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Program sectionIntroduction Section 1 · The different bodies of law Section 2 · Substantive law and procedural law Section 3 · How to read a rule Section 4 · Elements, mental states, and required facts Section 5 · Legal reasoning and IRAC Section 6 · Material facts and distracting facts Section 7 · The Judge Advocate General's Corps chain of authority Section 8 · Service affiliation and independent legal authority Section 9 · Military rank and legal office Section 10 · Full-time military lawyers and professional authority Section 11 · Military Judges and commissioned status Section 12 · The Chief Military Judge Section 13 · Authority follows the office and the case Section 14 · Why professional conduct matters Section 15 · Integrity and the administration of justice Section 16 · Diligence and case responsibility Section 17 · Client communication Section 18 · Client decisions and attorney decisions Section 19 · Confidentiality Section 20 · Conflicts of interest Section 21 · Loyalty to clients Section 22 · Candor to the tribunal Section 23 · Evidence and witnesses as professional responsibilities Section 24 · Fairness and meritorious filings Section 25 · Government and prosecuting counsel Section 26 · Defense counsel Section 27 · Improper influence Section 28 · Judicial independence and impartiality Section 29 · Recusal and ex parte communications Section 30 · Supervision, reporting, and professional discipline Section 31 · The basic judicial structure Section 32 · The clerk Section 33 · Access is not jurisdiction Section 34 · The case portal and electronic filing Section 35 · The docket and record Section 36 · Amendments, corrections, and withdrawals Section 37 · Service and notice Section 38 · Deadlines and extensions Section 39 · Technical failures Section 40 · Restricted, sealed, and protected material Section 41 · Starting a civil case Section 42 · Answers and defenses Section 43 · Amendments, joinder, and severance Section 44 · Motions Section 45 · Writing a basic motion Section 46 · Responses and replies Section 47 · Discovery and protective orders Section 48 · Temporary and emergency relief Section 49 · Preparing for a hearing Section 50 · Answering the court Section 51 · Argument is not evidence Section 52 · Preserving the record Section 53 · What evidence is Section 54 · Admissibility and weight Section 55 · Relevance Section 56 · Authentication Section 57 · Authenticity and truth Section 58 · Hearsay Section 59 · When a statement is offered for another purpose Section 60 · Hearsay exceptions Section 61 · Personal knowledge and credibility Section 62 · Privilege and confidentiality Section 63 · Originals, duplicates, and digital evidence Section 64 · Procedure and substantive offenses Section 65 · The military judge at trial Section 66 · The importance of the trial record Section 67 · What an appeal is Section 68 · The assistant judge advocate general Section 69 · The appellate record and issue framing Section 70 · Rule, error, effect, and remedy Section 71 · Remand Section 72 · Who the Judge Advocate General is Section 73 · The judge advocate general's administrative and judicial authority Section 74 · How a case usually reaches the judge advocate general Section 75 · Certiorari is discretionary Section 76 · Why the judge advocate general may accept a case Section 77 · What a petition for a writ of certiorari must explain Section 78 · Questions presented Section 79 · The proceedings below Section 80 · The jurisdictional basis Section 81 · The judgment or order presented for review Section 82 · Material procedural history Section 83 · Material facts Section 84 · Reasons review is warranted Section 85 · The disposition sought Section 86 · The seven questions a certiorari petition should answer Section 87 · A short certiorari example Section 88 · What happens if certiorari is denied Section 89 · What happens if certiorari is granted Section 90 · Merits briefing Section 91 · Amicus curiae Section 92 · Oral argument before the judge advocate general Section 93 · What the judge advocate general may do with a case Section 94 · Opinions, holdings, and precedent Section 95 · Distinguishing and overruling precedent Section 96 · The deputy judge advocate general Section 97 · The simple version to remember Section 98 · Extraordinary relief Section 99 · Emergency judicial review Section 100 · Orders to show cause Section 101 · Consolidation and severance Section 102 · Judicial notifications Section 103 · Audit records Section 104 · External integrations Section 105 · Security and uploaded files Section 106 · Local procedures and standing orders Section 107 · Rulebook status and version history Section 108 · Writing clearly Section 109 · Facts and argument Section 110 · Citing the record Section 111 · Citing legal authority Section 112 · Addressing adverse authority Section 113 · Requesting a remedy Section 114 · How BAR questions work Section 115 · Identify the actor Section 116 · Identify the stage of the case Section 117 · Pay attention to the verb Section 118 · Do not invent missing facts Section 119 · Use structured analysis Section 120 · Common errors to avoid Section 121 · The case begins Section 122 · The case is assigned Section 123 · Service and response Section 124 · Discovery Section 125 · The motion Section 126 · The hearing Section 127 · The order Section 128 · Trial and evidence Section 129 · Final judgment Section 130 · The appeal Section 131 · The appellate decision Section 132 · The certiorari petition Section 133 · The grant of review Section 134 · Final judge advocate general review Section 135 · How to read the Uniform Code of Military Justice Section 136 · Jurisdiction and persons subject to the Code Section 137 · Rights of the accused Section 138 · Courts-martial and the authority of the Military Judge Section 139 · Apprehension, restraint, searches, and preservation of evidence Section 140 · Charges, specifications, legal review, and referral Section 141 · Arraignment, motions, evidence, and judgment Section 142 · Sentencing and punishment Section 143 · Appeals and final judicial review Section 144 · Nonjudicial punishment Section 145 · Principals, attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy Section 146 · Absence, duty, orders, and military authority Section 147 · Operational security, treason, and offenses against persons Section 148 · Property, fraud, falsehood, credentials, and official records Section 149 · Offenses against military justice and general military offenses Section 150 · Military Police, judicial enforcement, and additional punitive Articles Conclusion Conclusion The purpose of this program is to prepare students to think and operate like military lawyers rather than merely recognize legal vocabulary. A capable military lawyer should understand professional responsibilities, military rank and lawful authority, the limits of command interference with legal duties, the structure of the military judiciary, court procedure, evidence, legal writing, appellate practice, and final review before the Judge Advocate General.
The strongest military lawyers are not the people who memorize the largest amount of text. They are the people who can locate the correct authority, understand what it means, apply it accurately, communicate it clearly, preserve the record, and remain professional when the legal answer is inconvenient. If you finish this program understanding why "I outrank you," "I thought that counted as filing," and "the AI said the case exists" are not complete legal arguments, the program is doing its job.
Consult the current rulebooks for controlling authority.
