3Ls, now is the time to start preparing your application.
Although JAG placements are competitive, Nebraska Law has been very successful in its applications to various JAG programs in the last few years. The Air Force JAG Corps is hiring between 80-100 new JAGs this year. The due date for applications is March 15.
Application instructions:
As a 3L, you may apply for the Direct Appointment Program (DAP). Your selection would be contingent on you obtaining your law license and passing a medical qualification screening.
Our next DAP selection board will occur in April 2013.
To apply, you will need to accomplish the application materials and do a Staff Judge Advocate (SJA) interview at an Air Force Base. An SJA is the JAG in charge of any given Air Force base legal office. You must submit your application materials to the SJA with whom you interview. The SJA, in turn, will send your application materials, along with a brief write up of your interview, to our office at HQ by 1 April. To afford the SJA adequate time to submit your application by 1 April, we require that you schedule your interview by 15 March, but it is recommend getting everything done earlier than 15 March because SJA interview schedules tend to fill up around that time.
Application materials can be accessed here:
http://www.jagusaf.hq.af.mil/DAP_application.pdf
Interview locations (with phone numbers) can be accessed here: http://www.jagusaf.hq.af.mil/interview_locations.pdf
If you are selected, you must pass a medical qualification screening. Once you have passed your medical qualification screening and completed your legal licensing requirements, you are able to enter active duty beginning with your initial officer training at Commissioned Officer Training (COT).
After COT, you will attend your initial JAG training at the JAG School (the Judge Advocate Staff Officer Course or JASOC). Your initial service commitment is 4 years active duty.
Learn more about COT and JASOC here:
http://www.airforce.com/jag/careers/JAG_training.
For more information about the JAG Corps, please visit http://www.airforce.com/jag or http://www.jagusaf.hq.af.mil/.
Feel free to give us a call at 1-800-JAG-USAF if you have any questions.
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