COMDTINST 1524.2A
10. BAR REVIEW AND EXAMINATION. All law AE students are required to take the bar exam
immediately following graduation from law school, normally in July, or in February if on a 30-
month program. The decision of which state's bar exam to take is up to each student. Almost every
state assesses annual bar dues, and an increasing number of states have mandatory continuing legal
education (CLE) requirements. These factors may influence the decision regarding which bar exam
to take.
a. Bar Review. It is strongly recommended that all law students complete a bar review course prior
to taking the bar exam. Such courses serve as a review of three years of law school and often fill
in the gaps for subjects not covered in school. The Coast Guard will not fund bar review
courses.
b. Bar Exam and Bar Dues. The Coast Guard does not fund these expenses.
(1) The legal program will fund the cost of Temporary Assigned Duty (TAD) to the location of
the bar exam for the state in which the officer attended law school or an adjacent state if the
cost is less. This TAD will only be for the days of the exam and not for the review course. If
a student desires to take a bar exam for a more remote state, permissive orders may be
requested.
(2) Requests for bar exam orders should be made well in advance to the law AE program
manager in Commandant (G-LPD).
11. SERVICE OBLIGATION. Per reference (b), the service obligation for officers attending either the
JD or LLM law AE programs is three months of obligated service for every month a student is
assigned to a TAB for the first year, and one month of obligated service for every month thereafter.
Thus, for the majority of law AE students, there will be a five year obligation and a three year
obligation for LLM students. Any tuition cost-sharing does not reduce this obligation.
12. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT AND IMPACT CONSIDERATIONS. Environmental
considerations were examined in the development of this Instruction and have been determined to be
not applicable.
13. FORMS/REPORTS. None.
J. E. CROWLEY, JR. /s/
JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL
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