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JAG

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:02 pm
by hoogs23
Does anyone know if you join the JAG Corps for any branch, if they offer tuition assistance or under a LRAP program?

Re: JAG

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:09 pm
by adonai
The Army JAG pays up to $60k over three years. This is entirely separate from LRAP I think.

Re: JAG

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:27 pm
by hoogs23
Alright thanks. Do you have any suggestions on law schools for a jag career or possible, I know it is tought to get into?

Re: JAG

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:40 pm
by Rotor
It's a beast of a thread now, but it contains most everything you could want to know.

http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... =3&t=31543

Re: JAG

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:43 pm
by ShockTop
Rotor wrote:It's a beast of a thread now, but it contains most everything you could want to know.

http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... =3&t=31543
Makes you wish there was a "Show All Pages" function on the forums because it really is full of excellent information, you just have to dig through it.

As for law schools, I'd think it's the same as every other job--go to the best one available.

Re: JAG

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:44 pm
by hoogs23
thanks

Re: JAG

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:40 am
by adonai
hoogs23 wrote:Alright thanks. Do you have any suggestions on law schools for a jag career or possible, I know it is tought to get into?
Apparently school has little to no bearing for JAG. Even Cooley is supposedly one of the higher represented schools in JAG according to the military thread. All and any ABA accredited law school is fair game basically, although AF is supposedly pickier. JAG takes a whole person approach. I would go to a school that combines a balance of rep and less debt. You may want to consider your school prestige for when/if you exit the JAG after the required period. But even then it might not matter that much since you have actual years of practice under your belt. Who knows.