A scholarship program that allows up to 25 junior officers to attend law school on the Army's dime is available to qualified applicants this year.
Selections for the 2016 Funded Legal Education Program will be made by a board that meets in early December.
Selected officers will be detailed to the Judge Advocate General's Corps before attending law school, and will remain detailed to the JAGC for a one-year evaluation of qualifications before permanent assignment to the corps.
Officers incur an active-duty service obligation of two years for every year of law school.
The 2016 FLEP is limited to Regular Army lieutenants and captains of the Army Competitive Category and Army Medical Department career branches who:
- Are U.S. citizens, and who hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, and who at the beginning of law school will have at least two, but not more than six, years of active duty, including any time served as a warrant officer or enlisted soldier.
- Have been granted a secret security clearance, or higher.
Application packets should be prepared in accordance with instructions contained in MilPer Message 16-053, dated Feb. 17. Applications must be received at the JAGC personnel office and the Human Resources Command no earlier than Aug. 1, and no later than Nov. 1.
