Commandant
2100 Second Street, S.W.
United States Coast Guard
Washington, DC 20593-0001
Staff Symbol: G-LPD
Phone: (202) 267-0068
Fax: (202) 267-4012
COMDTINST 1524.2A
09 FEB 2006
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 1524.2A
Subj:
LAW ADVANCED EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR JURIS DOCTOR AND MASTER OF
LAWS DEGREES
Ref:
(a) Training and Education Manual, COMDTINST M1500.10 (series)
(b) Coast Guard Advanced Education Program, COMDTINST 1524.1 (series)
(c) Personnel Manual, COMDTINST M1000.6 (series)
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction establishes policy and provides guidance for Coast Guard officers
selected to attend law school (JD degree) or post-graduate legal study (LLM degree) under the Coast
Guard's Advanced Education (AE) program set forth in references (a) and (b).
2. ACTION. Area and district commanders, commanders of maintenance and logistics commands,
commanding officers of headquarters units, assistant commandants for directorates, The Judge
Advocate General, and special staff offices at Headquarters shall ensure this Instruction is made
available to officers interested in the law AE program. Officers selected for either the JD or LLM
law AE programs shall comply with the provisions of this Instruction. District, MLC, Base legal
officers, and Chiefs of Commandant (G-L) offices shall comply with this Instruction when Coast
Guard law AE students are assigned to their staffs during summer internships. Internet release
authorized.
3. DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. Law Advanced Education Juris Doctor Degree Program,
COMDTINST 1524.2 is canceled.
4. DISCUSSION. Each year the Coast Guard selects approximately seven officers to attend law school
full time culminating in a JD degree (law AE students). The Coast Guard also selects one officer to
attend post-graduate legal study, usually at The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
(TJAGLCS) in Charlottesville, Virginia, culminating in a Masters degree in Military Law (LLM).
The exact number of selections is determined annually based on the allocation of Training
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