnel Command
    Attn: PERS-4416
    5720 Integrity Drive
    Millington TN 38055-0000.

4.  An applicants Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score report must be 
received prior to convening of the selection board in February 2023, but may 
be submitted via separate correspondence.  Website screenshots of LSAT scores 
will not be accepted.  All supplemental submissions must be received prior to 
the board convening in order to be considered by the selection board.

5.  Applicants are required to schedule an interview with a senior
(O5 or O6) Active Duty Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps officer.
To schedule an interview, send an e-mail to the regional office closest to 
your current duty station.  To find a local point of contact please follow 
the links provided at
https://www.mnp.navy.mil/group/training-education-qualifications/e-
resources-and-links.  Please identify yourself as a LEP applicant in the 
message requesting an interview.

6.  Applicants must provide a prioritized list of American Bar Association 
(ABA)-accredited law schools in the United States to which they applied.  
Applicants must apply to at least one law school at which in-state tuition 
can be obtained and one school near the current duty station of the officer.  
Applicants must also apply to one school located in a Fleet concentration 
area such as Norfolk, VA, Jacksonville/Mayport, FL, San Diego, CA, Pearl 
Harbor, HI, or Washington, DC.

7.  In addition to year group limitations, applicants must also meet 
eligibility requirements as described in reference (a).  Applicants shall 
verify those requirements with their respective officer community managers 
prior to applying.

8.  Point of contact for application procedures is Ms. Beverly Heathman, at 
(901)874-4087, or via e-mail at beverly.j.heathman.civ@us.navy.mil.  For 
all other program questions contact the Navy JAG Corps Accessions Detailer, 
LCDR Colin Hood, JAGC, USN at colin.a.hood.mil@us.navy.mil or (901) 874- 
2714.

9.  Released by Rear Admiral J. P. Waters, Acting N1B.//

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