6. TRAINING.
a. Coast Guard Legal Technician Course. The Legal Technician course is offered annually by
the Naval Justice School, Newport, RI. This two-week course of instruction provides basic skills
and training needed to meet minimum legal support requirements. Requests to attend this course
should be made to the legal program training manager in the Office of Legal Policy and Program
Development (G-LPD) via the annual training plan process.
b. Court Reporter. The Coast Guard normally uses contracted civilian court reporting services
and not yeomen. However, the Naval Justice School does offer court reporter training. This
course is no longer a part of the legal program Class C Training Plan, thus Chief Counsel
funding & quotas are normally not provided for this training.
c. Paralegal. There is no CG-specific paralegal training course. Paralegal training is offered by a
variety of degree-granting educational institutions and professional certificate programs.
Paralegal training is normally pursued by the individual and not formally through the legal
program training plan. Coast Guard legal training and experience may often be applied for credit
in these programs. Further, tuition assistance and/or training funding may be available for such
courses. Legal offices shall endeavor to provide interested yeomen opportunities to attend such
programs as funding and workload permit. It is recommended that any paralegal training
program pursued be accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA). Assistance in
identifying qualifying programs is available from the Office of Legal Policy and Program
Development (G-LPD).
d. Advanced (Class C) Legal Training. The legal program training plan includes several
advanced courses available for yeomen assigned to legal offices. These are generally given at
one of the three DoD JAG Schools: Naval Justice School (NJS), Newport, RI; The Judge
Advocate General School of the Army (TJAGSA), Charlottesville, VA; and the Air Force JAG
School (AFJAG), Montgomery, AL. Descriptions of the content and applicability for these
courses may be obtained from the Office of Legal Policy and Program Development (G-LPD), or
from the respective school Internet sites. Requests to attend these courses should be made to the
legal program training manager via the annual training plan process.
(1)
Senior Legal NCO Management (TJAGSA)
(2)
Law for Legal NCOs (TJAGSA)
(3)
Chief Legal NCO Course (TJAGSA)
(4)
Law Office Managers Course (AFJAG)
(5)
Legalman Writing Course (NJS)
(6)
Senior Legalman Course (NJS)
(7)
Mid-Career Legalman Course (NJS)
(8)
Navy Legal Clerk Course (NJS)
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