Posted on Jun 16, 2015
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I've been looking into possibly applying for law school and becoming a Judge Advocate and I wanted to see if there were any JAGs on here, and what school they attend and also their LSAT score.
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LTC Peter Hartman
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Army JAG. I went to Tulane Law School and had an LSAT of 161. Very high undergrad GPA too. Each service pays for a select number of current officers to go to law school as well, although it is a very small number. Back in the day, if selected, the military would pay for any law school you were accepted too. Current budgets don't allow that and there are a few select cheaper schools that many of these funded legal education officers go to. But getting paid as a captain in law school isn't a bad deal if you can get it.
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LTC Deirdre Brou
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I do not think LSAT score is considered, but I think grades, as well as involvement in extracurricular activities, such as law review, moot court, legal interest groups, etc. are important. If you can provide a letter of recommendation or two from a military leader for whom you have worked (the more senior, the better), that could also help. You may also want to consider an internship in law school with one of the services or volunteering with a legal assistance office at a military post, if there is one near you. I know that legal assistance offices can accept volunteer attorneys, but I am not sure about volunteer quasi-paralegal work from a law student. It is worth asking, though, if your law school is located near a military base. As far as schools go, I would go with the best you can get into. There are no JA feeder schools, but when I was in law school, William and Mary had a large number of funded legal education students and seemed to produced a large number of JAs. One of their professors was a former JA and wrote quite a bit on military criminal justice issues. Good luck.
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LSAT is considered if they ask for it on the application, but it is probably not very important if you are applying at the end of the law school.
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