Judge Advocate General's Corps Officer
Judge Advocate General's Corps Officer
Posted on Jun 16, 2015
What law schools do JAGs go to and what LSAT did they require to get in?
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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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Devin,
I am an Air Force JAG. I went to Albany Law School in New York and had an LSAT of 162. To be honest though, I am not sure if LSAT score is a good metric for comparison, at least with regard to JAG admissions in the Air Force. Our admissions people repeat over and over its the "total person concept." I know that seems a bit cliched, but I've known JAGS in the Air Force and Army who have come from all sorts of law schools across the tiers. Even in the past years when applications were way up (like less than 1% acceptance rate up), I met new young JAGs from across the law school spectrum.
An important consideration for you might be how you can leverage your military service in some way while going to law school. Most branches have programs that will pay for service members to go to law school (FLEP) (highly competitive) and programs that will allow you to take an academic leave of absence to go to law school (ELP), thereby continuing to accrue time in grade (still competitive, but a bit easier to get).
At least for the Air Force, you can check out those programs here: http://www.airforce.com/jag/entry_programs/active_duty_military
AF JAG Recruiting Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/USAFJAG?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Also if you have more questions specific to the Air Force JAG Corps, let me know. If I can't answer it for you, I can put you in touch with the Chief of JAG Recruiting, she's a buddy of mine.
Good luck!
-Graham
I am an Air Force JAG. I went to Albany Law School in New York and had an LSAT of 162. To be honest though, I am not sure if LSAT score is a good metric for comparison, at least with regard to JAG admissions in the Air Force. Our admissions people repeat over and over its the "total person concept." I know that seems a bit cliched, but I've known JAGS in the Air Force and Army who have come from all sorts of law schools across the tiers. Even in the past years when applications were way up (like less than 1% acceptance rate up), I met new young JAGs from across the law school spectrum.
An important consideration for you might be how you can leverage your military service in some way while going to law school. Most branches have programs that will pay for service members to go to law school (FLEP) (highly competitive) and programs that will allow you to take an academic leave of absence to go to law school (ELP), thereby continuing to accrue time in grade (still competitive, but a bit easier to get).
At least for the Air Force, you can check out those programs here: http://www.airforce.com/jag/entry_programs/active_duty_military
AF JAG Recruiting Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/USAFJAG?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Also if you have more questions specific to the Air Force JAG Corps, let me know. If I can't answer it for you, I can put you in touch with the Chief of JAG Recruiting, she's a buddy of mine.
Good luck!
-Graham
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Devin,
Also, now that I think about it, if you are sure you would follow on law school with an attempt at JAG, another way to maximize the utility of your law school choice would be to focus on states with "easy" bar exams. Just like military members prefer to become residents of Texas or Alaska for tax reasons, there are states which are a smarter move for military lawyers. For example, if you go to University of Wisconsin law school you are grandfathered into the Wisconsin bar w/o having to sit for the exam. If I had it to do again, and I knew I was going JAG, that's what I would have done. It would have saved me thousands of dollars in exam prep courses and test fees and saved me a good 8 months of preparation/waiting for test results time.
I sat for the NY bar in Aug 2007, I didn't get my results until Jan 2008 and that was with a special request from the Air Force for early release of my scores so that they wouldn't have to delay my entry to the next cycle.
Anyway, that's probably more information than you needed, so I'll stop now.
Also, now that I think about it, if you are sure you would follow on law school with an attempt at JAG, another way to maximize the utility of your law school choice would be to focus on states with "easy" bar exams. Just like military members prefer to become residents of Texas or Alaska for tax reasons, there are states which are a smarter move for military lawyers. For example, if you go to University of Wisconsin law school you are grandfathered into the Wisconsin bar w/o having to sit for the exam. If I had it to do again, and I knew I was going JAG, that's what I would have done. It would have saved me thousands of dollars in exam prep courses and test fees and saved me a good 8 months of preparation/waiting for test results time.
I sat for the NY bar in Aug 2007, I didn't get my results until Jan 2008 and that was with a special request from the Air Force for early release of my scores so that they wouldn't have to delay my entry to the next cycle.
Anyway, that's probably more information than you needed, so I'll stop now.
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It's true. There isn't just one school that is a big JAG feeder. The Navy has LEP (law education program) for those that are already naval officers to get the Navy to pay.
Check out http://www.jag.navy.mil
I would also suggest exploring a summer internship program in the service(s) that you are interested in. It helps you a) figure out if you like it, b) meet future colleagues, and c) possibly get a few letters of recommendation and interview if you do a good job.
Check out http://www.jag.navy.mil
I would also suggest exploring a summer internship program in the service(s) that you are interested in. It helps you a) figure out if you like it, b) meet future colleagues, and c) possibly get a few letters of recommendation and interview if you do a good job.
The Official Web Site of The United States Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps (U.S. Navy JAG)
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Great question. In addition, if you're looking to connect with specific JAGs, we have around 600 of them in the Army JAG group, and about 100 of them in the Navy:
https://www.rallypoint.com/specialties/27a-judge-advocate/primary
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https://www.rallypoint.com/specialties/27a-judge-advocate/primary
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