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The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
Criminal Law Department

The Criminal Law Department  of The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center & School (TJAGLCS), Charlottesville, VA, provides basic and graduate core instruction in such diverse subjects such as evidence, crimes and defenses, self-incrimination, sixth amendment, discovery, jurisdiction, mental responsibility, pretrial restraint and speedy trial, search and seizure, capital litigation, pleas and pretrial agreements, improper relationships and fraternization, sentencing, unlawful command influence, professional responsibility, and post-trial procedures and appeals. Among the many corresponding electives, built upon the core curriculum and available to the students, are: Analysis of the Military Justice System, Advanced Trial Advocacy, Ethics in Military Justice, Advanced Evidence, Advanced Substantive Criminal Law, Military Justice Management, and Recent Developments in Criminal Law. The Department also provides, at overseas locations, such courses as New Developments in Criminal Law, Military Judge Course, Military Justice Management Course, and the Criminal Law Advocacy Course. The various documents that are linked below are not “official” publications, but are intended for instructional convenience for the military judge advocate student as well as an introduction to the law and to the primary sources of that law.

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Criminal Law Deskbook, Current as of 3 August 2012 Criminal Law Deskbook, Current as of 3 August 2012
Volume I (Substantive Military Justice)
Volume II (Pre and Post Trial Procedure)
Volume III (Trial and Evidence)
Volume IV (Special Topics in Military Justice)
The Post-Trial Handbook: A Guide for Military Justice Practitioners, 2012
The Post-Trial Handbook: A Guide for Military Justice Practitioners, 2012
The Advocacy Trainer: A Manual for Supervisors, 2008 The Advocacy Trainer: A Manual for Supervisors, 2008
(OCLC Number 666509887)
Deploying Justice: A Handbook for the Chief of Military Justice, June 2008 Deploying Justice: A Handbook for the Chief of Military Justice, June 2008
(OCLC Number 269676514)


Previous Editions:
Criminal Law Deskbook, Winter 2011-2012

Criminal Law Deskbook, Winter 2011-2012
Volume I (Procedure)
Volume II (Crimes and Defenses)
Volume III (Trial and Evidence)

Criminal Law Deskbook, Summer 2010 Criminal Law Deskbook, Summer 2010
(OCLC Number 666450353)
Volume I
Volume II (Crimes and Defenses)
The Post-Trial Handbook: A Guide for Military Justice Practitioners, 2009 The Post-Trial Handbook: A Guide for Military Justice Practitioners, 2009
(OCLC Number 666483664)
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