The legal services specialist MOS encompasses every facet of legal administration. General duties involve the legal operational, managerial, clerical and administrative duties incident to an LSSS, Law Center, or office of the Staff Judge Advocate. Typical duties include research, preparation and typing of general correspondence, forms, reports, wills, powers of attorney, and other documents dealing with legal and quasilegal matters; checking all completed work for typographic accuracy; maintaining office correspondence files, directives and publications; if senior in grade, will act as the legal services chief and senior enlisted advisor directly responsible to the OIC/SJA for the overall assignment, performance, training, counseling, morale, discipline and welfare of all enlisted personnel.
The legal services chief is the active liaison between the command dealing with enlisted policy and duty assignments and advisor to the judge advocates with regard to enlisted instruction and supervision. Selected Marines may attend follow-on training at the Legal Services Court Reporting Course. Legal services court reports are responsible for the closed mask capture, transcription and distribution of legal proceedings and assembly of typewritten, summarized or verbatim transcripts.
Prerequisites.
(1) Must have a GT score of 100 or higher and a CL score of 105 or higher.
(2) Must have received no NJPs or been convicted by courts-martial or civilian court for any offense involving controlled substances, nor convicted by courts-martial or civilian court for any offense involving moral turpitude.
(3) Must be a high school graduate or have obtained a GED.
Requirements.
Demonstrate a typing proficiency of 30 words per minute and complete the Legal Services Specialist Course.
Duties.
For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to reference (cf), Training and Readiness Manual.
Related SOC Classification/SOC Code.
(1) Law Clerks 23-2092.
(2) Legal Secretaries 43-6012.
(3) Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011.
Related Military Skill.
Administrative Clerk, 0151.
